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Where Pocatello residents can take paint:
- Bannock County Household Hazardous Waste Days (Fort Hall Mine Landfill)1500 N Fort Hall Mine Rd, Pocatello, ID 83204
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Bannock County Household Hazardous Waste Days (Fort Hall Mine Landfill)
1500 N Fort Hall Mine Rd, Pocatello, ID 83204
- Accepts
- Paint: latex, oil and spray. Also stains, thinners and stripper, sealer, solvent, adhesives and glues, hobby and artist supplies, wood preservatives, aerosol cans, fuels, antifreeze, batteries, pesticides and weed killer, pool chemicals, propane cylinders, cleaners and more. The county says it doesn’t limit the program to its listed items.
- Who can use it
- Bannock County residents only, with household waste. The city lists commercial waste as not accepted.
- Hours
- First Saturday of each month, April through October, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. The 2026 days were April 4, May 2, June 6, Aug. 1, Sept. 5 and Oct. 3, with no July date because of the holiday; the 2026 season has ended. The county’s Household Hazardous Waste page still shows a 2023 schedule, but its landfill page and the City of Pocatello list the 2026 dates. The landfill itself is open Monday–Saturday, 7 a.m.–5 p.m., closed Sundays and federal holidays, but hazardous waste is taken only on these Saturdays.
- Load limits
- The City of Pocatello says the landfill takes up to 5 gallons each of the accepted wastes. The county says flammable and combustible liquids must be in containers of 5 gallons or less, in the original sealed container; corrosives must be under 2 gallons. The city lists leaking containers, mixed waste, unlabeled waste, commercial waste, agricultural chemicals and explosives as not accepted. The county says acceptance depends on a review of where the waste came from, and it can refuse loads.
- Fees
- Free for Bannock County residents.
Loads must be secured. Employees direct you to the household hazardous waste building and take the waste out of your vehicle; the county says local inmates help unload, while trained county staff sort. Reusable products are stacked in the containment building. The county’s free Cleanup Days at the landfill don’t take chemicals or liquids of any kind.
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Finding paint in the garage after the season ended
Keep it. Bannock County says to store it in the original container with the original label and follow the label’s storage directions, then bring it on the first collection Saturday of the county’s next season. The landfill won’t take it on a regular day.
Moving away before next spring
The county doesn’t take paint outside its April–October Saturdays. The county also says never to put hazardous waste in regular trash pickup, so call the landfill at 208-236-0607 to ask about your options before you leave.
A 5-gallon bucket of latex and a few quarts of oil-based stain
Both can go on the same collection day; the county lists latex and oil paint. Keep each product in its own sealed, labeled container, and stay at 5 gallons or less per item.
Paint left behind in a rental
The program is for Bannock County residents’ household waste, and the city lists commercial waste as not accepted. If the paint came from rental work or a business, call 208-236-0607 to ask before you bring it.
Pocatello rules and tips5
THE LOCAL ANSWER
In Pocatello, Idaho, store leftover paint safely until Bannock County’s next Household Hazardous Waste Day at the Fort Hall Mine Landfill, 1500 N Fort Hall Mine Rd.; the 2026 season ended with the Oct. 3 collection. The days are free for county residents, run on the first Saturday of the month from April through October, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., and take latex, oil-based and spray paint. Call 208-236-0607 to ask about next year’s dates.
Pocatello, Idaho (Bannock County) has one place for leftover paint: Bannock County’s Household Hazardous Waste Days at the Fort Hall Mine Landfill, 1500 N Fort Hall Mine Rd. They’re free for county residents and take latex, oil-based and spray paint. But they run only on the first Saturday of the month from April through October, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., and the last 2026 day was Oct. 3. Paint you have now needs to wait for the county’s next season. Idaho has no PaintCare program, so stores don’t take paint back.
Paint goes only on collection Saturdays
The Fort Hall Mine Landfill is open Monday–Saturday for trash, but Bannock County says hazardous waste is accepted there only on the first Saturday of April through October, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. The county’s free Cleanup Days at the landfill don’t count: they exclude chemicals and liquids of any kind.
Latex is collected here, not dried for the trash
Bannock County lists latex paint on its collection list and counted 2,400 gallons of latex in 2025. No city or county source we found tells Pocatello residents to dry latex for the trash. The city’s cart rules ban toxic and hazardous material, and the county says never to put hazardous waste in regular trash pickup. Ask Sanitation Services at 208-234-6192 if you want to dry a nearly empty can.
Five gallons each, sealed and labeled
The City of Pocatello says the landfill takes up to 5 gallons each of the accepted wastes, and won’t take leaking containers, mixed waste or unlabeled waste. The county says flammable liquids must be in containers of 5 gallons or less, in the original sealed container. The county can turn away a load after checking where it came from.
Staff unload your car
At the household hazardous waste building, county employees take the waste out of your vehicle; the county says local inmates help unload and trained staff do the sorting. Paint that’s still usable is stacked in the containment building, and the county built a reuse area. It doesn’t say how to pick up reuse items, so ask staff.
Who can use it
The city says the collection is for Bannock County residents only, and commercial waste isn’t accepted. Bannock County lists Arimo, Chubbuck, Downey, Inkom, Lava Hot Springs, McCammon and Pocatello as its cities. The county’s landfill page lists household hazardous waste among items not accepted at the McCammon Transfer Station.
Free pickup programs and other options
Idaho has no PaintCare program, so there’s no store take-back. Idaho DEQ says household hazardous waste doesn’t have to be handled as regulated hazardous waste, but it isn’t harmless, and many county landfills collect it separately. PaintCare’s non-program listings for the Caribou County Landfill in Grace and the Franklin County Landfill in Preston are for those counties’ households only, and Madison County’s Rexburg collection day is listed for Madison County households only, so they don’t help Pocatello residents. The Pocatello Recycle Center at 3034 Garrett Way doesn’t list paint, and the city says containers that held paint can’t go in the blue recycling cart. The city lists commercial waste as not accepted, and none of the county or city pages names a business drop-off; call 208-236-0607 to ask.
Getting your paint ready
Store paint in its original container with the original label, and follow the label’s storage directions, as Bannock County and the EPA recommend. Don’t pour leftovers together; the city won’t take mixed or unlabeled waste. Keep each product to 5 gallons or less, and don’t bring leaking cans. On collection day, secure the load, follow the signs to the household hazardous waste building and let staff unload. Never pour paint into a storm drain, down the sink or onto the ground; the county says hazardous waste thrown out with regular trash at the old landfill contaminated the groundwater, and its program grew out of that.
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Where can I get rid of paint in Pocatello, Idaho?
At Bannock County’s Household Hazardous Waste Days at the Fort Hall Mine Landfill, 1500 N Fort Hall Mine Rd. They’re free for county residents and take latex, oil-based and spray paint.
When is the next collection day?
The county holds them on the first Saturday of each month, April through October, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. The 2026 days were April 4, May 2, June 6, Aug. 1, Sept. 5 and Oct. 3. The county hadn’t posted 2027 dates when we checked; call 208-236-0607.
Can I dry latex paint and throw it away?
No local source says so. The county collects latex, and the city’s cart rules ban toxic and hazardous material. Hold it for a collection day, or ask Sanitation Services at 208-234-6192.
Can I bring paint on a free Cleanup Day?
No. The county’s Cleanup Days waive landfill fees for residents, but they exclude chemicals and liquids of any kind. Paint goes only on Household Hazardous Waste Days.
Is there a limit on how much I can bring?
The city says up to 5 gallons each of the accepted wastes. The county says flammable liquids must be in containers of 5 gallons or less. Call 208-236-0607 before bringing a big load.
Sources and how we checked11
October 17, 2026: read Bannock County’s Landfill and Household Hazardous Waste pages, its March 30, 2026 and Nov. 6, 2023 news releases, the City of Pocatello Hazardous Waste, Sanitation Services, Autocart Guidelines, FAQs and Recycle Center pages, Idaho DEQ’s residential waste page and PaintCare locator data (no Bannock County listing; Caribou, Franklin and Madison county listings are non-program and county-only). Conflicts: the county’s Household Hazardous Waste page still shows the 2023 schedule, while its landfill page and the city list 2026 dates. The two county pages give different McCammon Transfer Station addresses and hours (not a paint site). The city FAQ gives 208-234-6193 for recycling questions; Sanitation Services lists 208-234-6192. The county’s third 2026 Cleanup Day fell on Oct. 17, the date of this review, but it excludes chemicals and liquids. Unresolved: 2027 dates; whether dried latex may go in city carts; how residents can take paint from the reuse area; and whether there is a total per-visit limit beyond 5 gallons per item.
Checked October 17, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
Bannock County: Landfill (fees, Household Hazardous Waste, Cleanup Days) ↗Bannock County: Household Hazardous Waste (program details and how it works) ↗Bannock County (March 30, 2026): Bannock County kicks off 2026 Hazardous Waste Days ↗Bannock County (Nov. 6, 2023): More than 10,000 lbs of hazardous waste collected in 2023 ↗City of Pocatello: Hazardous Waste ↗City of Pocatello: Sanitation Services ↗City of Pocatello: Autocart Guidelines ↗City of Pocatello: FAQs (what can't go in the recycling cart) ↗City of Pocatello: Recycle Center ↗Idaho DEQ: Residential and Household Wastes ↗PaintCare drop-off site locator ↗
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