Title
Net Zero Coating

CoPED ID
d2f7ea49-2698-4f9c-b2b8-d32b4ea30b20

Status
Active

Funder

Value
£48,018

Start Date
Nov. 1, 2022

End Date
April 29, 2023

Description

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Climate Change, Environmental Pollution and the Oil crisis have combined to make everyone try to use less fossil-fuel. Certain areas are obvious, like driving cars and heating homes. But many are not, take Household paints for example.

The Paints and Coatings industry consumes around 2% of the world's fossil fuels every year and emits 120 billion tons of Carbon Dioxide. Despite the paint companies' commitments to reduce environmental impacts by 2050 and use less climate-harming solvents (VOCs), this still equals 15 kilos of CO2 every time an average room is painted, even when 'Water Based' or 'Minimal VOC' paints are used.

In addition, over 2/3rd of Countries still let paint companies include toxic ingredients, like Lead. Which both the World Health Organisation and United Nations confirm exposes 30% of children to serious long-term health problems.

We have developed a new sustainable material that's key to making safer paints anywhere in the world. These products are not only safer to use but have no air pollutants, toxins, or known health effects, and are suitable for new, existing, and historical buildings. Available in up to 20,000 colours, they have the same performance, coverage and hiding power as premium paints, without the drawbacks and rapidly soaring costs of fossil-fuel based products.

How do we do it? Instead of filling plastic and metal paint containers with lots of heavy chemicals and water, we can cut Carbon Dioxide emissions by 90% and transport costs by 40%, because we make our paints as powders from safe, sustainable ingredients. Our small lightweight packs are then simply mixed with tap water, whenever it's time to do some painting. Furthermore, you can compost any waste or leftovers back into the Earth, and with recyclable packaging, it means everyone saves the costs and pollution of paint disposal.

As the price of most paint brands are rising by 50% or more, fossil-fuel based paints are no longer a practical solution when less harmful, sustainable, and safer alternatives now exist.

Finally, as part of our 'Pay it Forward' ethos, we have already committed to supporting the combined World Health Organisation and United Nations 'LEEP' (Lead Elimination) program by helping small-scale local paint producers to make safer, better products.

Ross Harling PM_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Emissions
  2. Climate changes
  3. Paints
  4. Sustainable development
  5. Health effects
  6. Environmental effects
  7. Carbon dioxide
  8. Decrease (active)
  9. Wastes
  10. Recycling
  11. Environmental changes
  12. Greenhouse gases

Extracted key phrases
  1. Net Zero Coating
  2. Environmental Pollution
  3. Safe paint
  4. Climate Change
  5. Scale local paint producer
  6. Paint company
  7. Metal paint container
  8. Household paint
  9. Premium paint
  10. Paint disposal
  11. Paint brand
  12. Oil crisis
  13. Fossil fuel
  14. World Health Organisation
  15. New sustainable material

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