The Easter break is an opportunity many people take to have a bit of a clear out. Householders planning a spring clean are urged to clear surplus paint from sheds, garages and cupboards as part of a nationwide recycling scheme.
Kick Out The Can offers customers the chance to return surplus paint to any Crown Decorating Centre between March 30 and April 11. Clutter clearers will receive a 20 per cent discount voucher.
The scheme will see donated paint re-processed by social enterprise company, Nimtech, before distribution to community projects in partnership with regeneration charity
Newground. Leftover plastic and metal paint containers will also be recycled.
Kick Out The Can fortnight
Up to 10 containers will be accepted on each visit during the Kick Out The Can fortnight, and statistics show there are around 54 million litres of unused paints being stored across the country.
Last year the scheme helped transform communal gardens, park benches and youth centres as well as providing paint for a social housing apprenticeship scheme.
The initiative will allow customers to recycle unwanted paints and woodcare products from March 30 to April 11 in return for a 20 per cent discount voucher which can be used until July 31, 2015.
The nearest
Crown Decorating Centres are in Brentford and Park Royal:
store locator.
Paint must be in original containers with lids securely attached and no foreign objects or substances in the cans. Aerosols and rusty cans cannot be accepted.
