Crown Paints launches 'Kick Out The Can'

Crown Paints’ award-winning community scheme, which gives householders the chance to clear their sheds, garages and cupboards of unwanted paint, is making a welcome return for Easter.

From March 30 to April 11, the ‘Kick Out The Can’ initiative will allow people across England, Scotland and Wales to take surplus paint to the paint manufacturer’s national network of Crown Decorating Centres for recycling.

The paint collected in-store will be re-processed by social enterprise company Nimtech and then donated to community projects through regeneration charity Newground.

This is the third year Crown Paints has operated the scheme, through its network of 115 Crown Decorating Centres in mainland UK. The initiative has secured a number of national accolades including the International CSR Award and Green Apple.

“Householders showed us that they valued the opportunity to clear out surplus paint while also making a positive contribution to communities across the country simply through the numbers who took part in the scheme.”

Paint must be in the original container with the lid securely attached and no foreign objects or substances in the cans. Aerosols and rusty cans cannot be accepted.