The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 10 : Conservation and Development
Chapter 159 : Waste Management
Subchapter 004 : PAINT PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 6672)-
§ 6672. Definitions
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Aerosol coating product” means a pressurized coating product containing pigments or resins dispensed by means of a propellant and packaged and sold in a disposable aerosol container for handheld application, or for use in specialized equipment for ground traffic or marking applications.
(2) “Architectural paint” means interior and exterior architectural coatings, including interior or exterior water- and oil-based coatings, primers, sealers, or wood coatings, that are sold in containers of five gallons or less. “Architectural paint” does not mean industrial coatings, original equipment coatings, or specialty coatings.
(3) “Coating-related product” means a product used as a paint additive, paint thinner, paint colorant, paint remover, surface sealant, surface preparation, or surface adhesive, and sold for home improvement. “Coating-related product” does not mean original equipment manufacturer products or industrial products.
(4) “Distributor” means a company that has a contractual relationship with one or more producers to market and sell paint to retailers in Vermont.
(5) “Energy recovery” means recovery in which all or a part of the solid waste materials are processed in order to use the heat content or other forms of energy of or from the material.
(6) “Environmentally sound management practices” means policies to be implemented by a producer or a stewardship organization to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and also addressing such issues as adequate record keeping, tracking and documenting the fate of materials within the State and beyond, and adequate environmental liability coverage for professional services and for the operations of the contractors working on behalf of the producer organization.
(7) “Municipality” means a city, town, or a village.
(8) “Nonindustrial coating” means arts and crafts paint, automotive refinish paint, driveway sealer, faux finish or glaze, furniture oil, furniture paint, lime wash, lime paint, marine paint, antifouling paint, road and traffic marking paint, two-component paint, wood preservative, fire retardant paint, dry fog paint, chalkboard paint, and conductive paint, sold in containers of five gallons or less for commercial and homeowner use, but does not include coatings purchased for industrial or original equipment manufacturer use.
(9)(A) “Paint product” includes:
(i) architectural paint;
(ii) aerosol coating products;
(iii) coating-related products; and
(iv) nonindustrial coatings.
(B) “Paint product” does not include a health and beauty product.
(10) “Postconsumer paint” means a paint product and its containers not used and no longer wanted by a purchaser.
(11) “Producer” means a manufacturer of paint products who sells, offers for sale, or distributes that paint in Vermont under the producer’s own name or brand.
(12) “Recycling” means any process by which discarded products, components, and byproducts are transformed into new usable or marketable materials in a manner in which the original products may lose their identity but does not include energy recovery or energy generation by means of combusting discarded products, components, and byproducts with or without other waste products.
(13) “Retailer” means any person that offers a paint product for sale at retail in Vermont.
(14) “Reuse” means the return of a product into the economic stream for use in the same kind of application as originally intended, without a change in the product’s identity.
(15) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Natural Resources.
(16) “Sell” or “sale” means any transfer of title for consideration, including remote sales conducted through sales outlets, catalogues, or the internet or any other similar electronic means.
(17) “Stewardship organization” means a nonprofit corporation or nonprofit organization created by a producer or group of producers to implement the Paint Product Stewardship Program required under this subchapter. (Added 2013, No. 58, § 1, eff. June 3, 2013; amended 2025, No. 59, § 14, eff. June 11, 2025.)
