Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Louisville.
7501 Grade Ln, Louisville, KY 40219
Latex is turned away here: dry it and put it in the trash instead. Pesticide and lawn-chemical containers must be left at the Haz Bin. The site is funded by the Louisville Waste Management District.
4044 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY 40220
This is a resale store, not a disposal site. Half-used cans will be turned away. The store is in Hikes Point Plaza.
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.
7501 Grade Ln, Louisville, KY 40219
4044 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY 40220
3005 Grant Line Rd, New Albany, IN 47150
112 Industrial Way, Charlestown, IN 47111
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Don’t drive them to Grade Lane; the Haz Bin will turn them away. Pop the lids, mix kitty litter into the fuller cans, and let them harden. Then bag each can tightly and put it in your garbage cart. Recycle the metal lids.
These all go to the Haz Bin for free. Keep them in their original containers, box them instead of bagging them, and leave anything over 5 gallons or 40 pounds at home and call Metro311.
Leave the paint off that load. The Pop-Up Drop-Off events take furniture, tires and electronics, but they send oil-based paint, stains and varnish to the Haz Bin and send latex back to the drying instructions.
Donate it to the Habitat ReStore at 4044 Taylorsville Rd. in Hikes Point, open Tuesday–Saturday 10–6. The label must be complete, and opened cans aren’t accepted.
Dry out latex paint and put the can in your trash in a sealed plastic bag; Louisville’s Haz Bin won’t take latex. Take oil-based paint, stain, varnish and spray paint to the Haz Bin at 7501 Grade Ln., Tuesday–Saturday 9:30–4, free for Jefferson County residents. Unopened cans can go to the Habitat ReStore on Taylorsville Road.
In Louisville, Kentucky, what you do with paint depends on the type. Oil-based paint, lead paint, stain, varnish and spray paint go to the Haz Bin, Louisville Metro’s free hazardous waste drop-off at 7501 Grade Lane. The Haz Bin does not take latex paint, and Metro says it no longer has a latex paint recycling program. Metro tells you to dry latex out and put it in the trash.
Metro says there is no longer a latex paint recycling program. The Haz Bin at 7501 Grade Ln. lists latex paint as not accepted. Open the can, let small amounts dry in a well-ventilated spot away from kids and pets, and add kitty litter or a drying agent for bigger amounts.
Once it’s solid, put the can in a tightly sealed plastic bag and into your garbage cart. The metal lid can go in recycling. Liquid paint is banned from Metro garbage carts.
Bring oil-based paint, lead paint, stains, varnish, spray paint and mineral spirits to the Haz Bin, 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m. No can over 5 gallons or 40 pounds, and don’t bag the containers.
Metro’s Saturday Pop-Up Drop-Off events take large items, tires, electronics and shredding, but they list latex, oil-based paint, stains and varnish as not accepted. Use the Haz Bin for oil-based paint instead.
Metro picks up garbage only inside the Urban Services District. If you live in one of Jefferson County’s small cities, ask your city administrator about trash rules. In unincorporated areas, ask your private hauler. You can still use the Haz Bin.
Kentucky has no PaintCare program, so stores don’t take leftover paint back. If a can is new and unopened with a full label, the Habitat ReStore at 4044 Taylorsville Rd. will take it. For partly used paint you still like, give it to a neighbor, school or theater group, as the Kentucky Division of Water suggests. Never pour paint on the ground or into a storm drain.
Sort first: latex stays home to dry, everything oil-based goes to the Haz Bin. Keep oil-based products in their original, closed cans and set them in a box, not a trash bag. Nothing over 5 gallons or 40 pounds.
Full preparation checklist →No. Louisville Metro says it no longer has a latex paint recycling program, and the Haz Bin lists latex as not accepted. Dry it out and put it in the trash in a sealed plastic bag.
The Haz Bin at 7501 Grade Ln., Tuesday–Saturday, 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m. It’s free for Louisville/Jefferson County residents.
Only if the paint is completely dry and the can is in a tightly sealed plastic bag. Liquid paint isn’t allowed in the cart.
No. It takes hazardous waste from Louisville Metro residents only. Metro tells businesses to hire a hazardous waste disposal company.
Only new, unopened cans with a complete label. Opened paint and stains are turned away.
October 12, 2026: read Louisville Metro’s Haz Bin page, Specialty Disposal page, garbage collection rules, Pop-Up Drop-Off events page and Public Works contact page (all opened in a browser; louisvilleky.gov blocks scripted requests), Louisville Habitat’s donation page and the Kentucky Division of Water fact sheet. A second reviewer re-read all of them the same day. PaintCare’s locator lists the Haz Bin and the Hikes Point ReStore as non-program sites. Not found: a direct phone number for the Haz Bin (we list Metro311; PaintCare’s listing gives 502-574-5810, which the Public Works page shows as its main office line), or what proof of residency staff check. Habitat’s own page gives no paint rule (its paint entry repeats the lighting text), so the unopened-only rule comes from Louisville Metro. PaintCare’s ReStore listing gives a different phone (502-805-1416) and says “Oldham County” households; neither matches Habitat’s or Metro’s pages, so we followed those. Haz Bin holiday closings are written as named days, not dates.
Checked October 12, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
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