Setting up a new Community RePaint project

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Setting up a new Community RePaint project

• Resource Futures
• www.communityrepaint.org.uk

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Outline

• Background
• Sources of paint
• Operations (collections, sorting, storage,
  redistribution)
• Equipment
• Publicity
• Legislation and regulation
• Funding
• Income generation
• Support available and materials
• Resource Futures
• Miscellaneous other

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Background - man in a white van

• Bullet 2

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Network growth

• 1993-98 10 new projects established
• 1998 manual published
• 1999-2005 funding for project expansion

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Community RePaint today

• 65 autonomous projects across UK (plus 1 in
  Dublin) which form a network, centrally
  co-ordinated by Resource Futures
• 50 collect at council waste sites plus some from
  painters and decorators
• 50 collect from DIY retailers, paint
  manufacturers, etc

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www.communityrepaint.org.uk
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Paint means prizes

• Biffaward awards 2000
• EU Commission report 2002
• 2004 ICI Chief Executive award

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Dulux

• sponsorship
• technical support
• product stewardship programme
• Dulux dogs!

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Statistics (2007)

• 400 million litres sold (retail trade)
• 56m litres unused
• 450,000 litres collected
• 250,000 litres redistributed
• to 11.000 individuals and groups
• 95 jobs
• 145 volunteers
• 55 training courses

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Sources of paint

• HWRC/CA sites public donation
• DIY retailers/manufacturers
• painters and decorators
• community collection points/mobile collection
  service
• local companies, etc
• drop off at own premises (not recommended)

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Operations

• collections
• paint sorting
• storage
• redistribution

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Collections HWRCs nb paint pick-up fees
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• ACCEPTABLE MATERIALS
• emulsion paint
• gloss paint
• eggshell paint
• satin paint
• undercoat
• primer
• floor paint
• masonry paint
• exterior paint
• varnishes and woodstains
• tile paint

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• UNACCEPTABLE MATERIALS
• paint thinners eg white spirit
• paintbrush cleaners
• paint stripper
• wood preservatives treatments
• any pesticide product
• car paint
• specialist industrial paints
• aerosol spray paints
• cellulose-based paint
• paint not in its original container
• paint over 10 years old
• any paint containing lead
• unusable paint

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No hazard symbols!
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Collections retailers/manufacturers/trade

• establish good relationships
• provide professional collections as required
• ensure no haz items donated!
• mark donated tins
• some payment for commercial collections

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Collections painters and decorators

• 1 man band large companies
• using projects more and more
• traditional routes of disposal closed
• beware all or nothing donations
• charging being introduced
• Painting and Decorating Association
• DDC trial East London

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Collections other

• rural areas community collections
• mobile collection vehicles
• local companies
• own premises (not recommended)

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Operations paint sorting
When paint is taken back and unloaded at the
Community RePaint projects own premises
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Paint sorting continued

• paint from
• painters and decorators
• local companies
• community collection points
• follow full sorting procedure
• DIY retailers/paint manufacturers
• full checking procedure not required

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Storage

• paint types or colours stored together
• record/monitor volumes of paint collected from
  which sources
• NB Community RePaint Newark bar code each
  container (keep extensive records of paint in
  stock)

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Redistribution

• local charities, etc should sign disclaimer
  form paint is 2nd hand not guaranteed- when
  taking paint
• form also records details of charity, etc
• standard form included in manual Chapter 11.3

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Redistribution

• use existing clients/contacts
• use local grass roots networks
• housing/social services/anti-graffiti departments
  
• schools, charities, community groups, housing
  associations, individuals in need, sports clubs,
  parish councils, churches, street wardens,
  theatre groups and art colleges
• links to probations services, ECB, BiTC, CSV,
  Millennium Volunteers, Princes Trust, etc

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Gordon Brown Patricia Hewitt at Focus charity
in Leicestershire
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Redecorating at Focus charity in Leicestershire
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Friends of Hanover Playground - Sheffield
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Haydn out-of-school club Millennium Volunteers
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Inside Out Trust wheel-chairs to Iraq
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Equipment required
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Equipment required continued PPE (Personal
Protective Equipment)
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• Lid Fitting Press

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Equipment suppliers

• GJF containers, Walsall
• Phil Walker/Gill Edwards
• Tel [phone]
• Email sales_at_gjffabrications.co.uk
• Crates Straight plc,Leeds
• Dean Kitchen
• Tel [phone]
• Email dean.kitchen_at_straight.co.uk  

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• Lid fitting press Merris Engineers, Maidenhead
• Tel [phone]
• Health and Safety misc equipment, ASPLI, Leeds
• Tel [phone]
• Email sales_at_aspli.com
• Web www.aspli.com

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Shelving and racking

• Obtain second-hand/donated where possible or
  visit
• www.theusedracking.co.uk
• www.shelfsave.com/heavydutyracking
• www.stakrak.co.uk
• www.e-racking.com

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Publicity

• NB Community RePaint
• (capital C, R and P)
• name of project Community RePaint
  ..town/city/area
• a project run by .. eg, Seagulls, Rainbow
  Services, etc
• can use logo on promo materials, letterheads, etc
  

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Legislation and regulation

• Inform all relevant regulatory authorities
  beforehand
• Environment Agency (SEPA/DoE)
• fire officer
• health safety officer
• Trading Standards Office
• council planning officer use of land
• your insurance company

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Legislation and regulation

• avoid hazardous paint!
• Hazardous Waste Regs see briefing sheet
• EPA duty of care
• Waste Man Licensing Regs - exemptions for
  storage registration as a carrier
• risk and COSHH assessments
• standard HS procedures - manual

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Legislation and regulation

• service licence agreement project signs up to
  use logo become part of network
• benefits
• technical support range of support materials
• national deals brokered for the network
  (Homebase)
• promotion as part of network
• lobbying on behalf of network
• access to up to date info, etc

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Funding

• Lottery Awards for All, Reaching Communities
• local authority
• local trusts, eg Coalfields Regeneration Trust
• www.funderfinder.org.uk
• EU funding
• 02 Conservation Foundation up to 1,000
• www.conservationfoundation.co.uk or O2 shops
• www.j4bcommunity.co.uk
• www.governmentfunding.org.uk

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Income generation

• collection fees councils
• donations
• subscriptions
• training
• local sponsorship
• workshops

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Support available

• Resource Futures can offer
• technical support
• will provide assistance to new existing
  projects
• Community Waste Network (CRN, FRN, CCN) - 4
  regional support workers, see www.communitywaste.o
  rg.uk
• REalliance www.realliance.org.uk/
• local council recycling officer
• RDA (Regional Development Agency)
• local community/recycling networks

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Support materials

• www.communityrepaint.org.uk
• Community RePaint manual
• briefing sheets
• risk and COSHH assessments
• e-zines
• quick start-up guide
• Posters
• leaflets (project, national, minority lang)
• costings

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Resource Futures

• formerly SWAP
• network support since 1993
• technical advice and assistance
• targets to sustain and expand network
• funding bids
• lobby government industry
• strategic partnerships
• support materials

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Miscellaneous other

• official project launch
• national/regional skillshares
• annual surveys
• any questions?

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Contact details

• Mark Gregory (Project Manager)
• Community RePaint c/o Resource Futures
• 3rd Floor, Munro House
• Duke Street
• Leeds
• LS9 8AG
• Email mark.gregory_at_resourcefutures.co.uk
• Tel [phone]
• Web www.communityrepaint.org.uk