Innovative waste paint from AkzoNobel
On October 1, 2019, AkzoNobel introduced a new eco-product on the market. An improved development of the company was a paint and varnish material created from waste.
According to representatives of the concern, AkzoNobel is the first major manufacturer to produce recycled paint. The project was made possible thanks to a partnership with Veolia Optimized Resource Management experts from the UK.
The innovative Evolve matte finish from the Dulux Trade brand is based on the remaining paint in cans that usually end up in a landfill. General manufacturing technology consists of the following steps:
- The remaining material is removed from the cans, after which they are sorted, filtered and cleaned by Veolia.
- The Delux factory processes them with new paint and carefully tests the finished product for compliance with its quality and safety standards.
As a result, the emulsion contains about 35% of the recycled material. Innovation has a positive effect not only from the point of view of the economy, it also becomes a significant contribution to the ecology of our planet.
Many years of hard work and investment have allowed employees to close the production cycle through the use of recycled materials. A special achievement is that, compared to traditional paints, the novelty has a carbon footprint reduced by more than 10% (based on 1 liter of product).
Evolve is not the first experience of non-waste production in the field of paintwork. In 2017, Akzo Nobel, together with the Dutch company Black Bear, already produced powder eco-paints, where recycled car tires acted as a pigment.
