A6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 25, 1995 ms TERRACE STANDARD. Business REVIEW Extra paint home found HOME HARDWARE stores here and around the northwest are to start accepting surplus paint the end of February. The effort is part of a province- wide. program to reduce the amount of surplus paint cither being poured down drains or chucked away in garbage dumps. Paint manufacturers eventually hope to establish more than 150 collection points around the pro- vince... Although most paint manufac- turers are charging 50 cents for each can of 4-litre paint sold, Home Hardware. isn’t .charging the fee, Paint. collected by Home Hardware will first be shipped to a depot in Alberta. From there Home Hardware brands will be sent to the compa- ny’s Ontario paint manufacturing plant for recycling. The company will contract out ta-a waste disposal company to handle the other brands. Home Hardware Ontario offi- cial Terri Mitton said the recycled paint will be developed into a series of basic colours. The recycled product will be cheaper than the regular varicty, she added. Home Hardware won’t be recy- cling other brands because each one is made differently, Paint going to the waste dis- posal company can be used in a variety of ways, said Mitton. “Some of it could end up State- side for use as fuel,’”’ she said. BVER HAD a painting project that just didn’t require a full 4- lite can? One plan being promoted by the Paint Care Association is that of a paint exchange. It means people who don’t need paint can drop it off at a depot and those who do need it, can then pick it up at no charge. The idea is modeled after an Al- berta program which has set up 80 such collection and exchange depots, says Jim Matkin of the Paint Care Association, Members of the association are charging 50 cents for cach 4-litre can of new paint sold in ‘stores and those revenues are being used to finance a number of recycling ideas, Home Hardware hasn't set a budget for its collection system and doesn’t yet know how much value it'll get out of its recycling plans. “It’s very difficult to predict until the system gets up and run- ning,’* said Mitton. Home Hardware employees from around the area will be con- verging in Terrace early next month for a training session, atkkkk And while Home Hardware puts its plan in place, the Paint Care Association wants to have a collection contract in place with the regional district later this year, The association's members are collecting that 50 cent a can fee | and will use that to finance the depots. Association official Jim Matkin estimates the budget this year at $2 million. The association is comunitted to having contracts signed in all of the regional district areas by Oc- tober, he said. _ “What we'll be doing is paying the regional districts to collect paint. They can also combine this kind of collection program with other products if they wish,’’ said Matkin, The association will leave the matter of having fixed depot loca- tions or mobile ones up to the regional districts, To date, the association has held individual] collection - dates on the Jower mainland and on Nant some free. “One aspect that came to light is that a fair amount of paint being bought is never opened. People change their minds or de- cide they don’t like the colour,’ said Matkin. Paint exchanges can also benefit non-profit groups who op- erate under limited budgets for building or renovation projects, There’s also a financial benefit of paint exchange to the Paint Care Association. ’ The more paint that’s ex- changed locally means the less that bas io be transported else- where for recycling or disposal, said Matkin. Latex paint tagged for recycling could be sent to a plant in Wash- ington State, alkyd paint is used in making cement and other paint paint? FRONT BRAKE SPECIAL INCLUDES: ‘Rotors Turned «Bearings Packed « Install Pads - System Road Test Most vehiclas, passengar y cars ta 1/2 ton. Offer valid until Feb. 28/95. REAR BRAKE SPECIAL + Install Shoes « System Road Test INCLUDES: * Turn Drums + Pack Bearings PLUS TAX Most vellicles, passenger Offer valid unlit Feb. 28/95. cars to 1/2 ton PAINT BUYERS will soon have a depot to which they can return what they don't use. That's Henry Stiksma of Home Hardware which is setting up the depot as part of a province-wide plan to recycle paint instead of having it being poured down drains or taken tothe dump. — Vancouver Esland.” Maikin said it’s closc to signing depot contracts with the Capital Regional District and the Greater Vancouver Regional District. The association will try to strike deals with municipalities if it fails to do so with regional districts. And if that doesn’t happen, the in ms " association will set up its own reir tft. depots, ree ag 7 SIPROFESSIONAL PORTRAITS REGULAR $10.99 Kedak PACKAGE OFFER: 1-8 x 10°,2-5.x 7's", & - Wallet Size (3 x2)" 64- MiniPies "Approximate Measurements Package offer features our selection (1 pose) on Waditional blue background. $2.99 sitting fea per subject (Not included in advertised prica). 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