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Municipal leaders, recyclers press for statewide paint stewardship program to ease disposal costs
Summary
The Massachusetts Municipal Association, Newton's mayor and regional waste managers urged the Joint Committee to back paint stewardship legislation that would shift end‑of‑life paint management from towns to producers, reduce household hazardous‑waste costs and expand recycling of latex and oil‑based paints.
Representatives of the Massachusetts Municipal Association, the city of Newton and regional waste districts told the Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on Oct. 12 that the state should adopt a paint stewardship law to shift end‑of‑life paint management to producers and relieve municipal budgets.
Newton Mayor Ruth Ann Fuller told the committee that paint stewardship "shifts both the financial and managerial burden for the disposal and recycling of paint" back to manufacturers, and she said Massachusetts would follow 12 other…
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