Title: Paint Is One of the Most Common Yet Hazardous Substances in Your Home
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Content: Despite these statistics, funding environmentally safe disposal options for waste paint is sometimes difficult. Paint is made through combining chemical products. These chemicals include solvents, binders, additives and pigments. Paint is classified into two basic categories, latex, in which the major liquid ingredient is water, and solvent-based, which contains some sort of organic solvent. Latex or water-based paints can be identified by words on labels such as "clean with soap and water" "latex", "vinyl", "acrylic" or "water-based". Solvent-based paints may have the words "alkyd", "oil-based", "urethane", "epoxy", "varnish", "clean up with mineral spirits or paint thinner", "contains petroleum distillates", or "combustible: keep away from heat and flame". Recycling and disposal alternatives vary according to these categories and product composition. If you are unsure about the paint composition, read the label and contact the manufacturer for recommendations on disposal. Look for a toll free number on the label.