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4 free paint drop-off sites within 12 miles.
- Sherwin-WilliamsPaint store0.3 mi
- Plaza Paint and Supply (Closed)Paint store0.4 mi
- Ukiah Transfer StationPaint store2.6 mi
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Ukiah Transfer Station and Recycling Center (paint drop-off)
3151 Taylor Drive, Ukiah, CA 95482
- Accepts
- Latex paint, free. The operator's main list and the county's drop-off flier name latex only. The operator's FAQ lists latex and oil-based paint as free, and PaintCare lists oil-based paint, stain and varnish. PaintCare says it takes empty paint cans too. Also free: batteries, e-waste, motor oil and filters, antifreeze and sharps in an approved container.
- Who can use it
- The City of Ukiah sends self-haulers here from the Ukiah Valley (Calpella to Burke Hill), Redwood Valley, Hopland, Potter Valley, Boonville, Philo and Comptche. PaintCare lists it for Mendocino County households and very small businesses; businesses with more than 15 gallons must call first.
- Hours
- Monday–Saturday, 8 a.m.–4 p.m.; closed Sunday. The contact box on the operator's page says 7:30 a.m., but its main listing and the City of Ukiah say 8 a.m.
- Load limits
- 15 gallons of household hazardous items per customer, per the county flier. PaintCare's listing says 15 gallons a visit, that businesses with more must call, that it will take much more latex, and that oil-based paint is limited to 27 gallons a month.
- Fees
- Paint is free. Trash, yard waste, wood, tires, mattresses and similar loads are charged at the gate.
PaintCare says no spray cans and no unlabeled or leaking containers. Thinner, solvents and other chemicals go to the Wednesday hazardous waste facility a short way along Taylor Drive at 3200, not here.
MendoRecycle Household Hazardous Waste Facility (Haz-Mobile base, Ukiah)
3200 Taylor Drive, Ukiah, CA 95482
- Accepts
- Oil-based and latex paint, paint thinner, solvents, gasoline, motor oil and filters, antifreeze, acids and bases, pesticides and herbicides, pool chemicals, household, car and lithium-ion batteries, fluorescent ballasts, medication, and propane tanks of 5 gallons or less (propane for a fee). The flier doesn't list spray cans; ask before bringing them.
- Who can use it
- Mendocino County residents. Businesses must book an appointment ahead of time at 707-234-6400.
- Hours
- Wednesdays only, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Collections may be canceled in severe rain and wind.
- Load limits
- 15 gallons of paint (oil and latex combined) plus 15 gallons of other hazardous waste per car, and up to 60 linear feet of fluorescent tubes, per the 2026 Haz-Mobile flier (C&S also cites a state limit of 15 gallons per vehicle). PaintCare's listing says 100 gallons per visit; go by the county flier unless staff tell you otherwise.
- Fees
- Free to Mendocino County residents. Propane tanks carry a fee. Business prices aren't published; call 707-234-6400.
Not taken: explosives, ammunition, radioactive or medical waste, propane tanks over 5 gallons, and oxygen, acetylene, argon or CO2 cylinders (take those to a welding supply). Stay in your car, turn the engine off and wait for staff. The authority contracts with Ukiah Waste Solutions (part of C&S Waste Solutions) to run it.
4 PaintCare drop-off sites within 12 miles of Ukiah.
3 paint stores and 2 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
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
0.3 mi217 E Gobbi St, Ukiah, CA 95482
- 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.
- Limits
- Limit: 20 gallons per visit.
Plaza Paint and Supply (Closed)
0.4 mi502 N State st, Ukiah, CA 95482
- Who
- Households and Businesses
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Ukiah Transfer Station
2.6 mi3151 Taylor Dr, Ukiah, CA 95482
- Who
- Households and VSQG Businesses in Mendocino County
- Hours
- Monday - Saturday 8 am - 4 pm. Businesses much call ahead if they have more than 15 gallons. There is a 27 limit on oil based paint. Will accept more if latex.
- Limits
- Limit: 15 gallons per visit. Businesses must call if more than 15 gallons. Will take substantially more of latex paint. Oil based paint- 27 gallons per month.
- 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. This site will accept empty containers.
- Notes
- Mendocino County
HazMobile HHW Facility
2.7 mi3200 Taylor Dr, Ukiah, CA 95482
- Who
- Households and VSQG Businesses in Mendocino County
- Hours
- Wednesday 9am-1pm, For questions about Household Hazardous Waste Collection please call 707-234-6400.
- Limits
- Limit: 100 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
- Businesses call for an appointment or visit website
HazMobile at Mendocino County Fair and Apple Show
13 mi14400 CA Hwy 128, Boonville, CA 95415
- Who
- HHW and VSQG Businesses in Mendocino County
- Hours
- Check website for mobile event date www.mendorecycle.org. Businesses by appointment; call (707) 468-9704.
- 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: Boonville.
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 Ukiah cleanout?4
Six cans of wall paint after repainting a Redwood Valley house
Drive them to the Ukiah Transfer Station any day but Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It's free and you don't need an appointment. PaintCare says it takes empty cans too.
Old oil-based stain, thinner and a gas can
Wait for a Wednesday and go to 3200 Taylor Drive between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Keep the paint under 15 gallons and the other chemicals under another 15. Stay in the car while staff unload.
Hopland or Boonville resident with a few latex cans
Boonville's transfer station at 18851 Mountain View Rd. takes latex paint. From Hopland, the Ukiah station is the closest option the county lists.
Painter with leftover gallons from several jobs
Call 707-234-6400 before you come. Businesses need an appointment for the hazardous waste side, and PaintCare's listing for the transfer station limits oil-based paint to 27 gallons a month. Sherwin-Williams on Gobbi Street takes up to 20 gallons of house paint.
Ukiah rules and tips5
THE LOCAL ANSWER
Take latex paint to the Ukiah Transfer Station, 3151 Taylor Drive, Monday–Saturday 8 a.m.–4 p.m.; it's free. The operator's FAQ and PaintCare say it takes oil-based paint too, but its main list says latex only, so call 707-234-6400 if that's what you have. If you also have thinner, solvents or pool chemicals, go to 3200 Taylor Drive on a Wednesday between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. The county's fliers set 15-gallon limits at both, so call before bringing more.
In Ukiah, the county seat of Mendocino County, California, leftover paint has two homes on Taylor Drive. The Ukiah Transfer Station at 3151 Taylor Drive takes paint Monday through Saturday, free. A short way along the road at 3200 Taylor Drive, the county's hazardous waste facility (the Haz-Mobile base) opens only on Wednesday mornings and takes thinner, gasoline and other chemicals too.
Two sites, one road
The transfer station (3151) and the hazardous waste facility (3200) sit close together on Taylor Drive. The transfer station is open six days and takes latex paint (PaintCare says oil-based paint and empty cans too). The hazardous waste side is open just four hours a week, Wednesday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and is the only place in town for thinner, gasoline and other chemicals.
Which towns use the Ukiah station
The City of Ukiah sends self-haulers here from the Ukiah Valley (Calpella to Burke Hill), Redwood Valley, Hopland, Potter Valley, Boonville, Philo and Comptche. It asks everyone else to use their own local transfer station. Potter Valley (8923 Main St.) and Boonville (18851 Mountain View Rd.) both take latex paint, per the county's flier.
The Haz-Mobile has finished its 2026 stops
The 2026 Haz-Mobile flier listed three two-day stops: Covelo in February, Willits in April and the Caspar station near Mendocino in June. All three have passed. Until a new schedule is posted on MendoRecycle.org, the Wednesday Ukiah facility is the only regular place the county lists for thinner, solvents and other chemicals.
Limits: 15 gallons, but sources differ
The 2026 Haz-Mobile flier allows 15 gallons of paint plus 15 gallons of other hazardous waste per car, and the Wednesday facility is the Haz-Mobile's base. PaintCare's listing for the same site says 100 gallons a visit. The transfer station's flier says 15 gallons of household hazardous items. If you have more, call 707-234-6400 before loading the truck.
Who to call
The Mendocino Solid Waste Management Authority, a partnership of Ukiah, Willits, Fort Bragg and the county, pays Ukiah Waste Solutions (C&S Waste Solutions) to run the Wednesday facility. C&S also lists the transfer station as one of its sites. Use 707-234-6400 for both. The City of Ukiah page and some PaintCare listings still show the authority's old 707-468 numbers.
Free pickup programs and other options
PaintCare lists Sherwin-Williams at 217 E. Gobbi St. in Ukiah for up to 20 gallons of house paint a visit. Plaza Paint on North State Street is marked closed in PaintCare's data, so don't go there. In Willits, the transfer station at 351 Franklin Ave. takes latex paint. On the coast, PaintCare lists Rossi Building Materials in Fort Bragg (10 gallons). With 100 gallons or more of house paint, ask PaintCare about a free pickup.
Getting your paint ready
Keep paint in its original, labeled can with the lid on tight, nothing bigger than 5 gallons. Don't bring spray cans to the transfer station. At the Wednesday facility, stay in your car with the engine off and let staff unload. Count your gallons before you leave home.
Full preparation checklist →Ukiah questions5
Can I drop off paint in Ukiah on a Saturday?
Yes. The Ukiah Transfer Station at 3151 Taylor Drive is open Saturday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and takes latex paint free. PaintCare and the operator's FAQ say oil-based paint too; call 707-234-6400 to check. Thinner and other chemicals have to wait for a Wednesday at 3200 Taylor Drive.
Does it cost anything?
Paint is free at both Taylor Drive sites for households. The Wednesday facility charges for propane tanks. Businesses must book ahead at 707-234-6400.
When is the next Haz-Mobile near me?
The 2026 flier's stops in Covelo, Willits and Caspar have all passed. Check MendoRecycle.org for the next schedule, or use the Ukiah facility on a Wednesday.
I live in Willits. Do I have to drive to Ukiah?
Not for latex paint. The Willits Transfer Station at 351 Franklin Ave. takes it, per the county's drop-off flier. For oil-based leftovers and chemicals, the Ukiah Wednesday facility is the year-round option.
Can a contractor drop off paint at the Ukiah Transfer Station?
PaintCare lists it for very small businesses. Call 707-234-6400 first if you have more than 15 gallons; PaintCare's listing also gives a 27-gallon monthly limit on oil-based paint.
Sources and how we checked10
October 16, 2026: read MendoRecycle.org (Mendocino Solid Waste Management Authority), its 2026 Haz-Mobile flier and its January 2025 drop-off locations flier (both image PDFs, read page by page); C&S Waste Solutions' household hazardous waste page and its Ukiah Transfer Station page; the City of Ukiah solid waste page; and PaintCare's locator data for Mendocino County. All three 2026 Haz-Mobile events (Covelo Feb. 6–7, Willits April 3–4, Caspar June 4–5) are past; no later 2026 dates were posted. Conflicts: PaintCare lists 100 gallons per visit at 3200 Taylor Drive, the county flier says 15 plus 15; the operator's page gives 8 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. openings for the transfer station; its main list names latex paint only while its FAQ and PaintCare include oil-based. The flier gives Caspar as 14000 Prairie Way and the locations flier as 15000. PaintCare's Willits Corp Yard and Fort Bragg Haz-Mobile entries look out of date. Peer review (Oct. 16): re-read every source; the C&S Haz-Mobile flier linked from its page (dated Nov. 10, 2025) lists the same three 2026 stops. The 15 + 15 limits are printed on the Haz-Mobile flier; the base facility's own limits aren't published separately. The two Taylor Drive addresses are about 200 yards apart by PaintCare's map points; no source says they face each other. The mendocinocounty.gov authority page blocked automated access. Spray-can acceptance at the Wednesday facility isn't stated. Store hours weren't checked.
Checked October 16, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
MendoRecycle (Mendocino Solid Waste Management Authority) ↗MendoRecycle: 2026 Haz-Mobile schedule and rules flier (PDF) ↗MendoRecycle: household hazardous waste disposal locations flier, Jan. 2025 (PDF) ↗C&S Waste Solutions: household hazardous waste (Mendocino and Lake counties) ↗C&S Waste Solutions: Ukiah Transfer Station and Recycling Center ↗City of Ukiah: solid waste disposal ↗PaintCare California ↗PaintCare drop-off site locator ↗PaintCare program products ↗PaintCare large-volume pickup ↗
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