Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Melbourne.
3379 Sarno Rd, Melbourne, FL 32934
Sarno is one of only two county centers with a Drop and Swap shelf of free usable paint and products, and one of two with a cooking oil drop. The Sarno transfer station next door takes garbage only and turns away hazardous waste, so go to the hazardous waste center, not the scale for trash.
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.
3379 Sarno Rd, Melbourne, FL 32934
2250 Adamson Rd, Cocoa, FL 32926
7860 130th St, Roseland, FL 32958
12510 CR 512, Fellsmere, FL 32948
3955 65th St, Vero Beach, FL 32967
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Head for Sarno Road and arrive between 8 and 4, Monday to Saturday. Brevard households aren't charged; the paint uses part of your yearly 25-gallon allowance. Have an ID or utility bill ready.
Don't drive it to Sarno's hazardous waste center. Brevard says hardened or dried-up paint cans can go in your regular trash with the lid off.
Browse the Drop and Swap shelf at Sarno during the center's hours. What's there depends on what residents bring in. The Titusville center doesn't have one.
Bring nothing to Sarno's household center. A very small business (under 25 gallons or 220 pounds of hazardous waste a month) sets up its appointment, cost and payment with Clean Harbors before an EnviroBusiness day (the county holds one every 90 days) and emails an inventory a week ahead. Questions go to 321-633-1888.
Take leftover paint to the Brevard County hazardous waste center at the Sarno Landfill, 3379 Sarno Rd. in Melbourne, open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day except Sunday. Brevard households pay nothing and can bring 25 gallons a year, each container 5 gallons or smaller. Don't set paint out for WM; Melbourne's hauler lists it as a non-acceptable cart item.
In Melbourne, Florida, leftover paint goes to Brevard County's household hazardous waste center at the Sarno Landfill on Sarno Road. It's one of three county centers and is free for Brevard residents. Unlike the Titusville center, Sarno has a Drop and Swap shelf where you can pick up usable paint for free.
The Sarno facility, with its landfill and transfer station, opens 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The hazardous waste center inside takes paint only from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Saturday. The landfill and transfer station at the same site turn away liquids and hazardous waste.
Sarno and the Cocoa center are the only two Brevard sites with a Drop and Swap. Residents bring in usable paint, cleaners and car fluids, and residents can browse and take them for free. The county's recycled latex paint giveaway is suspended indefinitely, so this shelf is the free-paint option now.
WM collects Melbourne's garbage, recycling and bulk items. Its Melbourne page lists paint, oil and household cleaners as items you can't put in the cart. The city's bulk and specialty pickups cover furniture, appliances, electronics and tires, not paint. Batteries pulled from electronics go to Sarno too.
A can that's empty or dried hard doesn't count as hazardous waste to Brevard. Pull the lid off and put it in your green-lidded WM garbage cart. The Sarno landfill's accepted list includes empty paint cans, but the hazardous waste center asks you not to bring them.
For the Sarno center, the City of Melbourne lists 321-255-4452. For paint questions or business waste, call Brevard's hazardous waste program at 321-633-1888. For carts and bulk pickup, call WM at 321-723-4455 or the city's ECO Division at 321-608-5080.
Florida has no PaintCare program, so Melbourne paint stores don't take old paint back for free. Brevard's other two centers, Cocoa (2250 Adamson Rd., also with a Drop and Swap) and Titusville (Mockingbird, 3600 South St.), keep the same hours and rules; the Titusville guide covers the northern one. Businesses can't use the household centers. Very small businesses can use the county's EnviroBusiness days: book with Clean Harbors at 863-533-6111 and pay the contractor. The county says these days run every 90 days; its 2026 list ends with a day set for October 29, 2026. Call 321-633-1888 for the next one.
Before leaving, pull out anything that's dried hard; it goes in your Melbourne trash with the lid off. Wet paint stays in its original can with the label showing, and leftovers never get poured together. Bag a leaking can in clear plastic, box everything with crumpled newspaper and keep the box in the trunk. Have an ID or utility bill with your Brevard address handy.
Full preparation checklist →On Sarno Road. Brevard County's hazardous waste center sits inside the Sarno Landfill and Transfer Station at 3379 Sarno Rd. and takes paint 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
Yes, for Brevard County residents dropping off household (not business) waste, up to 25 gallons of liquids a year.
Yes. Sarno's list covers paints, stains and sealers, thinner and remover, and aerosols, and the city's page names both latex and oil paint.
Check the Drop and Swap shelf at the Sarno center. The county's recycled latex paint giveaway is suspended indefinitely.
No. WM lists paint as household hazardous waste it won't take in your cart, and the city's bulk pickups don't include paint.
Reviewed October 16, 2026. Brevard's site blocks scripted downloads, so its pages were read in the in-app browser: the Sarno Landfill & Transfer Station page (center open 8 to 4, rest of the site 7:30 to 5:30, empty paint cans on the landfill's accepted list, liquids and hazardous waste on its prohibited list, garbage-only transfer station), the countywide hazardous waste page (25-gallon yearly cap, 5-gallon container cap, residency proof, Drop and Swap only at Cocoa and Sarno, cooking oil drop at Cocoa and Sarno, suspended recycled-paint giveaway, dried cans to the trash, EnviroBusiness days every 90 days, with 2026 dates January 29, April 30, July 30 and October 29) and the Solid Waste home page. Also read: Melbourne's Trash and Recycling page with its hazardous waste section (paint remover, thinner, wood preservatives and electronics for Sarno), bulk and cart sections (WM service, green-lid garbage cart, Sarno number 321-255-4452), WM's Melbourne page, Florida DEP, and PaintCare's non-program listing for Sarno, which shows the same phone. Open questions: holiday closings aren't posted; the business section names Clean Harbors for bookings but mentions US Ecology once; Brevard names no towns, only county residents. The city's 21 MB residential guide PDF refused the download and wasn't read. Mockingbird in Titusville has its own guide.
Checked October 16, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
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