[Lincolnparkdc] [neighbors-ch] Paint Disposal

[Mark Ugoretz]

Sure makes life easier for me.  I’ve got a half dozen old paint cans and I’m happy not to have to go to the Fort Totten dump if I can even remember to do it “on-the-last-Thursday-of-a-month-that-falls-before-the-first-day-of-the-next-month.”  Glad to spend 10 minutes to drop it off at McCormick on 14th & Pennsylvania.

You want to go after hidden taxes?  How about curtailing speed camera traps in unmarked speed limit locations locations coming off a 55 mph highway at $30 million/year.  95 cents is chump change.

Mark Ugoretz

> On Nov 14, 2018, at 5:50 PM, Margaret Holwill <mgholwill at gmail.com> wrote:
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> What a terrible hidden tax. We use almost all the paint we buy with so little left that we can leave the can open to let the remainder dry before disposing of it in the regular trash. A scoop or two of kitty litter or mulch speeds drying.
> Or we take it to Ft Totten for disposal if we have to.
> That's 95 cents down the drain. Paint is expensive enough without that extra burden.
> MGH
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> On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 3:52 PM James Grimaldi <jamesvgrimaldi at gmail.com <mailto:jamesvgrimaldi at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Also, if the paint is still usable, Community Forklift <http://communityforklift.org/> will accept cans of paint and resell it. 
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> On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 3:49 PM Mark Ugoretz <mugoretz at gmail.com <mailto:mugoretz at gmail.com>> wrote:
> A while back someone asked about how to dispose of old paint*.  Having bought some paint over the last couple of days, I discovered that I was taxed $0.95 for every gallon of paint I bought to cover disposal costs.  
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> Under the District’s program, old paint, regardless of where it was purchased or the brand, can be brought to a number of disposal stations.  The nearest one to the Hill appears to be McCormick Paints at 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue SE.
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> While this information is late, I thought it nevertheless might be useful.  If it’s not useful, do not read this message.
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> Mark Ugoretz
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> *Not “Old Paint” the horse which must be disposed of elsewhere.
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> Mark Ugoretz
> 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NE
> Washington, DC 20002
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