What is a Community RePaint Scheme?
One Community RePaint scheme is completely different to the next which makes this project so unique! They are all run very differently and by a range of organisations. This ultimately affects the size of the individual scheme and therefore how much paint they will have.
Generally we have 3 main types of schemes:
The “original” Community RePaint scheme
This type of scheme 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 projects that collect other materials eg furniture/white goods/art materials as their main business but also run a Community RePaint scheme 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 schemes also collect end of line or mis tinted paint from retailers eg Focus, Homebase and B&Q.
“Retail only” schemes
This type of scheme 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 scheme. However if you are a community group or individual that needs paint then this type of scheme can still supply you with paint!
Council run schemes
These schemes are run by councils or a waste management company on their behalf. 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).
