Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Baton Rouge.
LSU Touchdown Village parking lot (PaintCare lists it at S Quad St), Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Stay in your vehicle; workers unload. Keep liquids labeled and closed. The city’s page lists the date and place; check brla.gov/recycle the week before for any changes.
4301 Airline Hwy, Baton Rouge, LA 70805
The city calls this store “ReStore Northeast”; Habitat calls it ReStore North. The city’s paint flyer prints the number as 225-335-1895, but Habitat’s site and the city’s web page both use 225-355-1895. Call before you haul a big load.
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.
S Quad St, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
4301 Airline Hwy, Baton Rouge, LA 70811
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
If it’s still good, donate it to the ReStore on Airline Highway or Perkins Road. If not, mix in an equal amount of cat litter, let it dry, and put the cans in the cart with the lids off.
Hold it for November 21 at LSU Touchdown Village. Keep containers 5 gallons or smaller, closed and labeled. Don’t dry oil paint; the city-parish says it stays flammable.
Unopened latex or oil paint can go to a ReStore Tuesday to Saturday. It gets resold, which beats throwing it out.
The collection day bans business waste, and PaintCare lists the ReStore for households only, so ask the ReStore before you bring paint from a rental business. For the rest, hire a licensed hazardous waste company.
Bring oil-based paint to the East Baton Rouge collection day on Saturday, November 21, 2026, 8 a.m. to noon, at LSU Touchdown Village, with parish ID. Donate good latex to a Habitat ReStore, or dry it with cat litter and put it in your garbage cart with the lid off.
In Baton Rouge, latex and oil-based paint are handled differently. The city-parish says dried latex can go in your garbage cart, and good latex can go to a Habitat ReStore any week. Oil-based paint goes to the twice-a-year collection day for East Baton Rouge Parish residents. The next one is Saturday, November 21, 2026, at LSU.
The fall 2026 collection day is Saturday, November 21, 8 a.m. to noon, in the LSU Touchdown Village parking lot. Bring ID showing you live in East Baton Rouge Parish and stay in your car. Latex, oil and shellac paint, stain and varnish are all on the list. No container over 5 gallons.
Habitat’s ReStore North (4301 Airline Hwy.) and ReStore Southeast (10300 Perkins Rd.) take donations Tuesday to Saturday, 8:30 to 4. The city says they take full or partly full latex and stain, but oil paint only in full cans.
The city’s flyer says: an inch or less in the can, take the lid off and let it dry. More than an inch, stir in an equal amount of cat litter and let it dry. Then put the can in your garbage cart with the lid off. The city’s web page adds that cans more than half full should be saved for the collection day. Never put liquid latex or any oil paint in the cart.
The city-parish says oil-based paint is flammable wet or dry, so don’t solidify it. Only a completely empty oil can, lid off, goes in the cart. Partly full cans wait for the collection day.
The collection day is for East Baton Rouge Parish residents, and ID is required. Zachary, Baker and Central are in the parish. If you live in Ascension or Livingston Parish, you’ll need your own parish’s program.
There’s no free store take-back in Louisiana; PaintCare doesn’t run a program here. In 2012, Louisiana DEQ said its volunteers had run a paint swap at the parish collection day since 1990, blending usable latex for the Habitat ReStore to resell. We couldn’t confirm it still runs. The city-parish recycling drop-off at 7923 Tom Dr. is for recyclables, not paint. If your paint is still good, a neighbor, school or church may want it.
Sort first: good latex for the ReStore, dried latex for the cart, and oil paint, thinner and latex cans more than half full for November 21. Keep liquids in labeled, closed cans of 5 gallons or less. Box them upright in the trunk so workers can reach them without you getting out.
Full preparation checklist →Saturday, November 21, 2026, 8 a.m. to noon, at the LSU Touchdown Village parking lot. The spring 2026 day was May 9 and is over.
Yes, once it is dry or the can is empty, with the lid off. The city-parish says latex paint is not hazardous. Liquid latex can’t go in the cart.
The city’s paint guide says the ReStore takes oil paint only in full cans. Save half-used oil paint for the collection day.
No. Waste from a business is not accepted. Businesses need a licensed hazardous waste hauler.
The city-parish Department of Environmental Services at 225-389-4865, or the ReStore at 225-355-1895 about donations.
October 12, 2026 (peer-checked the same day): read the city-parish Household Hazardous Materials page (fall 2026 date and its accepted and prohibited list image), the city’s Responsible Paint Disposal flyer, the April 27, 2026 news release for the May 9 spring day, the Community Drop-Off page, Habitat Greater Baton Rouge’s ReStore page, a 2012 DEQ news release on its paint swap, and DEQ’s parish recycling list. PaintCare’s locator lists the collection day and ReStore North as non-program East Baton Rouge household sites. Conflicts: the ReStore number is printed 225-335-1895 in the city flyer but 225-355-1895 on Habitat’s site, the city web page and PaintCare; we used 355. Habitat and the city give the ReStore zip as 70805; PaintCare says 70811; we used 70805. The city calls it ReStore Northeast. PaintCare lists 225-389-5194 for the collection day; the 2026 release gives 225-389-4865; we used the newer one. The city gives the place only as the LSU Touchdown Village parking lot; the street (S Quad St) is from PaintCare. Drying: the flyer uses an inch as the cutoff, while the city web page says to save cans more than half full for the collection day; we give both. The ReStore page doesn’t split latex and oil; that comes from the city. We found no 2025 or 2026 notice of DEQ’s paint swap. Move the November 21 date to the past tense after the event.
Checked October 12, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
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