Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Orlando.
1326 Good Homes Road, Orlando, FL 32818
An attendant helps unload here. The McLeod Road Transfer Station on L.B. McLeod Road is closer to some neighborhoods, but the county does not list it for hazardous waste. Don't take paint there.
5901 Young Pine Road, Orlando, FL 32829
Use the small-vehicle drop-off area, where you unload by hand. Vehicles over 30 feet long, trailer included, can't use that area. The landfill also takes propane tanks up to 100 pounds.
650 E River Falcons Way, Orlando, FL 32833
This is in east Orange County. For most Orlando addresses, Porter Transfer Station or the landfill on a weekday or Saturday is just as easy.
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.
5901 Young Pine Rd, Orlando, FL 32829
2701 Peghorn Way, St. Cloud, FL 34769
650 E River Falcons Way, Orlando, FL 32833
750 S Bass Rd, Kissimmee, FL 34746
750 S Bass Rd, Kissimmee, FL 34746
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
McLeod Road Transfer Station may be your closest county site, but it is not listed for hazardous waste. Drive to Porter Transfer Station on Good Homes Road instead, Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The county takes 25 gallons of paint and chemicals per vehicle. Make two trips. If the work was done by a paid contractor, it may count as commercial waste, which the county does not take.
Orlando lets you put open cans with dry leftover paint in your cart. No need to drive to a county site for those.
The landfill at 5901 Young Pine Road takes paint Monday to Saturday. Or wait for the October 24, 2026 event at East River High School, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Take leftover paint to Porter Transfer Station, 1326 Good Homes Road, Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is free for Orange County households, up to 25 gallons of paint and chemicals per vehicle. Empty cans with only dry paint left can go in your city cart. Orange County's fall 2026 collection event is Saturday, October 24, at East River High School.
Orlando sends paint to two Orange County sites: Porter Transfer Station in west Orlando and the county landfill in the east. Both take oil-based and latex paint free, Monday to Saturday. Florida has no paint store take-back program.
City of Orlando Solid Waste says paint is hazardous waste and can't be picked up at the curb. It sends residents to the Orange County Landfill and Porter Transfer Station, both free.
Orlando's guidance: if a can is open, cleaned out and any leftover paint is dry, it can go in your cart. Wet paint, latex or oil-based, goes to a county site.
Orange County lists three disposal sites, but only the landfill and Porter list hazardous waste hours. McLeod Road Transfer Station does not, even though it may be closer to you.
The limit covers paint and chemicals together in one vehicle. If you are clearing a whole garage, split it into two trips or two days.
Both sites close on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Otherwise hazardous waste hours are the same every Monday to Saturday.
Florida has no PaintCare program, so stores don't take paint back and there is no free large-volume pickup. Give good paint to a neighbor, school or community group, or use it up as primer. Businesses and contractors can't use the county sites; Orange County refuses commercial waste. They need a private hazardous waste company.
Keep paint in labeled cans with tight lids. Don't combine leftovers. Box cans so they can't tip, and put leaking ones in a bigger container with kitty litter. Count your gallons so you stay under 25 per vehicle.
Full preparation checklist →Yes. The City of Orlando says both Orange County sites take hazardous waste free of charge.
Only an open can with the leftover paint fully dry. Wet latex counts as hazardous waste in Orlando's guidance and goes to a county site.
Porter Transfer Station on Good Homes Road is west of downtown. The landfill on Young Pine Road is in east Orange County. Choose by your neighborhood.
No. Orange County says no commercial waste is accepted at its drop-off sites or events.
Saturday, October 24, 2026, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at East River High School, 650 E River Falcons Way. The April 18 event at Lake Buena Vista High School has passed.
Checked October 7, 2026: Orange County's household hazardous waste page (sites, 25-gallon limit, no commercial waste, October 24, 2026 event), its landfill and transfer station page (hazardous waste hours at the landfill and Porter only; Thanksgiving and Christmas closures), the City of Orlando Too Toxic to Trash page and Solid Waste Division page (dry, cleaned-out cans may go in the cart; wet paint may not), the county's April 2026 event notice, Florida DEP's household hazardous waste page and PaintCare's state list. Unresolved: the county page does not say what proof of residency it checks at permanent sites (the PaintCare locator listing for the October 24 event says proof is required). No county paint reuse or swap shelf was found. A 2026 City of Orlando event page we found in search no longer loads, so we don't list it. No official hurricane-season paint guidance was found.
Checked October 7, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
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