Making Old Paint Look Good

In its ongoing effort to divert waste by developing new markets for recycled materials, Ohio's Hamilton County Solid Waste Management District is in its fourth year of providing grant funding for a paint recycling program that has become one of Cincinnati's most successful recycling projects. “The paint reblending program has been a star program for us,” says Linda Holterhoff, executive director of Keep Cincinnati Beautiful (KCB), which founded the program. “Every year we've increased our sales by 100 percent.” Begun in 1996, KCB started the program by collecting latex paint in a 55-gallon drum from the rear of ...

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