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6 free paint drop-off sites within 12 miles.
- Dunn-EdwardsPaint store3.5 mi
- Vista PaintPaint store4.6 mi
- Sherwin-WilliamsPaint store5.4 mi
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Victorville Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center (behind the County Fairgrounds)
14889 Loves Lane, Victorville, CA 92395
- Accepts
- Paint (latex and oil-based, stain and varnish per PaintCare), paint thinner, gasoline, used motor oil and filters, cooking oil, household and car batteries, fluorescent lights and ballasts, e-waste such as TVs and computers, and sharps in an approved container. The county's list also takes cleaners, antifreeze, weed killers, pesticides, pool supplies and wood preservatives.
- Who can use it
- Households only. The city says any High Desert resident can use any San Bernardino County collection center free; the county says residents only and may ask for proof of residency. No business waste.
- Hours
- Wednesday and Sunday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Closed on holidays the City of Victorville observes. The county asks you to call 909-382-5401 or 800-645-9228 to check hours before you go.
- Load limits
- Up to 15 gallons or 125 pounds per trip, with no container bigger than 5 gallons, per the city and county.
- Fees
- Free for San Bernardino County residents.
Not taken: business or non-profit waste, explosives, asbestos, radioactive or medical waste, treated wood, large gas cylinders, refrigerant cylinders, large appliances and construction debris. PaintCare lists this site as the "San Bernardino County Fairgrounds HHW Facility" at 14800 7th St.; the city and county give 14889 Loves Lane, near Desert Knoll Drive and 7th Street.
Apple Valley HHW Facility
13450 Nomwaket Road, Apple Valley, CA 92307
- Accepts
- Oil and latex paint, paint thinner, solvents, sealers, adhesives, aerosol cans, gasoline and other fuels, motor oil and filters, antifreeze, pool chemicals, pesticides, batteries, electronics and home-generated sharps. Tires without rims, up to 9.
- Who can use it
- Households only. The county says any San Bernardino County resident can use it. No business, biohazard or radioactive waste.
- Hours
- Saturday, 10 a.m.–2 p.m., except holidays.
- Load limits
- 15 gallons of oil and latex paint per visit; overall 15 gallons of liquids and 125 pounds of solids, in containers no bigger than 5 gallons.
- Fees
- Free for San Bernardino County residents.
The site is on Nomwaket Road south of Powhatan. Closed on Town of Apple Valley holidays.
Directions ↗760-240-7000 ext. 7522
Hesperia HHW Facility and Material Exchange Store
17443 Lemon Street, Hesperia, CA 92345
- Accepts
- Latex and oil-based paint, stain, varnish, thinner and most other household hazardous waste, plus e-waste and sharps.
- Who can use it
- San Bernardino County households only; no businesses. Proof of residency may be requested.
- Hours
- Thursday 9 a.m.–1 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m.–2 p.m., per the county's facility page. PaintCare's listing (as "Hesperia Fire Station 303") says only the 2nd and 4th Saturday, 8 a.m.–1 p.m. Call before you go. Closed on county holidays. The Material Exchange Store is open Thursday and Saturday, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
- Load limits
- 15 gallons or 125 pounds per trip; containers no bigger than 5 gallons.
- Fees
- Free for San Bernardino County residents.
Hours differ between the county's page and PaintCare's listing, so call 909-382-5401 first. The Material Exchange Store gives away usable products to county residents; what's on the shelf changes.
6 PaintCare drop-off sites within 12 miles of Victorville.
3 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.
Dunn-Edwards
3.5 mi12475 Mariposa Rd, Victorville, CA 92395
- Limits
- Limit: 20 gallons per visit.
Vista Paint
4.6 mi16210 Bear Valley Rd, Victorville, CA 92395
- Limits
- Limit: 25 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
5.4 mi11938 Hesperia Rd, Hesperia, CA 92345
- Limits
- Limit: 20 gallons per visit.
San Bernardino County Fairgrounds HHW Facility
6.6 mi14800 7th St, Victorville, CA 92392
- Who
- Households Only (No Businesses) in San Bernardino County
- Hours
- Wednesday and Sunday, 9-4
- Limits
- Limit: 15 gallons per visit in containers no larger than 5 gallons
- 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.
Hesperia Fire Station 303 HHW Facility
7.2 mi17443 Lemon St, Hesperia, CA 92340
- Who
- Households Only (No Businesses) in San Bernardino County
- Hours
- 2nd & 4th Saturday 8 am – 1 pm
- Limits
- Limit: 15 gallons per visit and no containers larger than 5 gallons.
- 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.
Apple Valley HHW Facility
10.1 mi13450 Nomwaket Rd, Apple Valley, CA 92308
- Who
- Households Only (No Businesses) in San Bernardino County
- Hours
- Saturday 10 am - 2 pm
- Limits
- Limit: 15 gallons per visit and no containers larger than 5 gallons.
- 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.
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 Victorville cleanout?4
Leftover wall paint from a Spring Valley Lake repaint
Any county resident can use the Victorville center. Go on a Wednesday or Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with up to 15 gallons. If you only have house paint, Vista Paint on Bear Valley Road and Dunn-Edwards on Mariposa Road are free PaintCare drop-offs.
Garage cleanout with paint, thinner, gas and pool chemicals
Take it all to Loves Lane, or to Apple Valley on Saturday. Keep each product in its own labeled container, and if you have more than 15 gallons or 125 pounds, make two trips.
You live in Helendale
The county's Helendale event is set for Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, 8 a.m. to noon, at 26540 Vista Road; bring ID and don't arrive early. Otherwise, the Victorville center is the regular option.
Small business with leftover primer and solvents
The High Desert sites take household waste only. Take house paint to a PaintCare store and call 909-382-5401 about the county's very small business program.
Victorville rules and tips5
THE LOCAL ANSWER
Take paint to the Victorville household hazardous waste center, 14889 Loves Lane behind the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds, on a Wednesday or Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; it's free for San Bernardino County residents. Bring no more than 15 gallons or 125 pounds per trip, in containers of 5 gallons or less. On a Saturday, use Apple Valley (13450 Nomwaket Road, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.) or Hesperia (17443 Lemon Street).
In Victorville, in San Bernardino County's High Desert, leftover paint goes to the city's household hazardous waste center at 14889 Loves Lane, behind the County Fairgrounds. It's open Wednesdays and Sundays and is free for county residents. Hesperia and Apple Valley run their own sites on other days, and any county resident can use any of them.
Three High Desert sites, three schedules
Victorville's center is open Wednesday and Sunday. Apple Valley's is Saturday 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Hesperia's is Thursday and Saturday on the county's page. Victorville says any High Desert resident can use any county center for free, so pick the one whose day fits. Victorville closes on city holidays, Apple Valley on town holidays, Hesperia on county holidays.
Finding the Loves Lane site
The center sits behind the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds, near Desert Knoll Drive and 7th Street. PaintCare's map lists it under the fairgrounds' 14800 7th St. address, but the city and county both give 14889 Loves Lane. Call 760-955-8615 if you can't find the gate.
Hesperia hours don't match
The county's facility page lists Hesperia on Thursday 9 a.m.–1 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m.–2 p.m. PaintCare's listing says only the 2nd and 4th Saturday, 8 a.m.–1 p.m. Call 909-382-5401 before driving to Lemon Street. Hesperia also has a Material Exchange Store (Thursday and Saturday, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.) where county residents can pick up usable products for free.
Helendale, Lucerne Valley and Adelanto
The county's next one-day event in the area is set for Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, 8 a.m. to noon, at the Helendale Community Center, 26540 Vista Road. It takes paint, needs ID, and turns away anything brought before 8 a.m. Lucerne Valley has a small site behind Fire Station 8 (33269 Old Woman Springs Rd.) that takes latex paint only on dates you must confirm at 800-645-9228. The county's facility list has no site in Adelanto.
Not in the cart
Victorville lists paint among items that can't go in trash or recycling carts. It has to go to a hazardous waste center.
Free pickup programs and other options
For house paint alone, PaintCare lists Vista Paint at 16210 Bear Valley Rd. in Victorville (25 gallons a visit) and Dunn-Edwards at 12475 Mariposa Rd. (20 gallons). Sherwin-Williams at 11938 Hesperia Rd. in Hesperia and Mills True Value in Phelan (10 gallons) are also listed. Stores don't take spray cans. With 100 gallons or more, ask PaintCare about a free pickup.
Getting your paint ready
Keep paint in its original can, or label it with what's inside. Nothing over 5 gallons, lids sealed, nothing leaking. Set the cans in the back of the car or truck so they can't tip, and keep the load under 15 gallons or 125 pounds. Bring something that shows your county address.
Full preparation checklist →Victorville questions5
Is the Victorville hazardous waste center open on Saturday?
No. It's open Wednesday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Saturday, Apple Valley's site on Nomwaket Road is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the county lists Hesperia as open Saturday too.
Do I have to live in Victorville to use it?
No. The city says any High Desert resident can use any San Bernardino County center free. The county says the centers are for county residents and may ask for proof of where you live.
Can I bring spray paint and thinner?
Thinner, yes: the county's list includes paint thinner. For spray cans, Apple Valley's site lists aerosol cans, but the city and county pages for Loves Lane don't name them, so call 760-955-8615 before you bring them there. Paint stores in the PaintCare program don't take spray cans.
I'm a painting contractor in Victorville. Where does my paint go?
Not to the High Desert household sites; they refuse business waste. Paint stores in the PaintCare program take house paint from businesses. For other hazardous waste, very small businesses use the county's program at the central facility in San Bernardino; call 909-382-5401.
Can I get free paint in the High Desert?
Sometimes. Hesperia's Material Exchange Store gives usable products to county residents on Thursday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. What's there depends on what people drop off. The county's central site in San Bernardino also gives residents up to five 5-gallon buckets of recycled paint a month.
Sources and how we checked11
October 16, 2026: read the City of Victorville's Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center page and its hazardous waste page (via WebFetch; direct downloads were blocked); San Bernardino County Fire's collection facilities page, HHW program page, accepted items page and the Helendale event page (read in full by download); the Town of Apple Valley's trash and solid waste FAQ; and PaintCare's locator data for Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley and Phelan. Conflicts: PaintCare's address for the Victorville site (14800 7th St.) differs from the city and county (14889 Loves Lane). Hesperia hours differ between the county page (Thursday and Saturday) and PaintCare (2nd and 4th Saturday). The Helendale event (Oct. 24, 2026) is set within the next few weeks, so it's written as "set for"; no other High Desert event dates were posted. The recycled paint bucket giveaway (5 a month) is described for the central San Bernardino facility; whether Hesperia's store has paint wasn't stated. Peer review (Oct. 16): the city and county pages don't name aerosol cans for Loves Lane, so the spray paint FAQ now says to call. Apple Valley's 5th-Saturday closure appears only in an older flyer we didn't open, so it was left out. Store hours weren't checked.
Checked October 16, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
City of Victorville: Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center ↗City of Victorville: hazardous waste ↗San Bernardino County Fire: household hazardous waste collection facilities ↗San Bernardino County Fire: Household Hazardous Waste program ↗San Bernardino County Fire: accepted household hazardous waste items ↗San Bernardino County Fire: Helendale household hazardous waste collection (Oct. 24, 2026) ↗Town of Apple Valley: trash and solid waste (household hazardous waste FAQ) ↗PaintCare California ↗PaintCare drop-off site locator ↗PaintCare program products ↗PaintCare large-volume pickup ↗
