Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Key West.
1801 White Street, Key West, FL 33040
The city’s curbside info sheet (rev. March 10, 2026) gives 1800 White Street; the HHW page, FAQ, calendar, transfer station page and HHW info sheet give 1801 White Street. Ask the Solid Waste Coordinator at 305-809-3776 or recycle@cityofkeywest-fl.gov if you’re unsure.
21.5 Blimp Rd, Summerland Key, FL 33042
The street address is from PaintCare’s non-program listing; the county describes the station as mile marker 21.5 on the Overseas Highway at Blimp Road. The county’s HHW information line, per the City of Key West, is 305-745-4307. 305-745-2513 is the transfer station line on the county’s solid waste page.
Bernstein Park, 6751 5th Street, Stock Island, FL 33040
305-509-0325 is the county’s Recycling Coordinator & Outreach line on its solid waste page; PaintCare lists the same number for this collection.
Your state doesn’t have a PaintCare program, so stores here don’t take paint for free. These are the public drop-off programs PaintCare’s map lists, closest first. Most only serve their own residents and some charge a fee. Call before you go.
6751 5th Street, Stock Island, FL 33040
21.5 Blimp Rd, Summerland Key, FL 33042
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Wait for the first Saturday and bring them to Indigenous Park, 1801 White Street, between 8 a.m. and noon, with ID. It’s free.
The city drop-off will turn you away. Take it to the Cudjoe Key Transfer Station on a first or third Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and expect the county’s business fee.
Check the city’s HHW page before you load up, since storms can move the first Saturday date. Don’t leave paint out with a bulk pickup; liquids are excluded.
The First Saturday drop-off takes those too: gasoline in a container up to 5 gallons, plus TVs, computers and rechargeable batteries. Keep fuel in a sealed container.
Bring your paint and your ID to Indigenous Park, 1801 White Street, on the first Saturday of the month between 8 a.m. and noon; it’s for City of Key West residents only. It’s free, but businesses are turned away; Key West businesses go to the county’s Cudjoe Key Transfer Station instead. Storms can move the date during hurricane season, so check the city’s HHW page first. Questions: 305-809-3776.
In Key West, Florida, the city runs its own paint drop-off, separate from Monroe County’s. City residents bring paint free to Sonny McCoy Indigenous Park, 1801 White Street, on the first Saturday of each month, 8 a.m. to noon. The city transfer station on Rockland Key won’t take it. Florida has no PaintCare program.
The First Saturday drop-off is run by the city with Waste Management for City of Key West residents only, and the city’s hazardous waste info sheet says the events are free to residents with identification. Businesses that try to drop off hazardous waste are turned away. Liquids must be in sealed, leak-proof containers, and the containers stay there. The city gives two addresses for the park: 1801 White Street on most of its pages, but 1800 White Street on its March 2026 curbside info sheet. Call 305-809-3776 if you can’t find it.
The city transfer station at 161 Toppino Industrial Drive (mile marker 9, Rockland Key) does not accept household chemicals or electronics, and loads with them will be denied. The city’s March 2026 curbside info sheet lists household hazardous waste among items the station takes for a tipping fee, but the station’s own page and the HHW page say no. Plan on the station turning paint away, since its own page says such loads will be denied, and call 305-809-3776 if you need to check. The old Stock Island Landfill is closed.
The city says the First Saturday date may change because of weather and asks residents to check its HHW page for changes from June 1 to November 30. When checked on October 17, 2026, the HHW page listed collections on November 7 and December 5, 2026.
The city tells Key West businesses with hazardous material to use the Monroe County Cudjoe Key Transfer Station at mile marker 21.5, Blimp Road. It takes hazardous waste on the first and third Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The county charges businesses a $12 minimum, then $0.60 a pound over 20 pounds. The city’s PDF also says businesses can call Waste Management at 305-296-8297 for options.
Waste Management’s two free bulk pickups a year (2 cubic yards or less, booked at 305-296-8297) exclude liquids and poisons. The city won’t service carts holding prohibited wastes, and its recycling page lists household chemicals as not recyclable. The city pages reviewed don’t say whether dried latex can go in the green cart; ask 305-809-3776.
Florida isn’t a PaintCare state, so there’s no store take-back network. PaintCare’s locator does show Monroe County sites as non-program listings. Key West sits outside the county’s trash system: the county’s franchise haulers serve the Keys except the City of Key West and Islamorada, and Waste Management serves the city. The county’s quarterly Stock Island collection at Bernstein Park is listed for November 14, 2026, but the county says its free collections are for unincorporated Monroe County, so call 305-509-0325 before relying on it. If you need paint, the county’s Give Back program, according to its July 2026 notice, lets residents pick up still-usable products other residents turned in, free, for small projects at the county transfer stations on first Saturdays, 8 a.m. to noon. Items may include paints, cleaners, oils, solvents and garden chemicals. Local ID is required, and there are limits the notice doesn’t spell out.
Keep paint in sealed, leak-proof containers; the city keeps the containers. Follow the county’s packing tips: box the cans, keep similar products together, label anything that has lost its label, put a leaking can inside a larger container or sealed zip-lock bag, and carry it in the trunk or truck bed. Bring identification; the drop-off is for City of Key West residents only.
Full preparation checklist →On the first Saturday of each month, 8 a.m. to noon, at Indigenous Park, 1801 White Street. Weather can change the date in hurricane season, so check the city’s HHW page; when checked on October 17, 2026, it listed November 7 and December 5, 2026.
No. The station on Rockland Key says it doesn’t accept household chemicals and will deny loads with them. Use the First Saturday drop-off.
Not to the First Saturday drop-off. The city sends businesses to the Monroe County Cudjoe Key Transfer Station (first and third Wednesdays, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.), where the county charges a $12 minimum plus $0.60 a pound over 20 pounds.
Maybe. The county says its free collections are for unincorporated Monroe County, while its July 2026 notice says no cost for Monroe County residents. Call 305-509-0325 before you go. The next listed Stock Island date is November 14, 2026.
No. The city and Waste Management don’t charge Key West residents.
October 17, 2026: read the City of Key West’s First Saturdays for Household Hazardous Waste page, HHW and bulk waste FAQs, the HHW/e-waste info PDF, the curbside info sheet (rev. March 10, 2026), the bulk waste sheet, the transfer station, recycling, garbage and Stock Island Landfill pages, and the calendar entry for November 7, 2026; Monroe County’s HHW & E-Waste and Solid Waste pages; the county’s July 2026 HHW and Give Back notice as posted by the City of Key Colony Beach (July 7, 2026; the county’s own copy returned 404); Florida DEP’s HHW page; and PaintCare’s locator data (Florida has no program; Stock Island and Cudjoe Key are non-program listings). The county calendar entry for the October 21, 2026 Cudjoe collection was also read. No calls were made. Unresolved: whether city residents may use county collections and transfer stations for free; whether dried latex may go in the green cart; the 1800 vs 1801 White Street address; the info sheet’s line that the city transfer station takes HHW; and the Give Back limits. The Key West Habitat for Humanity ReStore’s paint policy wasn’t found.
Checked October 17, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
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