Paint Stewardship to the Governor!

The Oregon Senate just voted 25-5 to pass HB 3037 and send the bill to the Governor. The bill creates a paint stewardship program, helping protect Oregon's rivers and landfills from toxic paint waste. More about the bill. Post-consumer paint is often the number one product, by volume and cost, coming into local hazardous waste programs.

Senators Atkinson, Boquist, Ferrioli, Kruse, and Starr voted against the bill, which was supported by conservationists and the paint industry.