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Program Details

PaintCare offers drop-off sites throughout Vermont where the public can take unwanted paint for recycling. These sites are available to households, government agencies, and others with leftover paint.

  • 82
    82
    Year-round drop-off sites
  • 1.2 Million
    1.2 Million
    Gallons collected (estimate)
  • May 2014
    May 2014
    Established
  • 86
    86
    Large volume pickups

Drop Off Paint

Large Volume Pickup (LVP) Service

If you have a large amount of unwanted paint (100+ gallons), PaintCare offers a free service to painting contractors, property managers, and others with large amounts of leftover architectural paint.

Learn more about LVP

Products We Accept

PaintCare sites accept house paint as well as primers, stains, sealers, and clear coatings such as shellac and varnish. Accepted products, also referred to as “PaintCare products” and “architectural coatings,” are the same ones that carry the PaintCare fee when purchased.

PaintCare accepted products

Fee and Funding

PaintCare programs are funded by a fee (referred to as the PaintCare fee) which is applied to the purchase price of each container of new paint sold in the state. There is no charge for dropping off paint at a PaintCare drop-off site. The PaintCare fee is not a tax or a deposit. The fee funds all aspects of the paint stewardship program.

For more information on the fee, visit the PaintCare Fee Page.

The fee in Vermont is based on container size as follows:

Half pint or smaller
$0.00
Larger than half pint to smaller than 1 gallon
$0.65
1-2 gallons
$1.35
Larger than 2 gallons up to 5 gallons
$2.45
Half pint or smaller
$0.00
Larger than half pint to smaller than 1 gallon
$0.65
1-2 gallons
$1.35
Larger than 2 gallons up to 5 gallons
$2.45

Official Documents

Summary of 2024 Vermont Annual Report



This one-page infographic highlights the successes from the most recent reporting period (January to December 2024) for the Vermont PaintCare program. Please consider downloading and printing a copy of the infographic and then posting it for staff and the public at your business or organization.


Annual Reports

State Agency

The state agency for the Vermont paint stewardship program is the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR).

Program Plan

PaintCare’s program plan for Vermont describes the operations, outreach, and other activities of the Vermont Paint Stewardship Program:

Law

Laws relevant to the PaintCare program in Vermont can be found at https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/

  • Vermont Statutes
  • Title 10: Conservation and Development
  • Chapter 159: Waste Management
  • Subchapter4: Paint Stewardship Program
  • Sections 6671 – 6680

Sales Tax

The Vermont Department of Taxes has provided an explanation of why the PaintCare Recovery Fee is subject to state sales tax in the following letter:

Evaluation Reports by Product Stewardship Institute

The Product Stewardship Institute (PSI) evaluated the effects of the PaintCare program on household hazardous waste (HHW) programs in five states that implemented paint stewardship prior to September 2014: California, Connecticut, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont. This report summarizes PSI’s findings from the cross-state evaluation.