Recipro are proud to be members of Community RePaint , a network of organisations reusing paint around the UK.

Did you know that an estimated 50 million litres of the 320 million litres of paint sold in the UK each year go to waste? This leftover paint is either thrown away or stored in homes or garages despite over 50% of it still being usable.

In 2020, Recipro reused 88,588 litres of leftover, unwanted paint!

Community RePaint is a UK wide paint reuse network, sponsored by Dulux, that aims to collect this leftover paint and redistribute it to benefit individuals, families, communities and charities in need at an affordable cost. The network is run on a day to day basis by Resource Futures, an environmental consultancy. The network is made up of over 65 schemes and in 2019 redistributed over 365,988 litres of paint.  No two schemes are the same, varying in size, operational set up and motivational drivers but they all have the same vision to create communities where everyone has the opportunity to brighten their spaces and their lives.

Our scheme collects unwanted paint from around the NorthWest, and both sells this as ‘reusable’ paint, and as ReColour, which is remanufactured onsite to create a quality, affordable and eco-friendly paint.