Paintback, together with Hon Colin Brooks, Minister for Industry and Advanced Manufacturing, has today officially opened our world first facility for reclaiming and repurposing unwanted paint and packaging, the Paint Circular Economy Headquarters (PaCE HQ).

This state-of-the-art dedicated facility can process over 19,000 kgs of raw paint per day as well as 3,000 kgs of plastic and 5,000 kgs of metal paint packaging. PaCE HQ is dedicated to end-to-end sorting and separation of paint material from its packaging, turning them into clean re-useable materials all under one roof, along with a significant research and development capability. Paintback has a target of repurposing over 90% of the paint and packaging that it collects.

The activities at PaCE HQ will include:

• The receival of mixed domestic and trade architectural and decorative paint and packaging
• The sorting and separation of the paint from its packaging, washing and sorting of materials
• Sorting of the material streams for reuse as part of the circular economy
• Research and development (R&D) into new ways to repurpose unwanted paint materials
• Production of new products from reclaimed paint such as Paintback Greyscale

“Victoria is leading the way in advanced recycling and circular economy innovation, and facilities like PaCE HQ show how we can work together to create a cleaner, more sustainable future. “This world-first facility is not just creating new jobs — it’s driving new industries that will power Victoria’s economy for decades to come." 

Colin Brooks, Minister for Industry and Advanced Manufacturing

Click here to view PaCE HQ Media Release