IMPORTANT:
Fee Increases in Connecticut, Maine, and Washington: An increase of the Maine PaintCare fee will take effect October 1, 2025 (learn more here). Fee increases in Connecticut and Washington have been approved by state agencies and will take effect January 1, 2026. Learn more about the CT fee change and the WA fee change.
Proposed Fee Increase in Colorado: Pending approval by the state oversight agency, a fee increase in CO will take effect April 1, 2026. Learn more about the CO fee change.
Registration for Illinois & Maryland: PaintCare is planning new programs in IL and MD. The IL program is anticipated to start in 2025; the MD program start date has not yet been determined. Log in and register so we can list your company as a participant in each state’s program plan.
New Law Will Expand Products Collected by PaintCare in California and Vermont: A new law passed that will expand the PaintCare program in CA and VT. PaintCare will provide ongoing updates to manufacturers as plans develop.
Welcome to PaintCareReporting.org
This website is for paint manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to set up and manage accounts with PaintCare. See below for more details.
If you are a household or business interested in recycling your leftover paint or learning more about PaintCare, visit our main public website at www.paintcare.org.
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What is the difference between being registered and setting up an account?
Companies that appear on public registration lists are always manufacturers (not distributors or retailers), and PaintCare and state paint stewardship laws also refer them to as “Producers” or “Participants.” Distributors and retailers that set up accounts in this reporting system are doing so in order to use the system to file reports on behalf of manufacturers.
Quick Reference Guide - New User
Quick Reference Guide - Existing User
What Can You Do Here?
Once you have established an account, you will be able to sign up for PaintCare programs on a state-by-state basis. Each account requires a primary contact to fill the role of administrator for the company’s account. The primary contact will be able to add any number of secondary contacts who may view company information, file reports, and sign remitter agreements. This website allows you to do the following:
Manufacturers
Register: Use this site to register your company and brands with one or more state programs. Registration means that your company and brands will be included on registration lists. These lists are made public on http://www.paintcare.org and on state agency websites to inform the public that your company is participating in a state’s paint stewardship program. If you sign up for more than one state, you only need to provide one brand list; the same list of brands will be used for all states for which you are registered.
Manufacturers, Distributors, and Retailers
File Sales Reports: Most companies file sales reports monthly. The reporting section of this website helps calculate the fees that are due to PaintCare based on the number of containers sold for each of the container size categories for each state.
Set up and View Remitter Agreements: Remitter agreements allow a dealer (distributor or retailer) to file reports on behalf of a supplier (usually a manufacturer, but sometimes a distributor). For companies with remitter agreements, this site allows you to manage your agreements. You may view lists of companies with which you already have agreements and also monitor the status of pending agreements. If you want to set up new agreements, this site allows you to search for other companies and ask them to work with you. To do so, each party must already have an account with PaintCareReporting and they must have already added the state to their account.
Manage Your Account: Update company information, add or change contact people, and join programs in new states.