Paint Is Washed Off Animal. By Carla Hall . Sept. 18, 2006 12 AM PT . ... Sign Me Up . You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Carla Hall. Follow Us. X; ...

If paint is washed down the drain, the plastics can clog a septic system, add to sludge in a community sewer system or wind up in rivers and eventually the ocean as microplastics.