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CHARITY APPEAL TO LOCAL GROUPS TO HELP RECYCLE PAINT MOUNTAIN
10/07/2002
Community Re>Paint Lambeth has been inundated with so many donations that they have launched an appeal for more local projects to come forward to help put their growing paint mountain to good use.
Community Re>Paint Lambeth – a scheme which recycles leftover paint by redistributing it to community groups – has been inundated with so many donations that they have launched an appeal for more local projects to come forward to help put their growing paint mountain to good use.
Since March, when the service was launched in partnership by Lambeth Community Recycling and Lambeth Council, more than 700 tins of paint have been donated by Lambeth residents, DIY stores and traders.
The project, which sorts the paint to ensure that it is of the best quality, has already redistributed paint, free of charge, to a wide variety of local groups, including schools, women's refuges, youth groups and community organisations.
Vassall Ward Youth and Community Project is just one scheme which has already used Re>Paint to brighten up their building as part of their twenty year anniversary refurbishment.
The Vassall Ward Project Manager, Clair Crawford said: “I was concerned it would be difficult to raise enough funds to give our old building a makeover. The centre is used by the whole community, young and old alike, so it’s really important that the building looks bright and welcoming.
“The Re>Paint scheme was really easy to use, I just rang up and was able to go over a couple of days later. We were able to select from a really good range of colours, and got all the paint we needed absolutely free.”
Natasza Letowt-Vorbek, Assistant Manager at Lambeth Community Recycling, said: “We are really pleased by the huge response we received in terms of donated paint and also by the number of groups we have already helped.
“But because of the amount of paint being given to us, we are appealing for more groups to come forward. It is better to know that the paint, which would have been sent to a landfill site, is being used to help brighten up Lambeth instead!”