Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Owensboro.
2129 Grimes Ave, Owensboro, KY 42301
Tarp any trailer the whole way in, or pay a $20 no-tarp fee. Declare everything in your load: mixing in an undeclared item can cost a $50 misidentified-waste fee. PaintCare’s listing says empty, dry or leaking cans aren’t taken. The county page uses ZIP 42303 and the rate sheet uses 42301.
11025 Floral Rd, Philpot, KY 42366
It’s at the corner of Floral Road and KY 144. The county page gives the town as Philpot; the rate sheet says Knottsville. It’s only open three days a week, so check the day before you drive out.
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.
2129 Grimes Ave, Owensboro, KY 42303
918 E County Rd 800 North, Chrisney, IN 47611
2600 E Division St, Evansville, IN 47711
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Leave the lid off or mix in an absorbent until it’s completely dry, then put it in your city cart. Owensboro collects paint only once it’s dry.
Haul the liquid paint to Grimes Avenue. At $2 a gallon, 15 gallons is about $30, plus the state fee. Call 270-688-8138 first to ask about the minimum charge.
Tox Away Day has taken oil-based paint and thinners at no charge for Daviess County residents, but the last one was Sept. 27, 2025 and the county hasn’t posted a 2026 date. Call the Solid Waste Department at 270-229-4484 to ask. If you don’t want to wait, Grimes Avenue takes liquid paint for $2 a gallon.
The East County Transfer Station at 11025 Floral Rd. takes liquid paint at $2 a gallon. Go Wednesday or Friday 8–4 or Saturday 8–noon.
Tarp the trailer the whole way, or you’ll pay $20. Tell the scale house about the paint too; an undeclared item in a load can cost a $50 fee.
Take liquid paint to Daviess County’s Grimes Avenue Transfer Station, 2129 Grimes Ave., Monday–Friday 6 a.m.–3:30 p.m. or Saturday 7 a.m.–noon; it costs $2 a gallon. Latex that is completely dry can go in your Owensboro trash cart. The county’s free Tox Away Day took oil-based paint but not latex; the last one was Sept. 27, 2025, and no 2026 date has been posted.
Owensboro, Kentucky (Daviess County), lets you drop off liquid paint year-round at the county’s Grimes Avenue Transfer Station for $2 a gallon. City trash pickup takes paint only if it’s completely dry. The county’s yearly Tox Away Day was free in past years and took oil-based paint but not latex. The last one was Sept. 27, 2025, and we found no 2026 date.
The Grimes Avenue Transfer Station, 2129 Grimes Ave., charges $2 a gallon for liquid paint. It’s open Monday–Friday 6 a.m.–3:30 p.m. and Saturday 7 a.m.–noon. Call 270-688-8138 to ask about the $8 minimum.
Owensboro Sanitation won’t collect liquids of any kind, but it does take paint once the contents are completely dry. Dry out small amounts of latex in the can before trash day.
Daviess County’s Tox Away Day has been a free, once-a-year event for county residents. The 2025 notice listed oil-based paint and aluminum paint as accepted and latex paint as not accepted. That event was Sept. 27, 2025; the county has posted no 2026 date.
The East County Transfer Station at 11025 Floral Rd., near Knottsville and Philpot, also takes liquid paint at $2 a gallon. It’s open only Wednesday and Friday 8–4 and Saturday 8–noon.
The city’s 24-hour drop-off at 1401 W. 7th St. takes only newspaper, cans and cardboard. Bring paint to a county transfer station instead.
Kentucky has no PaintCare program, so Owensboro paint stores don’t take paint back. Unlike Louisville’s free Haz Bin, Daviess County charges for liquid paint at its transfer stations. If you can’t wait for a Tox Away Day, oil-based paint can go to Grimes Avenue as liquid paint for the same $2 a gallon. The Kentucky Division of Water suggests offering good paint to a community or theater group first.
Decide what’s worth paying for. Latex you can dry at home goes in your city cart for free once it’s completely dry. Count the gallons of liquid paint you’re hauling ($2 each) and keep them in sealed, labeled cans. If you’re pulling a trailer, tarp it, and tell the scale house everything that’s in your load.
Full preparation checklist →At the Grimes Avenue Transfer Station, 2129 Grimes Ave., Monday–Friday 6 a.m.–3:30 p.m. and Saturday 7 a.m.–noon. Liquid paint costs $2 a gallon.
Only if it’s completely dry. The city won’t collect liquids, but dried paint is allowed.
No. The county’s 2025 Tox Away Day notice listed oil-based paint as accepted and latex paint as prohibited.
We found no 2026 date. The last one the county announced was Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, at the Daviess County Operations Center. Call 270-229-4484 to ask.
The county’s rate sheet doesn’t say. PaintCare’s listing says households only, and Tox Away Day bars business waste. Call 270-688-8138 before you haul.
Checked October 13, 2026: Daviess County’s Grimes Avenue Transfer Station page and rates page, the 2024 rate schedule PDF, the East County Transfer Station page, the Solid Waste Department page, the Tox Away Day news archive and the Sept. 4, 2025 event notice; Owensboro Sanitation’s residential trash, recycling and bulky-collection pages; the Kentucky Division of Water fact sheet; and PaintCare’s locator data. The county lists liquid paint at $2 a gallon at Grimes Avenue, the East County site and the West Daviess County Landfill, but doesn’t say whether that covers both latex and oil-based paint. The newest Tox Away Day notice is for Sept. 27, 2025; past events ran in late September or early October (Oct. 9, 2021; Oct. 7, 2023; Sept. 28, 2024), and nothing has been posted for 2026. Past notices called the event free; the 2025 notice itself doesn’t mention a fee. Unresolved: whether the $8 minimum applies to a paint-only drop, whether businesses can drop paint at Grimes Avenue (PaintCare says households only), and ZIP code differences (42303 vs. 42301; Philpot vs. Knottsville). The Habitat for Humanity of Owensboro-Daviess County page on habitat.org lists no ReStore, so no reuse store is listed.
Checked October 13, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
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