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29 free paint drop-off sites within 12 miles.
- Outdoor Supply HardwarePaint store1.1 mi
- Dunn EdwardsPaint store1.6 mi
- Cole HardwarePaint store3 mi
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Outdoor Supply Hardware — Berkeley
1025 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710
- Accepts
- PaintCare products: latex or oil house paint, stains, varnishes.
- Who can use it
- Homes, plus businesses that qualify.
- Hours
- Monday–Saturday 7 a.m.–8 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m.–6 p.m., per StopWaste.
- Load limits
- 10 gallons per visit, in sound, labeled original cans of 5 gallons or less.
- Fees
- No charge.
Call to check the bin has room; late hours don't mean space. No solvents or spray cans.
Alameda County Oakland HHW Facility
2100 East 7th Street, Oakland, CA 94606
- Accepts
- Household paint (latex or oil), stain, varnish, thinner, spray cans and other listed chemicals.
- Who can use it
- Alameda County residents with proof of address.
- Hours
- Households: Wednesday–Friday 9 a.m.–2:30 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m.–4 p.m.; no appointment. Closed November 23–28 and December 21–26, 2026.
- Load limits
- 15 gallons or 125 pounds a trip; no container over 5 gallons or 50 pounds.
- Fees
- Free for households.
No business loads in household hours. Stay in your car while staff unload.
29 PaintCare drop-off sites within 12 miles of Berkeley.
26 paint stores and 3 hazardous waste sites, closest first. Paint stores take house paint, stain and varnish, usually up to a set amount per visit. Hazardous waste sites also take chemicals like thinner, but some only serve local residents. Call before you go.
Rules most stores here share
Who: Households and Businesses in California
Hours: Paint 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.
Products: 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.
Each listing below shows only what’s different, plus its limit.
Outdoor Supply Hardware
1.1 mi1025 Ashby Ave, Berkeley, CA 94710
- Limits
- Limit: 10 gallons per visit.
Dunn Edwards
1.6 mi969 San Pablo Ave, Albany, CA 94706
- Limits
- Limit: 20 gallons per visit.
Cole Hardware
3 mi5533 College Ave, Oakland, CA 94618
- Limits
- Limit: 10 gallons per visit.
Dunn-Edwards
3.1 mi4156 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94609
- Who
- Households and Businesses
- Limits
- Limit: 20 gallons per visit.
RecycleMore El Cerrito Satellite HHW Facility
3.7 mi7501 Schmidt Ln, El Cerrito, CA 94530
- Who
- Households Only (No Businesses) in El Cerrito Hercules Pinole Richmond San Pablo and unincorporated Contra Costa County communities of Bayview East Richmond Heights El Sobrante Montalvin Manor North Richmond Rollingwood and Tara Hills (not Kensington Crockett Port Costa & Tormey)
- Hours
- Tuesday 9 am - 4 pm (Closed Noon to 12:30 p.m. for lunch). Limit of 15 gallons or 125 pounds. No business waste accepted. Closed holidays.
- Limits
- Limit: 15 gallons per visit.
- Products
- This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site also takes most other household hazardous waste -- contact the site for details and restrictions. Please do not bring empty, leaking or unlabeled containers.
- Notes
- El Cerrito, Hercules, Pinole, Richmond, San Pablo, and unincorporated Contra Costa County communities of Bayview, East Richmond Heights, El Sobrante, Montalvin Manor, North Richmond, Rollingwood and Tara Hills (not Kensington, Crockett, Port Costa, & Tormey).
PPG Paints
3.7 mi3356 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA 94611
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Alameda County HHW Facility
7 mi2100 E 7th St, Oakland, CA 94606
- Who
- Households and VSQG Businesses in Alameda County
- Hours
- Households Wednesday-Friday 9 am - 2:30 pm, Saturday 9 am - 4 pm. Businesses by appt only and there is a fee. Visit stopwaste.org or call for details and holiday closures.
- Limits
- Limit: 15 gallons per visit.
- Products
- This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site also takes most other household hazardous waste -- contact the site for details and restrictions. Please do not bring empty, leaking or unlabeled containers. SOME BUSINESSES may use this program by appointment or on special days. Contact the program for details if your paint (or other hazardous waste) is from a business.
Vista Paint
7.4 mi14500 San Pablo Ave, San Pablo, CA 94806
- Who
- Households and Businesses
- Limits
- Limit: 15 gallons per visit.
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Cole Hardware
7.6 mi627 Vallejo St, San Francisco, CA 94133
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
West Contra Costa HHW Facility
7.7 mi101 Pittsburg Ave, Richmond, CA 94801
- Who
- Households and VSQG Businesses in Crockett El Cerrito El Sobrante Hercules Kensington Montalvin Manor North Richmond Pinole Port Costa Richmond Rodeo San Pablo Tara Hills Tormey and other unincorporated areas in West County
- Hours
- Households: Wednesday - Saturday 9 am - 4 pm. Closed for lunch 12 noon - 12:30 pm. Businesses by appointment; call (888) 412-9277
- Limits
- Limit: 27 gallons per visit.
- Products
- This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site also takes most other household hazardous waste -- contact the site for details and restrictions. Please do not bring empty, leaking or unlabeled containers. SOME BUSINESSES may use this program by appointment or on special days. Contact the program for details if your paint (or other hazardous waste) is from a business.
Golden City Building Supply
8 mi1279 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA 94109
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
8.1 mi320 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94107
- Limits
- Limit: 20 gallons per visit.
Cole Hardware
8.1 mi70 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Cole Hardware
8.2 mi2254 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Dunn-Edwards
8.3 mi750 Bryant St, San Francisco, CA 94107
- Limits
- Limit: 20 gallons per visit.
Brownies Hardware
8.4 mi1563 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109
- Limits
- Limit: 10 gallons per visit.
Ace Hardware of Pinole
8.5 mi1440 Fitzgerald Dr, Pinole, CA 94803
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
PPG Paints
8.6 mi548 7th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Fredericksen Hardware
8.8 mi3029 Fillmore St, San Francisco, CA 94123
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Bee Green Paint Center
9 mi711 Independent Road, Oakland, CA 94621
- Limits
- Limit: 15 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
9.2 mi559 66th Ave, Oakland, CA 94621
- Limits
- Limit: 20 gallons per visit.
Center Hardware
9.3 mi3003 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94107
- Limits
- Limit: 10 gallons per visit.
Outdoor Supply Hardware
9.5 mi1550 Canyon Rd, Moraga, CA 94556
- Limits
- Limit: 10 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
9.5 mi565 S Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110
- Who
- Households and Businesses
- Limits
- Limit: 20 gallons per visit.
Cliffs Variety
10.4 mi479 Castro St, San Francisco, CA 94114
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Habitat ReStore Oakland
10.6 mi9235 San Leandro St, Oakland, CA 94603
- Who
- Households and VSQG Businesses in California
- Hours
- Monday-Saturday 9 am - 4 pm
- Limits
- Limit: 20 gallons per visit.
- Products
- This site does not accept empty, dry or leaking or unlabeled paint containers, oil-based or aerosol paints.
- Notes
- Latex paint only. No oil based paint, stains or varnish.
Dunn-Edwards
10.7 mi701 Bayshore Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94124
- Limits
- Limit: 20 gallons per visit.
Cole Hardware
10.8 mi956 Cole St, San Francisco, CA 94117
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Creative Paint
11.4 mi5435 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94121
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Which option fits your Berkeley cleanout?4
Moving out with several cans of wall paint
If cans and labels are intact, see if the Ashby store fits your schedule. Keep the whole load under 10 gallons, and mention damaged cans first. A close store only helps if it has room.
A shed with unknown chemicals and paint
Use the county household program, not a paint-only store. Tell staff what you know without mixing things or guessing. Check Oakland's holiday closure weeks if you're on a deadline.
A rental or condo building with shared leftovers
Alameda County has a program for landlords and condo associations; qualify and book first. You may need an EPA ID unless it's only latex paint and universal waste. Keep tenant leftovers and contractor waste separate.
Paint from your workplace
PaintCare can check if your business paint qualifies. For other chemicals, use the county's small business service. Berkeley's household page doesn't let a university, company or contractor use the household line.
Berkeley rules and tips2
THE LOCAL ANSWER
Outdoor Supply Hardware at 1025 Ashby Avenue takes PaintCare paint free, up to 10 gallons per visit. For thinner, spray cans or a mixed cleanup, use Alameda County's site in Oakland with proof you live in the county.
Leftover house paint doesn't go to Berkeley's transfer station. Use the Ashby Avenue store or the county site in Oakland.
The transfer station won't take paint
Berkeley's transfer station at 1201 Second Street takes no hazardous waste. It takes a few items like motor oil, but not paint. Keep paint out of construction debris loads.
Evenings and Sundays, with limits
The Ashby store is open longer than the county site. Call to check for room. Its 10-gallon paint limit doesn't stretch to more paint or any solvents.
Free pickup programs and other options
Have 100 gallons or more by can size? Ask PaintCare to pick it up. A one-day Albany event from June 2025 still shows in searches; it's over, so check the county calendar.
Getting your paint ready
Keep cans closed, upright and labeled, apart from solvents and spray cans. Bring proof of Alameda County address to the hazardous waste site. Liquid paint never goes in the blue cart or the transfer station.
Full preparation checklist →Berkeley questions3
Does Berkeley charge residents to drop off paint?
No. The PaintCare store and the county household site are free. Transfer station fees and private pickup quotes are separate.
Will the Ashby store take all my cans?
No. StopWaste lists 10 gallons per visit, and there may be less room on the day.
Where does lead paint removal debris go?
Not through this guide. StopWaste's landlord program won't take lead paint cleanup debris. Ask the program where to take it.
Sources and how we checked9
We checked what Berkeley refuses separately from each drop-off's rules and found no current city paint pickup. The household site is shared with Oakland.
Checked October 4, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
Berkeley household hazardous waste ↗Berkeley Transfer Station exclusions ↗StopWaste: Outdoor Supply Hardware Berkeley ↗StopWaste household collection rules and sites ↗StopWaste Oakland facility directory and 2026 closures ↗Alameda landlord hazardous-waste program ↗Alameda small-business appointment service ↗PaintCare accepted products ↗PaintCare large-volume pickup ↗
