Crown Paints Limited

Project A.R.T.I.S.T is a collaboration between Hempel, C-Source Renewables (CSR) Limited, the University of Edinburgh, and Impact Solutions with the aim of reducing the carbon footprint of the paints and coatings industry. The project focuses on using bio-based styrene material in the production of paints and coatings instead of the petrochemically produc...

Project P.A.I.N.T.S is a collaboration between Hempel, the University of Edinburgh, and Impact Solutions with the aim of reducing the carbon footprint of the paints and coatings industry. The project focuses on using bio-based styrene material in the production of paints and coatings instead of the petrochemically produced equivalent. Bio-based styrene ha...

Improvements in the sustainability of the coatings industry has been on the agenda for a number of years, particularly in the reduction of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Environmental and Health legislation regulating the levels of VOCs in coatings and longer-term emissions of other volatiles has driven a major shift in the coatings industry so that m...

Over 300 million litres of paint is sold in the UK every year, with approximately 55 million litres remaining unused. Only 1% of this waste is reused or remanufactured; the rest goes into the domestic waste stream, going into landfill or disposed of as hazardous waste at substantial cost to local authorities. There is currently no technology available for...

To use chemistry to design and develop processes to reduce, reuse and recycle paint manufacturing and pose-use waste, helping to create a 'circular economy'.