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19 free paint drop-off sites within 12 miles.
- Sherwin-WilliamsPaint store1.4 mi
- Whitmore Ace HardwarePaint store2 mi
- JC Licht Paint & DecorPaint store2.7 mi
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GreenSheen Paint (Crest Hill paint recycler)
2001 Weber Road, Crest Hill, IL 60403
- Accepts
- Latex and oil-based house paint, stain and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons. No spray cans, and no unlabeled, leaking or empty containers.
- Who can use it
- Illinois households and businesses, according to PaintCare.
- Hours
- PaintCare lists Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. No weekend hours.
- Load limits
- PaintCare lists up to 200 gallons per visit. Call ahead for big loads.
- Fees
- Free for paint covered by PaintCare.
Hours and limits come from PaintCare. GreenSheen's own site shows the Crest Hill address but no drop-off rules. Call before you bring a truckload.
Illinois EPA one-day hazardous waste collection, Lockport (October 31, 2026)
Shiloh Baptist Church, 18101 W. Oak Avenue, Lockport, IL 60441
- Accepts
- Oil-based paint, thinner, chemical cleaners, antifreeze, motor oil, gasoline, kerosene, pesticides and fluorescent bulbs. No latex paint, propane tanks, fire extinguishers or business waste.
- Who can use it
- Any Illinois resident who signs up first. No business waste.
- Hours
- Saturday, October 31, 2026, 8 a.m.–3 p.m. One day only; still upcoming as of October 6, 2026.
- Load limits
- Illinois EPA lists no paint limit.
- Fees
- Free.
Sign up with the SignUpGenius form on the Illinois EPA event page (the August notice said sign-up was still to come). The phone is co-sponsor State Representative Dagmara Avelar's office, not the collection crew.
19 PaintCare drop-off sites within 12 miles of Joliet.
19 paint stores and 0 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.
Rules most stores here share
Who: Households and Businesses in Illinois
Hours: Paint is accepted during regular business hours. Call ahead for hours and to make sure the store can accept the amount and type of paint you would like to recycle.
Products: This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site does not accept aerosols (spray paint or other spray products), containers without original labels, or containers that are leaking or empty.
Each listing below shows only what’s different, plus its limit.
Sherwin-Williams
1.4 mi118 N Larkin Ave, Joliet, IL 60435
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Whitmore Ace Hardware
2 mi1202 Essington Rd, Joliet, IL 60435
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
JC Licht Paint & Decor
2.7 mi928 Plainfield Rd, Joliet, IL 60435
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
GreenSheen Paint
3.2 mi2001 Weber Rd, Crest Hill, IL 60403
- Hours
- Monday-Friday 8 am - 4: 30 pm
- Limits
- Limit: 200 gallons per visit. Call ahead for large volume drop offs.
Sherwin-Williams
4 mi2041 S Illinois Rte 59, Plainfield, IL 60586
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Buikemas Ace Hardware
4.1 mi2240 S Route 59, Plainfield, IL 60586
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
4.1 mi2707 Plainfield Rd, Joliet, IL 60435
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
5.9 mi664 S Weber Rd, Romeoville, IL 60446
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
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Whitmore Ace Hardware
7.3 mi24604 W Lockport St, Plainfield, IL 60544
- Limits
- Limit: 20 gallons per visit.
Whitmore Ace Hardware
7.8 mi1037 E 9th St, Lockport, IL 60441
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Whitmore Ace Hardware
8.3 mi855 S Ridge Rd, Minooka, IL 60447
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Buikemas Ace Hardware
8.7 mi445 Weber Rd, Romeoville, IL 60446
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
JC Licht Paint & Decor
8.7 mi23859 W 135th St Suite 11, Plainfield, IL 60544
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Whitmore Ace Hardware
9 mi358 W Maple St, New Lenox, IL 60451
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit
Whitmore Ace Hardware
10.6 mi210 S State St, Manhattan, IL 60442
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
10.6 mi1060 E Lincoln Hwy, New Lenox, IL 60451
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
10.7 mi11850 Illinois Rte 59 Suite 100, Plainfield, IL 60585
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Buikemas Ace Hardware
11.6 mi5035 Ace Ln, Naperville, IL 60564
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
JC Licht
11.9 mi2405 E Lincoln Highway, New Lenox, IL 60451
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Which option fits your Joliet cleanout?4
Forty gallons of latex from a rental turnover
Call GreenSheen in Crest Hill and go on a weekday. PaintCare lists 200 gallons per visit for households and businesses, saving eight trips to a 5-gallon store.
Oil paint, thinner and pesticides, no latex
Sign up for Illinois EPA's Lockport collection on October 31, 8 a.m.–3 p.m., or use Naperville any weekend.
Mixed latex and chemicals, one trip
Book Will County's October 17 Wilmington appointment. It takes latex and oil-based paint up to 15 gallons per vehicle, plus spray cans and solvents. If it's full, split the load: latex to PaintCare, the rest to Lockport or Naperville.
A couple of spray cans
PaintCare stores and GreenSheen don't take spray cans. Will County's paint guide sends them to a hazardous waste site or event.
Joliet rules and tips4
THE LOCAL ANSWER
House paint (latex or oil-based): GreenSheen, 2001 Weber Road, Crest Hill, weekdays 8–4:30, up to 200 gallons per PaintCare. Joliet's four PaintCare stores take 5 gallons per visit. Spray cans and solvents: sign up for the Illinois EPA collection in Lockport on Saturday, October 31 (no latex), or use Naperville's weekend site.
Joliet has no year-round chemical drop-off, but it has something rare: a paint recycler a few miles north in Crest Hill that PaintCare lists for up to 200 gallons a visit. Two one-day collections nearby this fall have different latex rules.
Two October events, different latex rules
Will County's Wilmington drop-off (Saturday, October 17, by appointment) takes latex and oil-based paint, up to 15 gallons per vehicle. Illinois EPA's Lockport collection at Shiloh Baptist Church (Saturday, October 31, sign up first) takes oil-based paint and chemicals but not latex. Both are still ahead as of October 6, 2026. If you have latex, pick Wilmington.
Will County's pages disagree
Will County's household hazardous materials page (updated April 2025) says events take latex and oil-based paint up to 15 gallons, then lists oil-based only. The 2026 Wilmington flyer lists latex and oil-based paint and stain. Go by the flyer and ask when you book.
A paint recycler on Weber Road
GreenSheen remakes old paint into new at its Illinois site on Weber Road in Crest Hill, a few miles north of downtown. PaintCare lists it for households and businesses, weekdays, up to 200 gallons per visit. That suits a landlord or a garage of old cans. Call 815-954-2673 first; GreenSheen's own site gives no drop-off rules.
Getting to Naperville
The nearest year-round site is Naperville's, 156 Fort Hill Drive, about 17 miles north, open Saturdays and Sundays 9–2. Will County helps fund it. It takes any Illinois resident's household chemicals, but no latex.
Free pickup programs and other options
PaintCare lists four Joliet stores at 5 gallons per visit: Sherwin-Williams at 118 N. Larkin Avenue and 2707 Plainfield Road, JC Licht at 928 Plainfield Road and Whitmore Ace at 1202 Essington Road. Whitmore Ace in Plainfield lists 20 gallons. PaintCare picks up 100 gallons or more free. Will County lets you harden small amounts of latex for the trash if recycling isn't practical. Spray paint must go to a hazardous waste site or event.
Getting your paint ready
Separate latex from oil-based paint and spray cans first; Lockport turns latex away. Keep paint in original labeled cans of 5 gallons or less. Book Wilmington (it sends the address after you book) or sign up for Lockport. For GreenSheen, call with a gallon count and go on a weekday.
Full preparation checklist →Joliet questions5
Is there a year-round hazardous waste site in Joliet?
No. The nearest is in Naperville. Will County holds one-day events, and Illinois EPA has Lockport on October 31, 2026.
Will the Lockport event take latex?
No. Illinois EPA lists latex as not accepted. Take latex to a PaintCare site or a Will County one-day event (the last listed for 2026 is October 17 in Wilmington).
Can I drop off a lot of paint at once?
PaintCare lists GreenSheen in Crest Hill at up to 200 gallons per visit. Call first. Most stores stop at 5 gallons.
Can businesses use these options?
PaintCare stores and GreenSheen (per PaintCare) take Illinois businesses' paint, oil-based included. The Will County and Illinois EPA events and Naperville refuse business waste.
Does it matter that Joliet is in more than one county?
Not for Will County events: they serve any town partly in Will County, which covers all of Joliet. The Illinois EPA event and Naperville take any Illinois resident.
Sources and how we checked12
Checked October 6, 2026. PaintCare lists four Joliet stores, GreenSheen at 200 gallons and Plainfield at 20. Still open: Joliet's city site blocked our reader. Search results mention a WM At Your Door home pickup, but no current city page confirmed it, so we left it out. GreenSheen's rules come only from PaintCare.
Checked October 6, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
GreenSheen Paint locations ↗PaintCare drop-off site locator ↗PaintCare Illinois ↗PaintCare business limits (Illinois oil-based exception) ↗PaintCare large-volume pickup ↗Illinois EPA fall 2026 one-day HHW schedule (Aug. 13, 2026 release) ↗Illinois EPA Lockport collection, October 31, 2026 ↗Will County Green events calendar ↗Will County Wilmington drop-off flyer, October 17, 2026 ↗Will County household hazardous materials guide ↗Will County paint recycling guide ↗Naperville Household Hazardous Waste Facility ↗
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