Tackling the UK's 55 million litre problem of plastic waste from domestic paint.

油漆是造成海洋污染的主要因素，因为塑料微粒从涂层表面磨损，以及废弃、未使用的油漆的处理。英国每年产生5500万升剩余的装饰油漆。在被处置后，大部分油漆进入生活垃圾流，通过黑色袋子进入垃圾填埋场，进入海洋，或者在某些情况下被分离并作为危险废物焚烧，这给地方当局带来了相当大的成本。在2016年PaintCare对400多名地方政府HWRC进行调查后，大多数受访者确认他们不接受液体油漆，因此这是一次邮政编码抽奖，面向公众。他们别无选择，只能将其与一般废物一起丢弃。该项目旨在为家庭废弃油漆行业创造一个解决方案，帮助它实现政府到2050年实现净零废物的目标。我们提出的解决方案是一个创新的技术驱动的循环经济模式，由三个关键领域组成，以促进重复使用和回收。该概念围绕减少-刚刚好-返回的想法，以解决英国每年5500万升来自家庭油漆的塑料废物，是创新技术、设计和循环商业模式的结合。

Paints are a major contributor to marine pollution in the form of plastic microparticles abraded from coated surfaces and from the disposal of waste, unused paint.55 million litres of leftover decorative paint is generated in the UK each year. When disposed, most of it finds its way into the domestic waste stream, goes into landfill via black bags, enters the oceans, or in some cases gets separated out and incinerated as hazardous waste at considerable cost to local authorities.The estimated cost of disposing waste paint each year is £20.6 million to Local Government. Following the 2016 PaintCare survey of over 400 HWRCs in local authorities, the majority of respondents confirmed that they do not accept liquid paint, so it is a postcode lottery for the public, and they have no choice but to throw it in with general waste.This project aims to create a solution for the domestic waste paint sector to help it achieve the Governments goal of Net Zero Waste by 2050\.Our proposed solution is an innovative tech driven circular economy model that comprises of 3 key areas to promote reuse and recyclability.The concept focuses around the idea of REDUCE -- JUST ENOUGH -- RETURN to tackle the 55 million litres of plastic waste from domestic paint annually in the UK and is a combination of innovative technology, design and circular business models.