​Tips on Preparing FAS Plastic Bottles for Recycling​

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​Reuse:
​First consider if you can reuse the bottle.
  • Use in an art project.
  • Use for storage.
  • Cut in half and use as a cup for paint brush or a mixing pot.
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Cleaning FAS plastic paint bottles:

Rinse the bottle with water. Fill the bottle partway with water and put the cap on. Shake the bottle to slosh the water around. Open the bottle again and pour the water out. If the bottle is still dirty inside, you may need to do this a second or third time. The bottle doesn't need to be perfectly clean, but there should be no residue of paint inside it.

Important:
Never pour paint waste directly into an outside drain, these can lead directly into rivers or oceans.
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It is safe to use inside drains as all water from inside drains in New Zealand gets treated by the local water treatment companies like Watercare Care NZ.

Caps:
In New Zealand caps can stay on plastic bottles that get sent to recycling.

Labels:
FAS label are also able to stay on is these made from the same recyclable plastics as the bottles.
NB: Most paper labelabled bottles to do not get recycled.

Placing in Curb-side Bins
Bottles should be empty and don’t not need to be completely dry when placed in recycle curb-side bins.  Consider crushing the bottles if you have a lot of them. This will help save space in the recycling container, or bags.

FAS recycle plastic code 2 which means
they can be recycled right here within New Zealand.

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​FAS | Environmental Policy

Keeping our Paint Green is Important to us!

Not just important it's a company policy.

​Reduce - Reuse - Recycle

​All FAS products are made from recyclable materials.
We do all that we possibly can to make our packaging recycling easier.

FAS | Eco  - Environmental Policy

Keeping school paint Green - no matter what colour...
Is a principle and our company policy. 

FAS is committed to playing its part in looking after our environment.
FAS believes it is especially important to ensure today's kids have a healthy environment for their future.  We have made it a company policy to set high environmental priorities and practices into our FAS products and manufacturing process.  Our overriding goal is to protect the natural world and conserve its essential resources – air, water and soil.

As a brand FAS has a strong desire to create environmentally friendly paints that deliver the highest performance for the end user. Minimising the environmental impact of our production activities is an ongoing task that constantly presents us with new challenges.


  • Less taxing on our natural resources,
  • Easier and safer for people to use, and
  • Withstands the rigorous quality assurance tests we perform.
  • We develop state-of-the-art products with low emissions across their entire lifecycle
  • We choose all our raw materials with the greatest care. Where technically feasible, we avoid the use of hazardous substances that require special safety precautions. Wherever possible, we employ less harmful substitutes that pose much lower risks.
  • Ongoing investment in state-of-the-art plant and equipment supports efficiency in the development, manufacture and use of our products.
  • All packaging products is recyclable.  This includes cartons, labels, bottles, jars and caps.
  • Every single product and every single process at FAS factory is geared to limit or avoid environmental impact.  Every raw material has been checked and continues to be monitored.
  • Our commitment to health and safety, and to the environment, is also reflected by our participation in chemical industry associations
Environmental safety is a fundamental principle at FAS.

Key Goals are to:
: Minimize our environmental footprint.
: Be and promote environmentally responsibility.
: Encourage our customers, suppliers and employees to set standards for responsible environmental stewardship.

Packaging:
All the jars, bottles and tubes that FAS products are packaged in can be recycled. 
Cartons are made for partially recycled card. 
​- All packaging is PVC Free