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Thu May 2 11:37:53 EDT 2013

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>>> On 5/2/2013 at 11:32 AM, Product Stewardship Institute <rachel at productstewardship.us> wrote:

PSI NEWS ALERT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 2, 2013 

Media Contact:  
Rachel Rose Belew
Director of Communications
617.236.4886
rachel at productstewardship.us

Connecticut DEEP Approves Paint Stewardship Plan;  
 Legislation-Backed Program to Launch July 1 

(Boston, Ma.)---Two years after the passage of the Connecticut Paint Stewardship Law, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) yesterday approved a plan to implement the state's paint stewardship program beginning July 1, 2013. The implementation plan was prepared and submitted by PaintCare, Inc., a nonprofit organization established by the American Coatings Association to oversee paint take-back programs nationwide.

Yesterday's approval makes Connecticut the third state in the nation to implement a paint take-back law based on a model program facilitated in 2007 by the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI). In 2010, Oregon became the first state to roll out a leftover paint collection and recycling program via paint stewardship legislation, followed by California in 2012. Rhode Island is expected to implement its legislation-backed paint stewardship program in July 2014.

Connecticut's law, Public Act 11-24, passed in 2011. Like Oregon's and California's respective laws, it ensures the environmentally responsible end-of-life management of leftover architectural paint while shifting the managerial and financial burden away from the state and local governments. This is made possible through a small per-container assessment fee ("PaintCare Recovery Fee") that manufacturers pay to PaintCare, Inc. for each container of paint they sell. Manufacturers pass the assessment fee onto retailers, which then pass it on to consumers at the point of sale. These paint recovery fees fund the entire take-back program, including collection, transportation, recycling, public outreach, and administration. All architectural paint manufacturers that sell their products in Connecticut are required to register with the PaintCare program.

For more information, visit www.productstewardship.us and www.paintcare.org. 

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About the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI)

The Product Stewardship Institute (PSI) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing the health and environmental impacts of consumer products. Founded in 2000, PSI brings together key stakeholders with varying interests to develop product end-of-life solutions in a collaborative manner, with a focus on having manufacturers assume primary financial and managerial responsibility. With a robust membership base of 47 state governments and over 200 local governments, as well as partnerships with more than 90 companies, organizations, universities, and non-U.S. governments, PSI advances both voluntary programs and legislation to promote industry-led product stewardship initiatives. For more information, visit PSI online at www.productstewardship.us. You can also follow PSI on Facebook at facebook.com/ProductStewardship.

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