What is a Community RePaint project?
One Community RePaint project is completely different to the next. They are all run very differently, by a range of organisations. This ultimately affects the size of the individual project and therefore how much paint they will have.
Generally we have 3 main types of projects:
The “original” Community RePaint project
This type of project stems from the original idea of Community RePaint, which is to collect unwanted household paint at Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs). They are usually well established community groups that collect other materials eg furniture/white goods/art materials as their main business but also run a Community RePaint project as well. They will mainly collect unwanted household paint from local HWRCs and sort and store this for reuse at their premises.
Some of these projects also collect end of line or mis-tinted paint (where paint is unsucessfully mixed to specific colour or shade) from retailers eg Focus, Homebase and B&Q.
Retail only projects
This type of project ONLY collects end of line, unsold or mis-tinted paint from DIY retailers and product overruns from manufacturers. They do NOT collect from HWRCs so if you are a householder unfortunately you will not be able to donate your unwanted paint to this type of project. However if you are a community group or individual that needs paint then this type of project can still supply you with paint!
Council run projects
These projects are run by councils or a waste management company. They are usually operated at the HWRC and so in contrast will not be able to take any donations of trade or retail paint (this is due to regulations restricting businesses from disposing waste at most HWRCs).
These currently include:
Community RePaint Barnet
Community RePaint Ealing
Community RePaint Lambeth
Community RePaint Leicestershire
Community RePaint Richmond Upon Thames
Community RePaint Warrington and Widnes
