Paints & Coatings
Avoid:
Artist's paint from manufacturers in the List of Hazardous Materials that are not allowed in CA schools (K - 6th grade).
Click below for where to buy SUGGESTED products we encourage you to try, and SF Green Businesses are ALLOWED to use.
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Various products prohibited in CA schools (K - 6th grad...
Contains toxic or cancer-causing substances. Schools can buy products with the AP Approved Product Seal.
Guide for SF City Depts.: This PROHIBITED product does not meet the City’s standards.
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.
Manufacturer(s): Various (Click link below. Then click List of Hazardous Art & Craft Materials)
When to use it : The List includes certain brands of:
- Adhesives, rubber cement
- Whiteboard cleaners
- Artist's paint, varnish, sealers
- Paint thinners
- Clays/glazes
- Sculptural materials
Product Type: consumer product
Prohibited for CA Schools (K-6th grade)
Free recycled paint from Recology
Guide for SF City Depts.: Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standards.
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.
When to use it : According to Recology, their recycled paint tends to be good quality because it’s thicker than most:
- New paint because when paint is stored in people's homes for a long time, some of the water evaporates, increasing the proportion of solids.
- Recyc ...
Product Type: consumer product, institutional product
Various Green Seal certified paints
Does not contain ingredients that are carcinogens, mutagens, reproductive toxins, hazardous air pollutants or ozone-depleting compounds (exceptions:Does nottitanium dioxide & products pre-tinted by manufacturer, carbon black).
Guide for SF City Depts.: Try this SUGGESTED product. It meets City health & environmental standards.
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.
Manufacturer(s): Various
Product Type: institutional product, consumer product
Get paint picked up for recycling & order recycling posters.
Various paint hardeners
This an illegal treatment of latex paint waste because it makes paint no longer recyclable. Questions? Call 415-252-3907.
Guide for SF City Depts.: This PROHIBITED product does not meet the City’s standards.
Guide for SF Green Businesses: You're ALLOWED to use this green product.
Product Type: Consumer Product, Institutional product
