BCF’s PaintCare initiative receives parliamentary attention

The British Coatings Federation’s (BCF) PaintCare initiative received parliamentary attention recently in a key debate in the House of Lords on the Circular Economy. This high-profile mention follows PaintCare’s successful launch in Parliament last November. The launch was opened by Rory Stewart, OBE, MP, Defra’s Minister for Waste and included the unveiling of the PaintCare Interim Report and Recommendations, which calls on government to act by working with PaintCare to address challenges related to markets and regulations.

The BCF estimates that 55M lit of leftover paint are generated each year in the UK, with nearly 98% of it ending up in landfills or incinerated at a high cost to local authorities. PaintCare, led by the BCF aims to unite government and industry in a national solution to make better use of paint all of us have in our sheds and garages, creating a circular model for leftover decorative paint in the UK at a lower cost to all involved. It could lead to the creation of a new manufacturing sector and provide hundreds of jobs and crucially help stop more than 20M lit of leftover paint go to landfill.