ECOFLO Holding, Inc., one of the East Coast鈥檚 leading providers of hazardous waste management services, industrial services, and household hazardous waste collection, has announced the formation of ECOFLO Recycling, LLC to manage its new Latex Paint Recycling Program. ECOFLO will promote the reuse and recycling of latex paint and the distribution of recycled content paint products by diverting useable material to a paint manufacturer for recycling and reintroduction into the market. ECOFLO will consolidate surplus latex paint collected from household hazardous waste permanent sites and events it operates and reprocess the paint into an intermediate formulation which will be converted to a usable product by a paint manufacturer. 聽The final product will contain from 20 to 80% reclaimed material and be a quality interior or exterior grade recycled paint that is packaged, labeled, and suitable for retail or consumer use. The application and adhesion characteristics shall enable the recycled paint to be applied to surfaces in a manner common to new exterior paints including roller and brush application.
Experts predict that within five years the volume of paint collected in the United States will increase up to tenfold. This huge increase in the collection of old paint will require new processing facilities, new markets, and the development of new products in order to properly handle all of the paint that is collected. 聽ECOFLO’s recycled paint initiative allows it to continue its leadership position in this developing business. Most of the “green” paints on the market have focused on low or no Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s) which is extremely important for both environmental and personal health. However, all of these products are still produced through the harvesting of natural resources and they still contribute to the increasing problem of paint waste reaching levels of 64 million gallons per year. With remanufactured paints, VOC’s are significantly reduced while at the same time greatly diminishing waste and the harvesting of natural resources.
According to Paul McAllister, President and CEO of ECOFLO Holding, 鈥渢he formation of this entity and the investment in personnel and equipment to produce this material is a natural extension of the company鈥檚 interest in providing environmentally sound, sustainable solutions to managing waste.鈥�
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