The industry leading sustainability scheme, Kick Out the Can, will return on Monday for two weeks through Crown Paints’ national network of Crown Decorating Centres, offering people the chance to recycle and repurpose paint. 

From Monday 2nd to Monday 16th May, homeowners can bring in unwanted paint cans of any colour or paint brand to any of the 148 Crown Decorating Centres (CDCs) across the country. As an incentive for taking part, customers who return cans to store will be entered into a competition to win a room makeover worth over £150!

The paint returned is processed and reworked by Crowns Paints social enterprise partner, NIMTECH, and donated to brighten charity, school and other community projects across the UK. The cans are recycled as part of the ongoing Crown Can Back scheme which recycles tonnes of plastic, metal and paper each year. 

 – a donation to Preston Prison which used their paint to conduct decorator training 

 – Hull and East Yorkshire MIND, the mental health charity, which created a new office wellbeing space for its staff with its paint donation 

 – St Mary Magdelen’s School in Accrington which gave its playground a brand-new splash of colour. 

Naiem Wafa, Director at Crown Decorating Centres, says: “We’re so pleased to welcome another year of Kick Out the Can, which is a great initiative to help our customers and local communities to be more sustainable, whilst bringing colour to towns across the UK.

“With Spring now well underway, it’s an unmissable opportunity for homeowners and DIYers to clear out their sheds and garages and get rid of unwanted cans – regardless of whether they are full, half full or empty.

“We’re proud to be the only paint manufacturer offering this type of scheme in the UK and look forward to a successful two weeks which will hopefully see a record amount of paint returned.”