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8 free paint drop-off sites within 12 miles.
- Sherwin-WilliamsPaint store1.2 mi
- Sonoma Paint CenterPaint store1.3 mi
- Sherwin-WilliamsPaint store2.6 mi
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Sherwin-Williams — Santa Rosa Airway Drive
3310 Airway Drive, Santa Rosa, CA
- Accepts
- Latex or oil house paint, primer, stain and other finishes PaintCare takes.
- Who can use it
- Households. Businesses follow PaintCare's product and size rules.
- Hours
- Monday–Friday 7 a.m.–6 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Call first.
- Load limits
- 5 gallons per customer per day, in sealed original cans of 5 gallons or less with readable labels.
- Fees
- Free for paint PaintCare takes.
Little storage space. Thinner, spray paint and specialty products go elsewhere.
Sonoma County Household Hazardous Waste Facility
500 Mecham Road, Building 5, Petaluma, CA 94952
- Accepts
- Latex and oil-based paint, plus household chemicals the site takes.
- Who can use it
- County residents with ID. No household appointment needed. Businesses use a separate service.
- Hours
- Thursday–Saturday, 7:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Closed some holidays and in winter.
- Load limits
- 15 gallons (by can size) or 125 pounds. Containers 5 gallons or less.
- Fees
- Free for Sonoma County households.
Closed December 20, 2026–January 4, 2027. Check before you go.
8 PaintCare drop-off sites within 12 miles of Santa Rosa.
7 paint stores and 1 hazardous waste site, 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.
Sherwin-Williams
1.2 mi1350 Farmers Ln, Santa Rosa, CA 95405
- Limits
- Limit: 20 gallons per visit.
Sonoma Paint Center
1.3 mi200 W College Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
- Who
- Households and Businesses
- Limits
- Limit: 20 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
2.6 mi3310 Airway Dr, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
- Limits
- Limit: 20 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
6.3 mi5673 Redwood Dr, Rohnert Park, CA 94928
- Limits
- Limit: 20 gallons per visit.
Dunn-Edwards
7.3 mi407 Aaron St, Cotati, CA 94931
- Limits
- Limit: 20 gallons per visit.
Sebastopol Hardware Center
7.7 mi660 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol, CA 95472
- Limits
- Limit: 10 gallons per visit.
Zero Waste Sonoma Household Hazardous Waste Facility
10.3 mi500 Mecham Rd, Petaluma, CA 94952
- Who
- Households and VSQG Businesses in Sonoma County
- Hours
- Thursday - Saturday 7:30 am - 2:30 pm. Businesses by appointment and fees apply; call (877) 747-1870
- 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.
- Notes
- Area served: Sonoma County
Garrett Ace Hardware
10.5 mi10540 Old Redwood Hwy, Windsor, CA 95492
- Limits
- Limit: 20 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 Santa Rosa cleanout?3
Leftover cans after repainting a room
Airway Drive takes 5 gallons per customer per day, so add up your load first. Keep labels and lids on. For more than that, find a place that agrees to take it; store space isn't unlimited.
Thinner and paint from one project
Stores won't take thinner, so use the county site, Thursday–Saturday, 7:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m., which differs from the rest of the disposal site's hours. Bring proof of Sonoma County address and follow the hazardous waste signs, not the garbage line.
Empty cans after you've used the paint
Sonoma lets empty latex cans go in recycling if they don't drip and have only a little dried paint, with lids off. That's all. Liquid paint and cans with oil-based paint left can't go in the cart.
Santa Rosa rules and tips2
THE LOCAL ANSWER
A few paint cans? Use the Airway Drive paint store. Thinner or mixed chemicals? Go to the county hazardous waste site on Mecham Road, which keeps its own hours.
A few labeled cans can go to a Santa Rosa paint store. Mixed household chemicals go to the county site on Mecham Road.
In town or the county site?
Airway Drive is a PaintCare stop that takes five gallons. Mecham Road takes more kinds of hazardous waste but is open fewer hours.
Mind the winter closure
The county site closes from late December to early January. If you're saving paint for a year-end trip, check the dates first.
Free pickup programs and other options
Check Zero Waste Sonoma for collection events and Rover pickup; who can use them and the cost vary. PaintCare can review a 100-gallon-plus stockpile for free pickup.
Getting your paint ready
Bring ID to the county site. Note each container's size, keep lids tight and pack the load so nothing spills.
Full preparation checklist →Santa Rosa questions2
Can I throw away hardened oil paint?
No. Zero Waste Sonoma sends oil paint cans with any paint left, even hardened, to hazardous waste or a related program.
What about a nearly empty latex can?
Local rules are specific and differ from general state advice. Ask the county before binning it, or drop it off so you don't have to guess.
Sources and how we checked5
Regional materials mention Rover pickup, but its terms are unconfirmed, so we promise no price or say who can use it.
Checked October 4, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
