Paint Product Stewardship Initiative Update for PPSI Participants April 18-19, 2007 Scott Cassel, PSI Executive Director/Founder

April 18-19, 2007 Washington DC 2 Key Dates oSept – PSI presentation to NPCA Committee oSept – Completion of Paint Action Plan oSept – Completion of 4 meetings oMarch 15, 2005 – 1 st MOU Signed oMarch 15, 2007 – end of 2-year MOU oMarch 21, 2007 – NPCA Board Resolution oJuly 2007 – NPCA Executive Committee Meeting oOct – NPCA Full Board Meeting

April 18-19, 2007 Washington DC 3 The Purpose of the Projects –Demonstrate the potential to reduce the volume of leftover paint and the cost of managing leftover paint; –Increase the use of leftover paint as a resource; –Increase government and private purchase of products made from leftover paint.

April 18-19, 2007 Washington DC 4 Project Portfolio 1.Source Reduction Survey/Pilot 2.Reuse Manual/Pilot 3.Infrastructure Report 4.Recycled Paint Standard 5.Recycled Paint Marketing 6.Regulatory - White Paper 7.Sustainable financing options 8.Lifecycle Assessment and Cost/Benefit Analysis (LCA/CBA)

April 18-19, 2007 Washington DC 5 Source Reduction Survey/Pilot  We now know why people have leftover paint.  In-store Kiosk is #1 recommendation.  Kiosk idea has flexibility.  Follow up testing of environmental message helpful.  Pilot testing is necessary…pending funding.

April 18-19, 2007 Washington DC 6 Reuse Manual/Pilot  Manual Completed  Recipe for starting reuse center  Case studies  Remaining: Pilot to test effectiveness

April 18-19, 2007 Washington DC 7 Infrastructure Report  Report Completed  10% of paint sales is leftover (64 million gal)  Collection/transportation options – latex & oil  Recycling facilities needed – latex  Modeled national (future) system  Phased implementation

April 18-19, 2007 Washington DC 8 Recycled Paint – Standard, Certification, and Marketing  Recycled paint standard developed for consolidated and reprocessed latex paint  Certification of company products – ongoing  0 products certified to date  Recycled paint marketing awaiting certifications  Workgroup to reconvene on marketing efforts

April 18-19, 2007 Washington DC 9 Health, Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory Issues – White Paper  White paper completed  Extend the volatile organic content (VOC) provisions of the federal Architectural and Industrial Maintenance rule for recycled content paint to Ozone Transport Commission states (Maine to Virginia) and others.

April 18-19, 2007 Washington DC 10 Health, Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory Issues – White Paper  PSI to write letter to OSHA to obtain its acceptance in writing regarding the current procedure followed by paint recyclers of using virgin paint material safety data sheets (MSDSs) as representative of the contents of recycled paint.

April 18-19, 2007 Washington DC 11 Sustainable Financing Options  Developed financing fact sheets of Canadian paint management systems.  Outlined financing systems on other product categories and in other countries.

Paint Projects – PSI Budget Summaries through 4/7/07

April 18-19, 2007 Washington DC 13 Meeting Objectives Thorough understanding of NPCA Resolution Agree on path forward on LCA/CBA Understand status of recycled paint certification and marketing Outline/develop National Paint Infrastructure Demonstration Project Outline/develop 2 nd MOU Discuss resources needed Set next meeting date?

April 18-19, 2007 Washington DC 14 We Have Come A Long Way over a Long Time! Increased understanding – all participants Increased manufacturer and retailer involvement New relationships formed Attitudes have changed – a lot!  Are we ready to make a deal?

April 18-19, 2007 Washington DC 15 THANK YOU to our sponsors! Paint Recycling Company