Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Sandpoint.
232 Pinecone Rd, Sandpoint, ID 83864
A solid waste sticker is required. Stay in your vehicle; staff unload it. PaintCare's listing says you reach the site from 446 Colburn-Culver Rd, about half a mile east of U.S. 95 North, 7.7 miles north of the Sandpoint Y. Sites close on county holidays, including Veterans Day and the day after Thanksgiving.
15 Dufort Rd, Sagle, ID 83860
PaintCare's listing puts Dufort at Dufort Road and Highway 95 South, in Sagle. Bring your sticker and stay in your vehicle while staff unload it.
0 paint stores and 5 hazardous waste sites, closest first. Paint stores take house paint, stain and varnish, usually up to a set amount per visit. Hazardous waste sites also take chemicals like thinner, but some only serve local residents. Call before you go.
232 Pinecone Rd, Sandpoint, ID 83864
15 Dufort Rd, Sagle, ID 83860
54222 Hwy 200, Clark Fork, ID 83811
36608 Hwy 41, Oldtown, ID 83822
9494 Deer Valley Rd, Newport, WA 99156
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Pick the next collection Saturday near you. Bring your sticker and up to 10 gallons. Stay in the car while staff unload it.
Open the cans, mix in kitty litter, mulch or sawdust, and let them dry hard. Then put them in your regular trash.
Ask your landlord. The county mails two stickers to each home that pays the solid waste fee and asks landlords to give them to tenants. Without one, call 208-255-5681 ext. 2 before you go.
Check the county calendar for the next site. In late 2026, Idaho Hill and Dufort each have collection days in November and December.
The county sites don't accept commercial hazardous waste at all. Call the solid waste office for other options.
Dry latex paint with kitty litter, mulch or sawdust and put it in your Bonner County trash. Take oil-based paint, stain and spray paint to a county hazardous waste Saturday, 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m.: Colburn on November 7 or December 5, or Dufort in Sagle on November 21 or December 19. It's free for up to 10 gallons with your solid waste sticker.
In Sandpoint, Idaho, paint goes to Bonner County's free household hazardous waste days. These are held on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., rotating among five county sites. Colburn, north of town on Pinecone Road, takes it on the first Saturday of most months. Dufort, in Sagle, takes it on the third Saturday of each month. Bring your Bonner County solid waste sticker. The county says dried latex can go in the regular trash.
Bonner County's sites are open every day for trash, but they take hazardous waste on only one Saturday at a time. The 2026 calendar runs Colburn on the first Saturday (none in July), Idaho Hill near Oldtown on most second Saturdays, and Dufort on the third. Clark Fork and Dickensheet near Coolin take a few turns each year. The rest of 2026: Colburn November 7 and December 5, Idaho Hill November 14 and December 12, Dufort November 21 and December 19.
The county fee schedule says hazardous waste is free for up to 10 gallons, but a sticker is required. Each home that pays the county solid waste fee gets two stickers, mailed at the beginning of December. Renters should ask their landlord for theirs; the county asks landlords to pass them on. Lost stickers are replaced only for windshield damage or a vehicle accident.
Bonner County's flyer and waste types page say dry latex paint can go in the regular trash once it is solid. Mix it with kitty litter, mulch or sawdust. The sources disagree about bringing liquid latex: the county's waste types page lists it as accepted, but PaintCare's listing for every Bonner site says latex isn't taken. Drying it is the sure option.
You can bring up to 10 gallons per visit. Staff unload your vehicle, so stay inside. No out-of-county waste, no business waste, and no electric vehicle or e-bike batteries.
The county's metal bins don't take paint cans or aerosol cans. Harden leftover latex in its can and put it in the trash.
Idaho has no PaintCare program, so paint stores here don't take paint back. Bonner County only accepts waste made in Bonner County, so your options are the Saturday collection days or drying latex for the trash. Idaho DEQ says to check with your county and notes that nonprofits may want leftover paint. Usable paint can go to a neighbor, a school or a church.
Find your sticker before you go. Keep paint in its original can with the lid tight and the label on. Add up your liquids so you stay at 10 gallons or less. Check the county calendar for which site is open that Saturday, and arrive by 3:30 p.m. For latex, open the can, stir in kitty litter, sawdust or mulch, and let it harden before it goes in the trash.
Full preparation checklist →At Colburn, 232 Pinecone Rd., on its collection Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The rest of 2026: November 7 and December 5. Dufort in Sagle is open for it November 21 and December 19.
No, for up to 10 gallons, as long as you have a Bonner County solid waste sticker.
Yes, once it is dry and solid. The county says to mix it with kitty litter, mulch or sawdust first.
Any Bonner County household can use any of the five sites on its day. Colburn is north of Sandpoint, Dufort is at Sagle, and Idaho Hill is on Highway 41 near Oldtown, closer to Priest River.
No. Bonner County does not accept commercial hazardous waste. Call the solid waste office at 208-255-5681 ext. 2 to ask what businesses can do.
October 16, 2026: read Bonner County's hazardous waste page and the two images on it (the 2026 calendar, and a site list and accepted-items flyer whose file is named 2024), the waste types page (latex paint listed under hazardous waste, 10 gallons per visit, pass required, no commercial or out-of-county waste, staff unload, harden latex for the trash; paint cans and aerosol cans not taken in the metal bins), the fee schedule images (effective December 1, 2025: hazardous waste free up to 10 gallons per event, sticker required, no commercial hazardous waste), the stickers page, the site hours page, Idaho DEQ's household hazardous waste page, and PaintCare's listings for Colburn, Dufort, Idaho Hill and Clark Fork. A peer review the same day reopened every source and checked each 2026 date against the county calendar. Unresolved: whether liquid latex is taken (the county waste types page says yes; PaintCare's listings say no); whether the 10 gallons is per visit, per event or per day (the county's pages and PaintCare word it differently); whether someone without a sticker can pay to drop off hazardous waste; and the Clark Fork address (54222 Hwy 200 on the flyer and in PaintCare's listing, 5422 Hwy 200 on the hours page). PaintCare's Clark Fork listing also gives June 27 where the county calendar shows June 20; the county calendar was used. The Sandpoint Habitat ReStore's website would not load, so its paint policy was not checked. October dates on the calendar were left out because they fall within days of this review.
Checked October 16, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
