Welcome to RE:Source! Your online directory for reuse, repair and proper disposal options for the Bay Area. Although we do our best to stay up-to-date, information is constantly changing and we encourage you to call ahead to verify hours and availability.
Paint - Interior & Exterior - Used/Wet
This item is hazardous and requires proper disposal.
Use up wet, leftover house paint or offer it up to community members.
Drop-off paint for recycling at no cost to a local PaintCare site. Accepted items include house paint as well as primers, stains, sealers, and clear coatings such as shellac and varnish.
Paint Waste: Empty, dried out paint cans and buckets may be accepted for recycling. Stirrers, pans and brushes with dried paint go into the garbage. Chemical soaked rags are accepted by some Household Hazardous Waste Facilities. Empty spray paint belongs in the recycling bin (cap off); use up or safely dispose of cans spray paint. Water used to clean paint brushes with acrylic paint (water-based) can be poured down the drain. Paint thinner used to clean paint brushes used with oil-based paint is considered hazardous waste for residents and businesses to bring into a hazardous waste facility. Find the recycled paint and primer made with paint dropped-off at HHW Facilities and PaintCare.org locations made by Visions Quality Coatings at your local ReStore (Habitat for Humanity).
Find discounted paint in "oops" sections of stores that sell paint. Alameda County's Oakland HHW Facility sells refurbished paint (white & beige) (hhw@acgov.org).
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3356 Piedmont Ave, Oakland • (510) 547-4924Paint is accepted during regular business hours. Call ahead for hours and to make sure the store can accept the amount and type of paint you would like to recycle. Who Can Use This Program: Households and Businesses in California. Limit: 5 gallons per visit. This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site does not accept aerosols (spray paint or other spray products), containers without original labels, or containers that are leaking or empty. See accepted products https://www.paintcare.org/products/.Free Drop-off -
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3356 Piedmont Ave., Oakland • (510) 547-4924Free Drop-off -
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4156 Telegraph Ave., Oakland • (510) 844-8001Paint is accepted during regular business hours. Call ahead for hours and to make sure the store can accept the amount and type of paint you would like to recycle. Who Can Use This Program: Households and Businesses in California. Limit: 20 gallons per visit. This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site does not accept aerosols (spray paint or other spray products), containers without original labels, or containers that are leaking or empty.Free Drop-off -
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2133 Tynan Ave, Alameda •Latex or tint. Dark green or dark brown.Free Drop-off -
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5533 College Ave, Oakland • (510) 230-0145Paint is accepted during regular business hours. Call ahead for hours and to make sure the store can accept the amount and type of paint you would like to recycle. Who Can Use This Program: Households and Businesses in California. Limit: 10 gallons per visit. This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site does not accept aerosols (spray paint or other spray products), containers without original labels, or containers that are leaking or empty. See accepted products https://www.paintcare.org/products/.Free Drop-off -
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2100 East 7th Street, Oakland • (800) 606-6606Also, The paint sale program at the Oakland HHW facility happens Tuesdays from 900AM and closes at 12:00PM (noon) - $25 per 5 gallon pail available in white and beige.Drop-off for a Fee -
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2100 East 7th Street, Oakland • (800) 606-660615 gallon max per trip. The Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Facilities accept: oil-based paints, water-based paints, latex paint, spray/aerosol paints, stains, varnish, thinners, removers, and adhesives. Dispose of dry and empty paint cans with the lids off in a recycling bin. Used brushes, roller heads, and rags that are soaked with paint or chemicals belong in the trash when they can no longer be of use.Free Drop-off -
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2100 East 7th Street, Oakland • (800) 606-6606Latex paint only. The paint sale program at the Oakland HHW facility happens Tuesdays from 900AM and closes at 12:00PM (noon) - $25 per 5 gallon pail available in white and beige.Drop-off for a Fee -
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1025 Ashby Ave, Berkeley • (510) 495-0163Paint is accepted during regular business hours. Call ahead for hours and to make sure the store can accept the amount and type of paint you would like to recycle. Who Can Use This Program: Households and Businesses in California. Limit: 10 gallons per visit. This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site does not accept aerosols (spray paint or other spray products), containers without original labels, or containers that are leaking or empty. See accepted products https://www.paintcare.org/products/.Free Drop-off -
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559 66th Ave., Oakland • (510) 569-3347Paint is accepted during regular business hours. Call ahead for hours and to make sure the store can accept the amount and type of paint you would like to recycle. Who Can Use This Program: Households and Businesses in California. Limit: 20 gallons per visit. This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site does not accept aerosols (spray paint or other spray products), containers without original labels, or containers that are leaking or empty. See accepted products https://www.paintcare.org/products/.Free Drop-off -
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969 San Pablo Ave., Albany • (510) 525-3162Paint is accepted during regular business hours. Call ahead for hours and to make sure the store can accept the amount and type of paint you would like to recycle. Who Can Use This Program: Households and Businesses in California. Limit: 20 gallons per visit. This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site does not accept aerosols (spray paint or other spray products), containers without original labels, or containers that are leaking or empty. See accepted products https://www.paintcare.org/products/.Free Drop-off -
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9235 San Leandro St., Oakland • (510) 777-1447Paint is accepted during regular business hours. Call ahead for hours and to make sure the store can accept the amount and type of paint you would like to recycle. Who Can Use This Program: Households and Businesses in California. Limit: 20 gallons per visit. This site accepts latex paint only (NO oil-based house paint, stains and varnish) in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site does not accept aerosols (spray paint or other spray products), containers without original labels, or containers that are leaking or empty. See accepted products https://www.paintcare.org/products/. This site sells recycled paint and primer from Visions made with PaintCare paint.Free Drop-off -
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320 4th St, San Francisco • (415) 495-5720Paint is accepted during regular business hours. Call ahead for hours and to make sure the store can accept the amount and type of paint you would like to recycle. Who Can Use This Program: Households and Businesses in California. Limit: 20 gallons per visit. This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site does not accept aerosols (spray paint or other spray products), containers without original labels, or containers that are leaking or empty. See accepted products https://www.paintcare.org/products/.Free Drop-off -
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750 Bryant St, San Francisco • (415) 227-0359There is a 20 gallon limit per visit. You can put EMPTY, DRY latex paint cans in the blue bin.Free Drop-off -
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70 4th St., San Francisco • (415) 777-4400There is a 5 gallon limit per trip.Free Drop-off -
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627 Vallejo St, San Francisco • (415) 200-2215There is a 5 gallon limit per trip.Free Drop-off -
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3003 3rd St, San Francisco • (415) 861-1800There is a 5 gallon limit per trip.Free Drop-off -
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548 7th Street, San Francisco • (415) 863-7235There is a 5 gallon limit per visit. You can put EMPTY, DRY latex paint cans in the blue bin.Free Drop-off -
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1279 Pacific Ave., San Francisco • (415) 441-0941There is a 5 gallon limit per visit. | | You can put EMPTY, DRY latex paint cans in the blue bin.Free Drop-off -
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345 9th St, San Francisco • (415) 200-2154There is a 5 gallon limit per trip.Free Drop-off -
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1120 Davis St, San Leandro • (510) 567-3270Paint is accepted during regular business hours. Call ahead for hours and to make sure the store can accept the amount and type of paint you would like to recycle. Who Can Use This Program: Households and Businesses in California. Limit: 20 gallons per visit. This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site does not accept aerosols (spray paint or other spray products), containers without original labels, or containers that are leaking or empty. See accepted products https://www.paintcare.org/products/.Free Drop-off -
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2254 Polk St., San Francisco • (415) 674-8913There is a 5 gallon limit per trip.Free Drop-off -
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1563 Polk St., San Francisco • (415) 673-8900Free Drop-off -
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2141 Mission St., San Francisco • (415) 437-0633There is a 5 gallon limit per visit. Fully dried latex paint can be go in the landfill cart.Free Drop-off -
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3029 Fillmore St., San Francisco • (415) 292-2950Free Drop-off
Additional Online Resources for Paint - Interior & Exterior - Used/Wet
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PaintCare California Drop-off Location Finder -PaintCare offers drop-off sites throughout California where the public can take unwanted paint for recycling. These sites are available to households, businesses, government agencies, and others with leftover paint. Enter your zip code, city and state, or street address to find the nearest, most convenient paint drop-off site to you. All PaintCare sites accept up to 5 gallons per visit (some take more). Please call ahead to confirm business hours and ask if they can accept the type and amount of paint you would like to recycle. Sites do not accept aerosol coatings, leaking, unlabeled, or empty containers. See https://www.paintcare.org/products/.
