Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Cumming.
351 Tolbert St, Cumming, GA 30040
This is a paid drop-off, not a free one. Bring cash; the centers don't take cards. If you also drop off bagged trash, that has its own per-bag fee.
3560 Settingdown Rd, Cumming, GA 30028
Cash only. The county's main Recycling & Solid Waste office is at 5710 Namon Wallace Road, but that office is not listed as a drop-off.
2435 Freedom Pkwy, Cumming, GA 30041
No registration, no drop-off. The event page uses ZIP 30041; PaintCare's listing uses 30040. Questions go to 770-205-4573 or kfcb@forsythco.com.
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.
351 Tolbert St, Cumming, GA 30040
2435 Freedom Parkway, Cumming, GA 30040
3560 Settingdown Rd, Cumming, GA 30028
3678 Old Atlanta Rd, Suwanee, GA 30024
11485 Maxwell Rd, Roswell, GA 30076
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Bring the cans to Tolbert Street or Coal Mountain any day but Sunday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Three 1-gallon cans of latex cost $9 in cash.
Online registration for the free Nov. 7 event at Freedom Park Campus is set for Oct. 19, 2026. Bring up to 10 gallons of paint. If you miss registration, the centers are still open with the per-can fee.
The Street Department picks up furniture and appliances on Mondays and Wednesdays inside city limits. Keep paint cans out of the pile; the city's guidelines exclude paint. Questions go to 770-781-2019.
The centers don't take liquid cleaners, pesticides or fertilizers. The county gives two choices: soak them up in kitty litter or rags, let them dry, and bag them as trash (the bag fee applies), or bring them to the twice-a-year event. Bring paint and chemicals together on Nov. 7 if you registered.
Take paint, liquid or dried, to a Forsyth County recycling center such as 351 Tolbert St. in Cumming, Monday to Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and bring cash: $1 to $10 per can for latex and $1 to $15 for oil-based. It's for Forsyth County residents only. For free disposal, register for the Nov. 7, 2026 hazardous waste event at Freedom Park Campus.
Cumming is the county seat of Forsyth County, Georgia, north of Atlanta. Forsyth County doesn't run a free hazardous waste site. Instead, its recycling convenience centers take latex and oil-based paint every day but Sunday for a small cash fee per can. Twice a year, Keep Forsyth County Beautiful holds a free hazardous waste event that requires registration.
Forsyth County charges for paint by container size. Latex: $1 for a quart or smaller, $3 for a gallon, $5 for a 2-gallon bucket, $10 for a 5-gallon bucket. Oil-based: $1 a pint, $2 a quart, $4 a gallon, $15 for 5 gallons. The centers take cash only.
Tolbert Street (351 Tolbert St.) is near downtown, and Coal Mountain (3560 Settingdown Rd.) is in the north end. Both are listed by PaintCare for paint. The third center, at 3678 Old Atlanta Road in Suwanee, is on the county's list too. The county's paint fees aren't limited to certain centers the way tires and electronics are, but PaintCare doesn't list Old Atlanta, so call 770-205-3010 before you take paint there.
Keep Forsyth County Beautiful's fall hazardous waste event is Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 2435 Freedom Pkwy. Registration is set for Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, at 9 a.m. online, and spots are limited. Paint is capped at 10 gallons per vehicle. It's free, with a suggested $5 donation.
The City of Cumming Street Department gives free curb pickup inside city limits on Mondays and Wednesdays, but its guidelines say it does not pick up paint or hazardous materials. Outside city limits, the county has no curbside trash service; you use a private hauler or the centers.
The centers close Sundays and on county holidays: Nov. 11, Nov. 26 and 27, and Dec. 24 and 25, 2026. The county also says that starting November 15, 770-205-4573 will be the phone number for all its recycling centers.
Georgia has no PaintCare program, so paint stores don't take old paint back for free. The Atlanta options, such as CHaRM, are a separate system; Forsyth County residents have their own centers close to home. Usable paint can go to a neighbor, school or community group. Painting businesses can't use the convenience centers or the event, since both are for household waste only; they need a private hazardous waste company.
Keep paint in its original can; the centers take paint only in original containers and turn away leaking cans. Count your cans by size and bring the right amount of cash. For the November event, finish registering before you load the car and keep the total to 10 gallons of paint.
Full preparation checklist →Yes. Its recycling centers take liquid or dried latex and oil-based paint and stain in original containers, for a small cash fee per can.
$3 for a gallon of latex and $4 for a gallon of oil-based paint. A 5-gallon bucket is $10 for latex and $15 for oil-based.
Only at the Keep Forsyth County Beautiful hazardous waste event, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, at 2435 Freedom Pkwy. You must register online, and paint is limited to 10 gallons per vehicle.
No. The Street Department's guidelines say it does not pick up paint or hazardous materials.
Only if your home is in Forsyth County. The centers and the event are for Forsyth County residents only, so homes in the City of Alpharetta (Fulton County) or Dawsonville (Dawson County) can't use them.
Checked October 16, 2026: Forsyth County's recycling centers page (paint fees, cash only, hours, three center addresses, 2026 holidays, phone change starting November 15, no hazardous liquids), its waste haulers page (no county curbside, City of Cumming contact 770-781-2019), the Keep Forsyth County Beautiful event page (Nov. 7, 2026, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., registration opens Oct. 19 at 9 a.m., 10-gallon paint limit), the City of Cumming Street Department page and its May 9, 2022 guidelines (no paint), Georgia EPD, and PaintCare's listings. Unresolved: whether the Old Atlanta Road center in Suwanee takes paint (the county lists paint without naming centers; PaintCare lists only Tolbert Street and Coal Mountain); the event address ZIP (30041 on the event page, 30040 on PaintCare); the year of the November 15 phone change (the county doesn't say). We found no Forsyth County paint reuse shelf. Peer review (October 16, 2026): the county takes dried paint, while PaintCare's listings say no dry containers, so the guide tells you to call first about dried cans.
Checked October 16, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
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