About 55 million litres of paint go to waste in the UK every year, which is why one organization is trying to create a circular paint economy by recycling it. Community RePaint is a UK-wide paint reuse network that collects leftover paint from drop-off points and redistributes it to individuals and groups in the community. They started in 1992 as a research project in Leeds called the Waste Wagon, led by a consortium of waste and recycling organizations and set up in response to concern from the local authority about the high cost of paint disposal and issues around household hazardous waste.

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