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Green text “CirclePaints” with brushstroke circle and tagline “Paints that don’t cost the Earth.”

Circle Paints

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Who we are

We are a registered environmental charity. We have a mission to reduce carbon emissions through reducing unnecessary paint production by enabling reuse of high quality surplus paint. Paint is a very high carbon material, and treatment of waste paint prior to disposal in landfill has a further carbon cost.

Circle Paints is jointly run by two Managing Directors, supported by a team of volunteers.

Gallery

A corner storefront of Circle Paints with a green awning advertising 50% Off Dulux Paints. A sidewalk sign reads paints that don’t cost the earth.

Circle Paints shopfront in St Peters, Sydney.

A woman in a green dress holds a sign reading Circle Paints – paints that don’t cost the earth, standing in front of shelves stocked with recycled paint cans.

Artist Kelly Wallwork, with the sandwich board she painted for Circle Paints.

A storefront window display with large green text reading SAVING PAINT FROM LANDFILL, decorated with paper snowflakes and plant illustrations.

Signage on our shop window explaining what we're all about.

A smiling man holds cans of recycled paint inside Circle Paints, standing in front of shelves filled with various paint containers.

Regular customer Don Paull, with paints purchased for a mural in Colleambally.

A tub of Circle Paints recycled paint labeled Antique White USA sits on a stool, with shelves of similar paint containers in the background.

What we do

We list our paint on our online catalogue and sell it via click and collect or through our shopfront in St Peters in Sydney's Inner West.

Our activities align with SDG Goals 12 (Responsible consumption and production) and 13 (Climate action).
Our key metrics are litres of paint diverted from landfill, with 1 litre of diverted paint avoiding over 2.5kg of carbon emissions.

Our work

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Two circular portraits on a light grey background with abstract curved shapes and teal arrows. Christina Chun, Chief Product Officer, is pictured smiling at the top left against a coral background. Kate Kutty, Engagement Lead, is pictured at the bottom right against a cream background with an orange circular border.

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