Recycled Content Paint Benefits the Environment, and Your Budget

Amazon Select Paint, now available at the Reuse Center at Boston Building Resources, is an eco-friendly latex paint manufactured from surplus paints. The paint is reprocessed to guarantee that every gallon meets strict color and coverage specifications, and then packaged and sold for the affordable price of $24 per gallon or $115 per five-gallon bucket in a selection of consistent colors.

Amazon paint can be used for interior or exterior applications on drywall, wood, stucco, or masonry. Its low-sheen finish (between a flat and an eggshell) is washable and scrubbable.

By using Amazon recycled content paint, you are helping to protect the environment by saving the resources that would be used to make new paint. The energy used to make and transport the paint, as well as the minerals, chemicals, and pigments needed to make new paint, are all saved when you choose recycled paint instead of virgin paint. You are also preventing that paint material from ending up in a landfill or, worse, down a drain. Using recycled content paint saves resources, saves energy, reduces pollution, and reduces landfill waste.

Use of Amazon Select Paint qualifies for LEED credits because the paint contains more than 80% post-consumer content material. Amazon Select Paint is also Green Seal certified. It is manufactured in the United States (Minnesota and Oklahoma) and is not affiliated with the online retail giant.