As We Go To Press
Kelly-Moore receives ‘Green Large Business
of the Year’ Award for recycling efforts
Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc. accepted the “Green Large Business of the
Year” award during a banquet hosted by
the San Carlos Chamber of Commerce.
Besting 100,000 California companies,
Kelly-Moore was selected by the Green
Business Committee for its series of
recycling programs that diverted 60% of
its waste and for its ability to motivate
employees to commit to its recycling
effort, a rare achievement for a company
in the chemical-based paint industry.
Kelly-Moore was also recognized for its
carbon offset program resulting in the
San Carlos Plant being carbon neutral.
Previously, when half-used paint cans
were returned, the paint and cans were
considered unrecyclable waste. Now,
Kelly-Moore uses a system that removes
the labels and residue from the cans
making them recyclable. The returned
paint is extensively sorted by color and
type and remanufactured into eCoat.
In April 2009, Kelly-Moore started a
program to recycle Super Sack storage
bags, cut up plastic totes and other previously unrecyclable containers, resulting in a 10-15% reduction in landfill
waste. Additionally, Kelly-Moore’s factory management developed a collection system for rainwater to offset
water usage and built a berm around
the manufacturing plant to prevent any
possible paint spillage from getting into
the local creek.
Since becoming certified as a green
business in January 2009 by the
California Legislature Assembly, Kelly-
Moore continues to green its manufactur-
ing facility by replacing old HVAC units
with energy-efficient ones, which has
reduced electricity consumption by
40%; installing a new dust collector
reducing plant noise levels and energy
consumption by approximately 50%;
enrolling in a PG&E program to buy
carbon offsets which reduces the com-
pany’s carbon footprint, making Kelly-
Moore’s plant carbon neutral; capturing
waste heat generated from the plant’s
large compressor and using it to heat
an adjacent building; and eliminating
non-recyclable Styrofoam cups.
Index to Companies
This index gives the starting page for a department or feature with
a significant reference to a manufacturer of paint, coatings, adhesives and
sealants. Subsidiaries are indexed under their own names.
AkzoNobel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
BASF Coatings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Benjamin Moore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Carboline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chase Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
DuPont .................................................. 10
Ennis Paint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Greenkote. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hempel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Henkel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
International Paint ..................................... 10, 22
Kansai Paint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Kelly-Moore ...............................................8
Liberty Coating Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Miller Paint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Minwax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
PPG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 17, 36, 50
RPM .................................................... 10
Rust-Oleum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Shawcor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 36
Sherwin-Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 22, 36
Thompson’s Water Seal ..................................... 26
Tikkurila. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Tnemec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Tor Coatings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
United Gilsonite Laboratories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
