Bring your surplus paint to the
Shawmut Avenue Recycling Center - Closed October 10, 2009 reopens April 19, 2010
LATEX
PAINT
What is acceptable
- Interior and exterior paint
- Water-based paint tubes
How to prepare
- Keep in original container tightly
sealed
- Label contents if original label is
illegible
- Pack cans and/or tubes in carton or
box
What is
unacceptable
- Mixing paints
- Packing in trash bags
- Unmarked or illegible containers
- Pre-frozen paint (pop lid, let
dry, place in trash)
- Evaporated paint
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OIL
PAINT
What is acceptable
- Interior and exterior oil-based alkyd
paint
- Oil-based paint tubes
How to prepare
- Keep in original container tightly
sealed
- Label contents if original label is
illegible
- No creosol
- Label if lead based
- Pack cans in carton
- Pack tubes in carton
- No unmarked or illegible
containers
Do not include
- No mixing paints
- No solidified oil-based paints
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Where can I call if I have a question?
(508) 979-1493 - Marissa Perez-Dormitzer, New Bedford Recycling Coordinator
(508) 991-6156 - Shawmut Avenue Transfer Station
(508) 763-5924 - Greater New Bedford Regional Refuse Management
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