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Where Macon residents can take paint:
- Macon-Bibb Convenience Center #1 (11th Street)1010 11th Street, Macon, GA
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Macon-Bibb Convenience Center #1 (11th Street)
1010 11th Street, Macon, GA
- Accepts
- Paint. This is the only one of the county’s three convenience centers that takes paint (and batteries and concrete). The county does not say latex or oil-based. It also says no oils or hazardous liquids are accepted at any center.
- Who can use it
- Bibb County residents with a valid, current driver’s license showing a Bibb County address. The county’s release on the center’s opening says a valid driver’s license or ID.
- Hours
- Seven days a week, 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. The county says hours can change for weather, holidays and other reasons.
- Load limits
- No paint limit is published. Tires are limited to four per resident.
- Fees
- Free for Bibb County residents.
Near the entrance of the closed landfill. Because the county also bans “hazardous liquids,” call 478-803-0499 or 478-751-9296 before bringing oil-based paint or cans of liquid paint. The Fulton Mill Road and Ninadel Drive centers do not take paint.
Which option fits your Macon cleanout?4
You live near Fulton Mill Road
The Fulton Mill Road center doesn’t take paint. Take the paint to 11th Street instead. Fulton Mill is open Thursday to Sunday for things like furniture and yard debris.
You want to get rid of it on a Sunday
11th Street is open seven days a week, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., so Sunday works. Ninadel Drive is also open on weekends but doesn’t take paint.
You have a few cans of old latex that are nearly dry
Georgia EPD says solid household waste can legally go in the trash, and Macon-Bibb’s cart rule bans only liquids. The county doesn’t speak to dried paint, so if any paint is still wet, take it to 11th Street. If you put fully dried paint out, bag it; the county says all garbage must be bagged.
You have oil-based stain or thinner
The 11th Street center takes paint, but the county says no oils or hazardous liquids at any center. Call 478-803-0499 or 478-751-9296 and ask before you drive over.
Macon rules and tips4
THE LOCAL ANSWER
Take paint to Macon-Bibb’s 11th Street convenience center, 1010 11th Street, open daily 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m.; it’s the only county center that takes paint. Bring a driver’s license showing a Bibb County address. Don’t put liquid paint in your garbage cart, and call 478-803-0499 before bringing oil-based paint.
In Macon, paint goes to Macon-Bibb County’s 11th Street convenience center at 1010 11th Street, open every day. It is the only one of the county’s three centers that takes paint. You need a driver’s license showing a Bibb County address. Liquid paint can’t go in your curbside garbage.
Only 11th Street takes paint
Macon-Bibb has three convenience centers, but only 11th Street, near the entrance to the closed landfill, takes paint. Fulton Mill Road (behind the Animal Welfare Center) and Ninadel Drive do not.
Open seven days
11th Street is open every day, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The county says hours can change for weather, holidays and other reasons.
No liquids in your cart
The county’s household garbage page says no liquids such as paint or oil are accepted, and all garbage must be bagged. Keep liquid paint out of your cart.
Oil-based paint: call first
The county lists paint as accepted at 11th Street but also says no oils or hazardous liquids at any center. It doesn’t say which paints that covers, so call the Solid Waste Department at 478-803-0499 before bringing oil-based paint.
Free pickup programs and other options
Georgia EPD says homeowners can legally put household hazardous waste in the garbage, but only solids, because garbage trucks can’t pick up liquids. Macon-Bibb’s cart rule bans liquids such as paint; its pages don’t say anything about dried paint. If the paint is still good, give it to a neighbor or group that can use it. Georgia has no PaintCare program.
Getting your paint ready
Bring your current driver’s license with your Bibb County address. Keep paint in sealed, labeled cans and pack them upright in a box.
Full preparation checklist →Macon questions4
Is the 11th Street center free?
Yes, for Bibb County residents with a valid driver’s license showing a Bibb County address.
Can I put paint out with my Macon garbage?
Not liquid paint. The county says no liquids such as paint and oil go in household garbage pickup. Georgia EPD says only solid household waste may go in the trash. Macon-Bibb doesn’t say whether dried paint is OK, so call 478-803-0499 if you want to be sure.
Can I take paint to the Fulton Mill Road or Ninadel Drive centers?
No. Only the 11th Street center takes paint, batteries and concrete.
I live in Houston or Jones County. Can I use 11th Street?
No. The centers are for Bibb County residents, checked by driver’s license.
Sources and how we checked6
October 13, 2026: read Macon-Bibb Solid Waste’s convenience center page and its hours and accepted-items flyers (three centers; 1010 11th Street open seven days, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the only one taking paint; driver’s license with a Bibb County address; free; no oils or hazardous liquids at any center; four-tire limit), the county’s release on the first center at 1010 11th Street (paints listed; license or ID), the household garbage page (no liquids such as paint; all garbage bagged), the Solid Waste home page (phone numbers) and Georgia EPD’s household hazardous waste page (only solids in the garbage). Conflict: the county lists paint as accepted but bans oils and hazardous liquids, and never says latex or oil-based; we tell readers to call about oil-based paint. Not found: the center’s ZIP code, any paint amount limit, any county rule on dried paint in the cart, any Macon-Bibb household hazardous waste event in 2026, and any paint reuse program.
Checked October 13, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
Macon-Bibb County Solid Waste: convenience centers ↗Macon-Bibb County: first convenience center opens at 1010 11th Street ↗Macon-Bibb County Solid Waste: household garbage ↗Macon-Bibb County Solid Waste department (phone numbers) ↗Georgia EPD household hazardous waste ↗PaintCare program states (North Carolina and Georgia not listed) ↗
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