Being a Green Conscious Company
In today's ever growing green movement, we continually strive to do our part to paint and stain your home with a "green" eye. Though often green products do tend to cost more than others, being green to Caravelli Painting does not necessarily correspond with an increase in costs to the customer. We do our best to plan and implement green practices in our day to day operations, and whenever possible, make decisions which impact our environment in the least.
All of our paint supplies are bought locally and meet or exceed the minimum requirements of the Cal. Green codes. We buy only what we need and return excess products whenever possible. Paints have volatile organic chemicals (VOCs ) that can release toxic gas into the air for years after a room has been painted. We use latex paints and water-based stains that include low VOCs or zero-VOCs, low biocides, and natural pigments. And as a last resort, we take leftover product to the local hazardous waste collection program.
Here are a few other things Caravelli Painting, Inc. recommends doing to help reduce and reuse industry specific materials:
Paint Buckets
All of our paint supplies are bought locally and meet or exceed the minimum requirements of the Cal. Green codes. We buy only what we need and return excess products whenever possible. Paints have volatile organic chemicals (VOCs ) that can release toxic gas into the air for years after a room has been painted. We use latex paints and water-based stains that include low VOCs or zero-VOCs, low biocides, and natural pigments. And as a last resort, we take leftover product to the local hazardous waste collection program.
Here are a few other things Caravelli Painting, Inc. recommends doing to help reduce and reuse industry specific materials:
Paint Buckets
- Give away to other tradesmen for the use of carrying tools, cement, dirt, etc.
- Clean out and reuse for mixing paints, carrying tools, or garbage cans.
- If not needed, let the paint dry out before recycling.
- Clean brushes and buckets with dirty thinner from the previous day.
- Recycle used thinner by letting it stand for a few months in a safe storage area; then pour off of the top to reuse for cleaning tools, equipment and brushes.
- Strain out the soiled from recycled thinner and let dry before disposal.
- Larger clean cuts can be reused on other parts of the job sites and/or other jobs for masking, covering equipment and vegetation.
- Use and reuse cloth tarps whenever possible.
- Turn those unwanted t-shirts, sheets, and towels into painter's rags!
- Donated to local organizations or community groups for art projects, updating, beatification projects, etc.
- Leave on the property for future touch ups and repaints/staining.
- Bring used or unwanted paints and/or stains to local paint suppliers--Paint Stewardships per CAL. requirements.
