Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Evansville.
2600 E Division St, Evansville, IN 47711
Enter on E. Franklin Street, directly behind Swonder Ice Arena. The district's page names only the former Roberts Stadium lot. The street address is the one the City of Evansville's parks and properties list gives for Roberts Park; PaintCare's listing uses the same address. PaintCare's listing, not the district's page, asks you to load items in the trunk or truck bed so workers can unload them. The district's contractor, Environmental Enterprises, Inc., hauls everything to its plant in Cincinnati.
3 paint stores and 2 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.
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.
2600 E Division St, Evansville, IN 47711
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From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Bring it to Tox Away Day on October 31 in its original can, packed upright in your trunk. If you can't make it, keep the can sealed in a cool spot until the 2027 spring date is posted.
Don't wait for Tox Away Day; latex is refused there. Open the cans and let them dry, or stir in kitty litter or sawdust. Once the paint is hard, put the cans in your trash cart.
Car and light-truck tires with the rims off are taken at the October 31 Tox Away Day. Electronics are not; the fall electronics collection is a separate day, November 14, at the same lot.
Tox Away Day is for households only, and businesses are turned away. You need a licensed hazardous waste company for leftover oil-based paint and solvents.
Take oil-based paint, stain and thinner to Vanderburgh County's free Tox Away Day, set for Saturday, October 31, 8 a.m. to noon, at the former Roberts Stadium lot (enter on E. Franklin St. behind Swonder Ice Arena). It is for county households only. Latex is not taken: let it harden with kitty litter or sawdust and put it in your trash cart.
In Evansville, Indiana, oil-based paint goes to Vanderburgh County's Tox Away Day. The county's solid waste district holds it twice a year in the former Roberts Stadium parking lot. The fall 2026 day is set for Saturday, October 31, 8 a.m. to noon. It is free for Vanderburgh County households. Latex paint is not taken there; the district says to let it harden and put it in the regular trash. Indiana has no paint take-back program, so paint stores do not collect old paint.
The Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District calls Tox Away Day an annual program, and in 2026 it set one in spring and one in fall. The spring day was March 28. The fall day is set for Saturday, October 31. No year-round hazardous waste drop-off is listed for the county. If you miss October 31, store oil-based cans safely until the 2027 dates are posted.
The lot is the former Roberts Stadium parking lot. The district says to enter on E. Franklin Street, directly behind Swonder Ice Arena. PaintCare's listing for the event asks you to put your items in the trunk or truck bed so workers can unload them.
The district's own list says latex paint can go in regular trash once it is hard. Let it air dry, or stir in kitty litter or sawdust. Liquid latex should not go out. Evansville's recycling list names only metal drink containers and lids, not paint cans, so the dried can goes in the trash cart.
City residents who pay for trash service on their Evansville Water and Sewer Utility bill can book free heavy trash pickup through Republic Services, as often as every two weeks. Hazardous materials are on its not-allowed list, so don't set paint thinner or oil-based cans out with furniture.
Tox Away Day is for Vanderburgh County households, not just city residents. The district's board includes a Darmstadt Town Council member, and county residents outside city limits use the same event. Businesses are turned away.
Between collection days, there is no free drop-off for oil-based paint in Vanderburgh County. Keep it sealed, upright and away from heat and children until the next Tox Away Day. Indiana's environment department (IDEM) says paint should never go down the drain, and should go in the trash only when completely dry. IDEM also suggests giving usable paint to theater or community groups. The Evansville ReStore, 1301 N. Royal Ave. (812-602-3460), lists opened paint among the items it does not take. Its list does not say whether it takes sealed cans, so call first.
Read the label. "Clean up with soap and water" means latex; "mineral spirits" or "alkyd" means oil-based. Bring oil-based cans to Tox Away Day in their original containers with lids tight, packed upright in a box in the trunk. For latex, take the lid off and let it dry, or mix in kitty litter or sawdust until it is solid, then put it in your trash cart.
Full preparation checklist →It is set for Saturday, October 31, 2026, from 8 a.m. to noon in the former Roberts Stadium parking lot. Enter on E. Franklin Street behind Swonder Ice Arena. Call 812-436-7800 with questions.
No. Latex is on the not-accepted list. Let it harden, then put it in your regular trash.
Yes, for Vanderburgh County households. Businesses cannot use it.
No year-round site is listed by the county's solid waste district. Store the cans safely and wait for the next Tox Away Day.
No. Evansville's heavy trash service does not take hazardous materials. Dried latex goes in your normal trash cart; oil-based paint waits for Tox Away Day.
October 16, 2026: Read the Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District's Tox Away Day page (2026 dates March 28 and October 31, 8 a.m.–noon; Franklin Street entrance; accepted and refused lists; latex in trash once hard; households only; contractor Environmental Enterprises, Inc.), its tire, electronics, heavy trash and board pages, Evansville Water and Sewer Utility's residential trash and heavy trash pages, the Evansville ReStore donation list and Habitat's contact page, IDEM's household hazardous waste page, PaintCare's listing for the event (street address and loading note), and the City of Evansville's parks and properties list, which gives Roberts Park's address as 2600 E Division St (the same address PaintCare uses; the district's own page names only the lot). The city site blocks some automated readers; it was read with a normal browser user agent. Not resolved: whether proof of county residency is checked at the gate; any per-car limit; whether the ReStore takes sealed cans; 2027 dates. Did not call anyone.
Checked October 16, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
