{
  "slug": "paint",
  "name": "Wall paint",
  "question": "Which wall paints contain no plastic, binder and can included?",
  "status": "draft",
  "updated": "2026-11-11",
  "editor": "alex-minoda",
  "page": "https://amaterio.com/plastic-free/paint/",
  "summary": "",
  "whyPlastic": "Paint has two parts, pigment and binder, and the binder is the plastic. \"Latex\" paint contains no natural latex: it is an acrylic or vinyl acrylic emulsion that dries into a thin plastic film on the wall. Mineral paints bind with potassium silicate, limewash with lime, and milk paint with casein. Those are not plastic, though dispersion silicate paints can carry up to five percent organic binder, and the thickeners, preservatives and dispersants are rarely listed. The can is the other half: steel with a lacquer lining, or a polyethylene pail with a plastic lid.",
  "whatToCheck": [
    "The binder: lime, potassium silicate, casein or clay, or acrylic, vinyl or PVA?",
    "The organic binder in a silicate paint: stated, and how much?",
    "The additives: thickener, preservative and dispersant named?",
    "The can: steel, and what is the liner and the lid?",
    "The primer: the same binder, or a standard acrylic primer?",
    "Labels and shipping: paper and card, or a plastic pail and film?"
  ],
  "faq": [],
  "whyNone": "",
  "products": []
}