HB-451, paint care latex paint recycling?

fatlazyless · 03-17-2026, 08:41 PM

Ok, so the recently vetoed N.H. paint recycling bill included oil paint, oil stain, spray cans aerosol, latex paint, and other paint products.

Here's ..... www.paintcare.org/products ....... how it's done in twelve states plus Wash DC. Close to New Hampshire, the States of Maine, Vermont, New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island all have set up Paint Care recycling programs. Ditto that for California, Minnesota, and Illinois. There's a total of twelve states plus Washington D.C. which have state wide Paint Care recycling.

Am VERY surprised to see that Massachusetts is not on the list and does NOT have a Paint Care recycling program. So, what's the Massachusetts method for disposing unwanted latex paint? New Hampshire has 1.4-million residents and Massachusetts has seven million residents so what does Massachusetts do? Here in New Hampshire I suspect there are home owners with one gallon cans of latex paint in storage in their basement that will be stored there for an unknown time into the future similar to the photograph in the above post.

You know that latex paint can be stored for five to ten years and still be good to use if the lid is on secure, and the paint not allowed to freeze. After ten years in storage you pry open the lid, give the paint a thorough stir and it can be good to use as paint, after ten years ....... honest. So, how about that! Oh well, what the heck ........ so, surprise, surprise, that ten year old gallon of Glidden from Walmart is still usable after a very thorough stirring with a wood paint stir stick. It is truly quite remarkable how long latex paint will remain good to use just like a bottle of expensive, high quality, red wine ....... voila, let's paint!

03-17-2026, 08:41 PM	#22
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 9,168 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 310 Thanked 1,102 Times in 811 Posts	Ok, so the recently vetoed N.H. paint recycling bill included oil paint, oil stain, spray cans aerosol, latex paint, and other paint products. Here's ..... www.paintcare.org/products ....... how it's done in twelve states plus Wash DC. Close to New Hampshire, the States of Maine, Vermont, New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island all have set up Paint Care recycling programs. Ditto that for California, Minnesota, and Illinois. There's a total of twelve states plus Washington D.C. which have state wide Paint Care recycling. Am VERY surprised to see that Massachusetts is not on the list and does NOT have a Paint Care recycling program. So, what's the Massachusetts method for disposing unwanted latex paint? New Hampshire has 1.4-million residents and Massachusetts has seven million residents so what does Massachusetts do? Here in New Hampshire I suspect there are home owners with one gallon cans of latex paint in storage in their basement that will be stored there for an unknown time into the future similar to the photograph in the above post. You know that latex paint can be stored for five to ten years and still be good to use if the lid is on secure, and the paint not allowed to freeze. After ten years in storage you pry open the lid, give the paint a thorough stir and it can be good to use as paint, after ten years ....... honest. So, how about that! Oh well, what the heck ........ so, surprise, surprise, that ten year old gallon of Glidden from Walmart is still usable after a very thorough stirring with a wood paint stir stick. It is truly quite remarkable how long latex paint will remain good to use just like a bottle of expensive, high quality, red wine ....... voila, let's paint! __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store! Last edited by fatlazyless; 03-19-2026 at 05:22 AM.