Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Valdosta.
345 Gil Harbin Industrial Blvd., Valdosta, GA 31601 (Industrial Blvd. Recycling Center)
The county’s list is undated. Other sites on it: Lakes Recycling Center, 4758 Loch Laurel Rd., Lake Park; Naylor Recycling Center, 8178 Hwy. 135, Naylor; Ousley Recycling Center, 6027 Ousley Road, Valdosta; Pine Grove Recycling Center, 4040 Pine Grove Road, Valdosta; Mineola Recycling Center, 4008 Old US 41 N. Deep South Sanitation runs a customers-only drop site at the same 345 Gil Harbin Industrial Blvd. address, and it does not take paint cans. Ask Public Works before bringing any paint.
308 E Hill Avenue, Valdosta, GA 31601
Painting supplies and equipment can go here; leftover paint cannot. The affiliate’s office is listed separately at 2010 East Cypress St. (229-245-1330).
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.
2040 Rocky Ford Rd, Madison, FL 32340
4652 SW 107th Ave, Jasper, FL 32052
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Line a can with two plastic bags, add cat litter, then pour in the paint and let it set. Tie the bag and put it in your green roll-out. If you’re unsure whether the city wants it, call 229-259-3590.
There is no local hazardous waste drop-off. Use the stain up or give it away. EPD says solids may go in household garbage and suggests evaporating thin solvents like thinner outdoors, but the city’s older brochure lists paint and flammable liquids as not allowed in garbage. Call 229-259-3590 before trashing either.
Your hauler’s rules apply: WM’s Lowndes page excludes paint, and Deep South’s drop site refuses paint cans. County recycling centers take only household garbage, recyclables and yard trimmings. Call Public Works at 229-671-2700 to ask about paint.
Georgia EPD recommends a paid hazardous waste collection company for small businesses because it documents disposal. The city’s commercial roll-offs are for non-hazardous waste. PaintCare’s listing for Atlanta Paint Disposal’s Savannah partner says it serves Georgia businesses as well as households, for a fee.
Harden leftover latex paint with cat litter or let it dry before it goes in your Valdosta roll-out; the city’s 2025 solid waste ordinance says garbage must be drained of excess liquids, and Georgia EPD says garbage trucks can’t take liquid waste. For oil-based paint, call Public Works at 229-259-3590 before you trash anything, because the city’s older brochure says no paint in garbage. We found no public drop-off in Lowndes County that takes paint.
This guide covers Valdosta, Georgia, and the rest of Lowndes County, including Lake Park and Naylor. In the city and county sources we checked, we found no public place in Lowndes County that takes leftover paint. The city’s 2016 sanitation brochure still sends paint to Care Environmental, but the Valdosta Daily Times reported on Jan. 18, 2024 that Care’s Valdosta warehouse was shut down in December 2019, so don’t use that option. Georgia EPD says households may put solids, but not liquids, in the garbage, so the local choices are to use paint up, give it away, harden it, or pay a private drop-off. Georgia has no PaintCare program.
Valdosta’s 2016 Public Works brochure, still posted on the city site, says paint cans, aerosols, pesticides and paint thinner could be dropped off free at Care Environmental on Fridays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Valdosta Daily Times reported on Jan. 18, 2024, citing the U.S. Justice Department, that Care operated a warehouse on Gil Harbin Industrial Boulevard from 2004 to 2019, that the warehouse was shut down in December 2019, and that the company was sentenced to five years of probation, a $50,000 fine and $135,000 in cleanup restitution. Don’t take paint to Care Environmental or plan around the brochure’s option.
Ordinance No. 2025-20 says garbage and bulk items must be drained of excess liquids before collection, and its definition of hazardous waste includes flammable and chemical wastes. The city’s one recycling drop-off site, 3130 Val Tech Rd., is for recyclable materials, and its guidelines list liquids as a don’t. The 2016 brochure lists paint and flammable liquids among things not to put in residential garbage, and the current sanitation page warns that chemicals can burn or blind workers. Ask Public Works dispatch (229-259-3590) how it wants dried paint handled.
Lowndes County tells people in unincorporated areas to set up garbage service with Advanced Disposal (229-244-2466) or Deep South Sanitation (229-559-0200). WM’s Lowndes County page lists household hazardous waste, including paint, as not accepted in its carts. Deep South’s drop site at 345 Gil Harbin Industrial Blvd. is for its own customers (ID must match the account address) and refuses paint cans.
Lowndes County’s six recycling centers (Industrial Blvd., Lakes, Naylor, Ousley, Pine Grove and Mineola) take household garbage, recyclables and yard trimmings, and no longer take renovation or remodeling waste. Their list doesn’t mention paint. Call Lowndes County Public Works at 229-671-2700, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., before you bring any.
The Valdosta-Lowndes Habitat for Humanity ReStore, now at 308 E Hill Avenue (229-247-8513), lists "Paint Supplies/Equipment (No Paint)" and refuses lead paint products and unlabeled liquids. Its page gives two sets of hours, Monday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., so call before you drop off painting supplies.
Georgia EPD says to use up or donate household chemicals if you can. It names Atlanta Paint Disposal, which takes latex paint for a fee, and the CHaRM centers in Atlanta and Athens. PaintCare’s locator also carries a non-program listing for one Atlanta Paint Disposal partner, Benjamin Moore - Chatham Paint Center in Savannah (912-355-3277), which charges by container size. PaintCare’s non-program listings for the Florida county hazardous waste programs in Tallahassee (Leon County), Jasper (Hamilton County) and Lake City (Columbia County) say they serve residents of those counties. For a business, EPD recommends paying a hazardous waste company that documents disposal; the city’s commercial roll-offs are for non-hazardous waste only.
Follow Georgia EPD’s solidifying method: work outside, wear rubber gloves and eye protection, double-line a garbage can with plastic bags, put in some cat litter first, then pour in paint, and never mix two different products. Don’t make the bag too heavy to lift. Tie the bag once it’s solid. For paint thinner, EPD suggests letting thin layers evaporate outdoors in a disposable metal tray. Inside the city, put your roll-out at the curb no earlier than noon the day before pickup and bring it back by noon the day after.
Full preparation checklist →We found no public one. The Valdosta Daily Times reported (Jan. 18, 2024) that the Care Environmental warehouse named in the city’s 2016 brochure was shut down in December 2019, and the county recycling centers, the ReStore and Deep South’s drop site don’t list paint.
The city’s current ordinance only requires garbage to be drained of excess liquids, and Georgia EPD says solids can go in household garbage. The city’s 2016 brochure said no paint in garbage, so call Public Works dispatch at 229-259-3590 to confirm.
The Valdosta Daily Times reported on Jan. 18, 2024 that its Gil Harbin Industrial Boulevard warehouse was shut down in December 2019 and that the company was sentenced in federal court. Don’t use the brochure’s Care Environmental drop-off.
Their list covers household garbage, recyclables and yard trimmings and doesn’t mention paint. Call Lowndes County Public Works at 229-671-2700 before bringing any.
Not to the Habitat ReStore, which takes painting supplies but no paint. Georgia EPD suggests giving usable products to someone who can use them.
October 17, 2026: read the City of Valdosta’s Residential Sanitation, Commercial Sanitation, Recycling and Sanitation Schedule pages, Ordinance 2025-20 and the 2016 Public Works brochure; the City’s Recycling Services page and its guideline graphics; the Valdosta Daily Times’ January 18, 2024 report on Care Environmental, which cites the Justice Department for the December 2019 shutdown (the Justice Department release returned a bot-check page to curl, so the shutdown rests on the newspaper’s report); Lowndes County’s Public Works page and recycling-center list; Deep South Sanitation’s drop site page; WM’s Lowndes County page; the Valdosta-Lowndes Habitat ReStore page; Georgia EPD’s household hazardous waste page; Atlanta Paint Disposal’s Georgia page; and PaintCare’s locator data (no Lowndes County record; Savannah record 15265 and Florida records 16071, 16013 and 15981 are non-program listings). Unresolved: whether the city collects dried paint in roll-outs (the 2016 brochure says no paint, the 2025 ordinance only bans excess liquids); recycling-center hours and whether they take dried paint; whether the Savannah partner takes oil-based paint; the ReStore’s current hours. No phone calls were made.
Checked October 17, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
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