Have you checked your shed recently for tins of paint – now long dried up – that you saved, in the sure knowledge that you’d be needing them again? It probably sounds familiar.  Paint – and paint products – is one of the key contributors in Ireland’s yearly output of hazardous materials.

This is one of the first campaigns of its type, that specifically targets paint. Ranging from point of sale, to leaflets, handy stickers and a video piece, it complemented Southern’s recently produced series of national guides around the handling and disposal of Hazardous Waste.