$89
Includes up to 5 gallons of latex paint
Five 1-gallon cans or one 5-gallon bucket.Paint pickup.
Priced before you book.
We collect leftover house paint from your home and take it to a paint recycling route. You count your containers, you see the total, and that’s the price. Online booking is coming soon.
$12/gal
Latex and water-based paint
Counted by container size.$9/gal
Lower rate for bigger cleanouts
Over 50 gallons: custom quote.+$6/gal
Oil-based paint, stain and varnish
Rolling out state by state after a compliance review.What common loads cost.
| Load | Container capacity | Total |
|---|---|---|
| A few leftover cans (3 × 1 gal) | 3 gal | $89 |
| A garage shelf (8 × 1 gal) | 8 gal | $125 |
| Two 5-gallon buckets | 10 gal | $149 |
| Move-out cleanout (20 gal) | 20 gal | $269 |
| Rental turnover (40 gal) | 40 gal | $449 |
| Mixed: 6 gal latex + 4 gal oil-based | 10 gal | $173 |
Containers count by their labeled size, even when partly full: a half-empty gallon can counts as one gallon. Quarts count as a quarter gallon each. Add $29 for next-day pickup, and $15 if the cans are up or down stairs or inside the house.
Included.
Latex, acrylic and water-based house paint, primer, stain and varnish in sealed, labeled containers up to 5 gallons. Oil-based paint in states where we’ve completed the compliance review. Loading, transport and delivery to a paint recycling or disposal route.
Not collected yet.
Spray paint and other aerosols, thinners, solvents, strippers and other chemicals. Leaking, unlabeled or unknown containers. Use a local household hazardous waste site for these; your city guide lists them.
Check the free options first.
In many places, dropping paint off yourself is free. In states with a PaintCare program, participating paint stores and hazardous waste sites take eligible house paint at no charge, and households with 100 gallons or more can request a free PaintCare pickup. PaintCare also runs free door-to-door pickup for 10+ gallons in parts of Colorado, Staten Island and Washington, DC. We’d rather you use those when they work for you. Pickup is for when they don’t: no car, too many cans, a tight move-out date, or no time on a Saturday.
Find the free drop-off near you →Why paint pickup costs what it does.
Most junk removal companies won’t take liquid paint, and some that do charge a per-gallon surcharge on top of their hauling fee. Our price covers a crew’s time and mileage plus the disposal cost when a free recycling route can’t take the load. Oil-based paint costs more because it’s regulated as a flammable material in transport and costs more to dispose of.
Questions about a bigger or unusual load?
Contractor, landlord and business loads, more than 50 gallons, or rural addresses get a quote before booking. Business oil-based paint is always quoted separately because it can’t be mixed with household paint.