Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Boise.
10300 N Seamans Gulch Rd, Boise, ID 83714
It’s the first building on the left before the landfill scale house. The Material Reuse Program here gives away usable paint, stain and thinner that others dropped off: up to 4 items per visit, free, after you sign a waiver. Products must be in the original container and at least half full to be stocked.
1653 S Vista Ave, Boise, ID 83705
The truck is only there during the posted hours. Never leave paint at a site when the collection vehicle is gone. Check the City of Boise’s mobile site calendar or call 208-608-7136 before you go.
711 N Mountain Cove Rd, Boise, ID 83702
Ada County lists it as the Boise City Parks and Recreation lot. Don’t leave anything when the truck isn’t there.
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.
4821 W Franklin St, Boise, ID 83705
1653 S Vista Ave, Boise, ID 83705
711 Mountain Cove Rd, Boise, ID 83702
7557 W Ustick, Boise, ID 83704
2515 S Five Mile, Boise, ID 83709
11101 W Executive Dr, Boise, ID 83713
3240 State Hwy 21, Boise, ID 83716
12065 W McMillan, Boise, ID 83713
10300 N. Seamans Gulch Rd, Boise, ID 83714
2130 W. Franklin Rd, Meridian, ID 83642
Ballentyne Ln, Eagle, ID 83616
E Stagecoach Way, Kuna, ID 83634
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Four cans is well under the 25-gallon mobile limit. Pick the closest stop, like Albertsons on Vista on the 4th Tuesday or Mountain Cove on the 1st or 3rd Thursday, and come between noon and 7.
A big clean-out goes to the landfill, not a mobile site. Go to Seamans Gulch on a Friday or Saturday between 8 and 6; the hazardous waste building is before the scale house. Boise’s paint page lists a 25-gallon maximum for paint, so if you have more than that, call 208-577-4737 first and ask how to bring the rest.
Before buying, check the Material Reuse Program at the landfill. It stocks donated paint and stain that’s at least half full, and you can take 4 items free after signing a waiver.
Mobile sites won’t take your paint. If you make under 220 pounds of hazardous waste a month, call 208-577-4737 at least a business day ahead for a paid Friday drop-off at the landfill.
Mobile trucks stay until 7 p.m., so an after-work stop is possible Monday to Thursday. Or use the landfill on Saturday.
Take paint to the Ada County Landfill hazardous waste drop-off, 10300 N. Seamans Gulch Rd., Friday or Saturday 8–6, free for Ada County homes. For 25 gallons or less you can also use a mobile truck that stops around Boise from noon to 7 p.m., Monday to Thursday. Latex and oil-based paint are both taken.
In Boise, Idaho, leftover paint goes to Ada County’s free household hazardous waste program. You can take latex and oil-based paint to the drop-off at the Ada County Landfill on Seamans Gulch Road on Fridays and Saturdays, or to a mobile collection truck on Monday to Thursday afternoons. The truck’s spot depends on the day and the week of the month.
The landfill hazardous waste building is open Friday and Saturday 8–6. It’s the first building on the left before the scale house at 10300 N. Seamans Gulch Rd. Ada County sends loads over 25 gallons or 25 items there. Boise’s paint page caps paint at 25 gallons, so call 208-577-4737 first if you have more.
From noon to 7 p.m. Monday to Thursday, a truck parks at a set spot that depends on the week of the month: Albertsons on Vista (4th Tuesday), Mountain Cove Road (1st and 3rd Thursday), Cole & Ustick library (2nd Tuesday), Wright UCC on Franklin (3rd Tuesday), and fire stations on McMillan, Five Mile and Highway 21. Each takes up to 25 gallons or 25 items. There are no Tuesday to Thursday stops in a month’s 5th week.
Boise’s Curb It guide lists latex paint with oil-based paint, stain and thinner as hazardous waste, up to 25 gallons. There’s no fee for Ada County households at the landfill or the mobile sites.
The Material Reuse Program at the landfill gives away usable paint, stain and thinner others dropped off. You can take up to 4 items after signing a waiver.
Paint from painting contractors, property managers or other businesses isn’t taken at mobile sites. A very small Ada County business can use the landfill facility on Fridays for a fee charged by the pound, by appointment at 208-577-4737.
Idaho has no PaintCare program, so paint stores won’t take paint back for free. Idaho DEQ says household hazardous waste isn’t regulated as hazardous waste and suggests nonprofits may want leftover paint, so ask friends, neighbors or a charity first. For free paint, check the landfill’s Material Reuse Program. Boise’s own pages don’t say whether dried latex can go in your Curb It trash cart, so use the free drop-off unless the city tells you otherwise. Empty aerosol cans can go in the trash cart; ones with product left go to hazardous waste.
Keep paint in its original, labeled can with the lid on tight. Empty, dry or leaking cans won’t be taken. Count your load: over 25 gallons or 25 items means the landfill on Friday or Saturday, not a mobile site. Put cans in a box in the trunk so they can’t tip.
Full preparation checklist →Yes. Ada County’s hazardous waste program takes latex and oil-based paint free from Ada County households, at the landfill or a mobile site.
It depends on the day and the week of the month. For example, Albertsons on Vista is the 4th Tuesday and Mountain Cove Road is the 1st and 3rd Thursday. The full list is on the City of Boise’s mobile site calendar, or call 208-608-7136. Sites run noon to 7 p.m. and close on holidays.
Not to a mobile site. Business paint, including from property managers and contractors, goes to the landfill facility only if the business qualifies as a very small generator, pays and books a Friday slot.
Yes. It’s an Ada County program. Meridian has a site every Monday at Republic Services on W. Franklin Rd., and Eagle has a Park and Ride site in October, January, April and July.
It’s closed Thanksgiving Day, which is a Thursday, so it doesn’t affect the Friday–Saturday hours. It’s open Veterans Day. It closes at 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.
October 13, 2026: read Ada County Landfill’s hazardous waste page and hours/holiday page, the City of Boise Curb It hazardous waste page, its mobile site calendar, its paints-and-stains and aerosols entries, and its household hazardous waste handout (updated March 2026), plus Idaho DEQ’s residential waste page and paint fact sheet, and PaintCare’s non-program listings for Ada County. The Ada County and Boise pages agree on Friday–Saturday 8–6 at the landfill and noon–7 mobile hours, and the county table, city calendar and handout list the same rotation. We give the rotation as a rule and list no specific dates. Conflict: Ada County says loads over 25 gallons or 25 items should go to the landfill, but Boise’s paint page says paint is taken at any site or facility at a max of 25 gallons, so we tell readers with more to call first. The “empty, dry or leaking” rule comes from PaintCare’s listings. Unresolved: Boise’s pages don’t say whether dried latex may go in the trash cart, so we don’t suggest it. We couldn’t find a Boise ReStore paint policy. Ada County’s page doesn’t say what proof of residency it checks.
Checked October 13, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
