Paintback

How to dispose of Waste Paint

  • Return to Collection Point

    Accepted products

    Paintback accepts the following products: deck coatings and floor paints, interior and exterior architectural paint, packaging, primers, sealers, stains and shellacs, undercoats, varnishes and urethanes (single components) and wood coatings.
  • Return to Collection Point

    Unwanted Paint

    DIY and trade painters take their unwanted paint and packaging to a Paintback site. Paintback accepts up to 100 litres per visit stowed in containers of up to 20 liters. The unwanted paint and packaging is stored at the collection point ready for Paintback to pick it up.
  • Return to Collection Point

    Transportation

    Paintback transports the waste paint from the collection point for treatment. The packaging and waste liquid are separated.
  • General Recycle

    Containers

    The containers are recycled, subject to contamination.

    The solvent paint is used as an alternative energy source. Water is separated from acrylic paint, with the by-product used in a variety of industrial applications, significantly reducing landfill.

  • Repurpose

    R&D Program

    Our R&D program aims to improve the current resource recovery towards 100% diversion from landfill and movement up the waste hierarchy.

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