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Andrew Corman • Dec 27, 2022

Tips From AC Trash Hauling & More

Different Color Paint — Noblesville, IN — AC Trash Hauling & More

We often get asked to haul away and dispose of paint on our house clean out projects. This is often a large challenge. One that we face with caution.

Allow us to share a few quick facts about the volume of paint that is “wasted” and disposed of annually.

With a bit of research we discovered that over 75 million gallons of paint are disposed of annually. Let us help you appreciate what this looks likes.
A typical Olympic size swimming pool holds approximately 660,000 gallons of water. That’s huge. That said, 75million gallons will fill 113 plus swimming pools, (75,000,000/660,000.)

It’s difficult to wrap your arms around that much paint!!

So, what can you do to help legally dispose of unwanted/unused paint?

The following link is a good resource to learn about paint disposal, https://bit.ly/2G9T4fp.
 
AC Trash Hauling & More is willing to assist our customers with paint removal and disposal. Our first reaction is to direct you to a local facility that legally disposes/recycles paint. Our second option is to educate you on ways to solidify the paint and legally dispose of it with your weekly trash. With small quantities of paint, we will handle to products by adding kitty litter or some other agent to help dry it out.

Good luck with your paint removal and disposal projects.

 

Just a reminder, AC Trash Hauling & More provides services to the following communities and surrounding areas.

Noblesville, Carmel, Fishers, Westfield, Sheridan, Zionsville, Broad Ripple, Cicero, Castleton, Lawrence, Tipton, McCordsville, Fortville, Greenfield, and more upon request

 

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