How the PDA is taking environmental accountability
Posted: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025
Despite various environmental initiatives within the painting industry to help recycle plastic and metal paint packaging, a high percentage of plastic waste is still incinerated rather than recycled with this process also causes problems and releasing dangerous greenhouse gases. Environmental activist group, Greenpeace UK, estimates that incinerating a single tonne of plastic releases over two tonnes of harmful carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Ahead of Earth Day on 22nd April, Ben Featherstone, Sustainability Coordinator at Bagnalls, outlined how the national painting and decorating contractor is taking accountability for its environmental impact. “Any business can have an impact on sustainability, no matter how big or small,” Featherstone explained. “The Painting and Decorating Association (PDA) – our painting industry trade body – is encouraging everyone to be more sustainable and increase recycling rates. The PDA’s Paint Green initiative allows potential customers to find a painting and decorating company that cares about the environment and is actively trying to reduce waste. “Bagnalls signed the Paint Green Pledge to help our colleagues focus on recycling and reassure our customers that we are developing sustainable practices. We hope that our actions encourage others to sign up as well. “The scheme is important because it holds all companies that have signed the pledge to account with the need for annual reporting. These reports encourage more action and ensure that businesses keep sustainability front and centre in their everyday practice. “It has become a habit now for our painters to clean out their empty paint tins, stack them up and send them out to the recycling point – it’s part of their normal, day-to-day procedure.”
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