Articles from PaintCare

PaintCare, the nonprofit organization that operates Washington's paint stewardship program, has released its annual report, sharing that households and businesses dropped off a total of 1,061,821 gallons of leftover paint for recycling in 2025, a nearly 6% increase from the year prior. The report reflects Washington’s continued investment in responsible paint management and disposal practices.

Today, PaintCare released the first annual report for its Washington paint recycling program. The program, which is guided by the state’s paint stewardship law (SHB 1652), officially launched on April 1, 2021. In its first nine months of operation in Washington, PaintCare collected 581,363 gallons of paint, diverting most of it out of landfills and putting it to beneficial use. Now, a year into collection, PaintCare estimates that Washingtonians have dropped off approximately 842,000 gallons of unwanted paint.