Greener: Master Painters Institute GPS-2 Certified E3 (Low-VOC), Latex/Waterborne Traffic Paints
Traffic paints (also known as zone-marking paints) are for parking spaces, cross walks, and airport runways.
Latex/waterborne traffic paints are for roads and have become industry standard.
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Latex/waterborne traffic paints are less-toxic than solvent-based ones and do not cost much more.
Info on this product category: Paints (Traffic)
Why Go Green
Avoid solvent-based (alkyd) paints because they can have:
- Cancer-causing chemicals (e.g., benzene, ethyl benzene, and methylene chloride).
- Toxic heavy metals (e.g., lead, chromium) that can end up in water supplies and expose workers.
They may only be needed for extremely low-temperature applications or by those without stainless steel-lined application equipment.
Try traffic paints on this page because they are waterborne (less-toxic) and have low volatile organic compounds (VOC) which emit fewer smog-producing compounds.
Criteria for Paints (Traffic)
Criteria for Suggested products:
"Greener" products shall:
- Be waterborne AND
- Be certified under Master Painters Institute (MPI) Green Performance Standard (GPS-2) AND
- Have VOCs of 50 grams/liter or less
"Green" products shall:
- Be waterborne AND
- Be certified under Master Painters Institute (MPI) Green Performance Standard (GPS-1) AND
- Have VOCs of 100 grams/liter or less per the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) VOC limit
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- Use what you already have.
- Give them to someone who needs them.
- Legally and safely dispose them. Post this recycling poster above each trash bin. Then get a pick up.
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