Nearly half of Californians have completed a home improvement project since the COVID-19 pandemic began

LOS ANGELES – A new national PaintCare/Ipsos poll released recently showed that Americans worked on 50% more home improvement projects since the start of the pandemic than in the previous year. Forty-six percent of Californians completed one project or more and 65% of those projects including the use of paint. PaintCare, a national nonprofit organization created by paint manufacturers to operate paint stewardship programs, fielded the survey to highlight the importance of paint recycling education as the nation celebrates America Recycles Day, Sunday, Nov. 15.

Interest in home improvement proj...