New social enterprise salvages 2.5 tonnes of old paint in a few weeks

The Revive Paint team hopes to prevent up to 45 tonnes of paint from being incinerated each year, putting it back on the shelves for resale

Peter Buckley and Tara Mulhall in their paint recycling facility at the Revive Paint Centre, Education and Training Campus, Redemption Road, Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

Meet the team that is giving old paint a new lease of life and saving the environment one colourful tin at a time.

A new social enterprise, circular economy business in Cork has, in just a few weeks, diverted 2.5 tonnes of old paint which was destined for incineration overseas onto the shelves of its new shop for resale.