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I've just been told off by an objectionable woman for disposing of an old paint can in my green general waste bin. I asked her if I wasn't supposed to do that and what I was supposed to do with it. Apparently I should know better but evidently I don't. I pointed out that she obviously knew what to do and it would be more constructive if she pointed me in the right direction but she just sloped off. A short burst on the Southwark website hasn't helped. Could anyone spare a moment to tell me where it goes?


Failing that does anyone want a collection of miscellaneous paint?

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pipsky2008 Wrote:

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> What happens to tinned paint when it is taken to a recycling centre, can anyone say?


If in good condition it can be re-used via a scheme such as community repaint. Or it can be "re-manufactured", i.e. filtered and recycled into new paint.

About 20 years ago I phoned Southwark Council helpline regarding the disposal of some old paint. The advice I received was astounding. I was told the paint couldn't go in the general waste as the tins may burst and spill over the operatives. If I couldn't take it to the depot then I could either:

(a) leave it out with the lid off so that the paint would solidify and then it would be OK to put in the general waste

(b) pour the paint down the drain.


As I type this I find it unbelievable I was given such advice but I swear it's true. Hopefully training has improved since then. (I eventually took the half empty tins to the depot, then in Manor Place)

Senor Chevalier Wrote:

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> I've just been told off by an objectionable woman

> for disposing of an old paint can in my green

> general waste bin. I asked her if I wasn't

> supposed to do that and what I was supposed to do

> with it. Apparently I should know better but

> evidently I don't. I pointed out that she

> obviously knew what to do and it would be more

> constructive if she pointed me in the right

> direction but she just sloped off. A short burst

> on the Southwark website hasn't helped. Could

> anyone spare a moment to tell me where it goes?

>

> Failing that does anyone want a collection of

> miscellaneous paint?


Could you say if it is water or oil based, what colour, finish, quantity etc.

Jeremy Wrote:

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> pipsky2008 Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > What happens to tinned paint when it is taken to

> a recycling centre, can anyone say?

>

> If in good condition it can be re-used via a

> scheme such as community repaint. Or it can be

> "re-manufactured", i.e. filtered and recycled into

> new paint.


Thanks for the mention of community repaint Jeremy, I hadn't heard of it myself until you mentioned it. I see it's a Southwark initiative.


http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200276/how_can_i_reduce_waste/1790/community_repaint

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