Royal Society of Chemistry calls for crackdown on paint waste and stockpiling

Cecilia Keating
clock • 3 min read
The paints industry is just one of eight sectors that PLFs are key ingredients for | Credit: iStock
Image:

The paints industry is just one of eight sectors that PLFs are key ingredients for | Credit: iStock

Paint is produced with precious fossil fuel derived chemicals, yet two thirds of the public admit to having an unfinished tin of paint spoiling at home, survey reveals

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has today raised the alarm about the environmental and resource impact of paint waste, warning that huge quantities of fossil fuel-derived chemicals found in paint...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

Cecilia Keating
Author spotlight

Cecilia Keating

View profile
More from Cecilia Keating

We need the transition to a low-carbon economy to reverse historic injustices

Why the Women in Green Business Awards is more important than ever

More on Recycling

How 'practical interventions' could cut around 95 per cent of microfibre pollution from textile production
Recycling

How 'practical interventions' could cut around 95 per cent of microfibre pollution from textile production

Changes to wastewater treatment, sludge disposal, and product design could tackle tens of thousands of tonnes of microfibre pollution annually, study claims

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 30 July 2026 • 6 min read
Soft plastic recycling laws have been delayed - an expert explains why
Recycling

Soft plastic recycling laws have been delayed - an expert explains why

Capacity for recycling flexible plastics is still lagging far behind demand, and the situation is not being helped by new extended producer responsibility rules

Randa Lindsey Kachef, Birkbeck, University of London; King's College London - The Conversation
clock 28 July 2026 • 4 min read
'Tyre-to-tyre': European tyre manufacturers join forces to launch new recycling initiative
Recycling

'Tyre-to-tyre': European tyre manufacturers join forces to launch new recycling initiative

'Tyre‑to‑tyre' project launched in Europe in bid to advance circularity and reduce reliance on virgin raw materials

Amber Rolt
clock 24 July 2026 • 2 min read