Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Rockville.
16101 Frederick Road, Derwood, MD 20855
No sharps, ammunition, explosives, asbestos or gas cylinders. Follow the 'Recycling' signs to the blue-fenced, roofed area, not the main dumping floor.
16101 Frederick Road, Derwood, MD 20855
Sign up before your first visit. No explosives, asbestos, radioactive or medical waste.
856 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
No spray cans, or unlabeled, leaking or empty containers. Maryland's program only started in April 2026; call to make sure they can take your load.
16 paint stores and 1 hazardous waste site, 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 Maryland
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.
856 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
16101 Frederick Rd, Derwood, MD 20855
5528 Nicholson Ln, North Bethesda, MD 20852
5268-M Nicholson Ln, Kensington, MD 20895
301 N Frederick Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 20877
4080A Howard Ave, Kensington, MD 20895
10504 Connecticut Ave, Kensington, MD 20895
18320 Village Center Dr, Olney, MD 20832
4809 Auburn Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814
17 Randolph Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20904
500 Olney Sandy Spring Rd, Sandy Spring, MD 20860
8301 Grubb Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910
815 Wayne Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910
13220 Wisteria Dr Ste N3, Germantown, MD 20874
8230 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910
4500 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016
7001 Carroll Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Shady Grove takes it free with proof you live in the county. Two gallons is under the 5-gallon monthly limit. The Rockville Pike PaintCare store also works if it's all labeled house paint.
That's over the county's 5-gallon monthly limit and its 15-gallon call-first line. Call 311 first, since PaintCare's 200-gallon listing doesn't match the county pages.
County rules say a business that takes hazardous waste from a home owns it and must pay per pound through ECOWISE. Ask your remodeler how they'll get rid of it.
It's from a 2019 memo, and the county's drop-off page still repeats it. The ECOWISE page says Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–noon, no appointment. Call 240-777-6587 to check.
Take paint to Shady Grove Transfer Station, 16101 Frederick Road, Derwood, Monday–Saturday 7 a.m.–5 p.m., with proof you live in Montgomery County. County pages limit wet paint to 5 gallons a month; call 311 for more. For paint only, try Sherwin-Williams, 856 Rockville Pike.
The City of Rockville no longer collects paint or household chemicals; Montgomery County's Shady Grove Transfer Station in Derwood does. Since April 2026, nearby PaintCare stores also take paint free.
Rockville's trash pickup serves houses and most townhouses in the city. It no longer takes household hazardous waste, oil-based paint included, and paint cans can't go in recycling.
County pages allow 5 gallons of wet paint a month (hardened paint is unlimited) and want a 311 call before over 15 gallons of liquid. PaintCare lists 200 gallons per visit. Until the county updates, call 311 before a big load.
The hazardous waste area is in the recycling section, through the MD 355 (Frederick Road) resident entrance. On Sundays and holidays that entrance is closed; use the Shady Grove Road truck entrance.
Staff can turn away loads that look like business waste. Contractors, and companies that took paint from a client's home, sign up for ECOWISE (free) and pay by the pound there, weekdays 8 a.m.–noon.
Usable paint that hasn't frozen may go on the county's free Paint Giveaway shelf at Shady Grove. To take paint, you sign a waiver. Colors are first-come.
Other nearby PaintCare stores, 5 gallons per visit: McCormick Paints, Strosniders Hardware and Amicus Green Building Center in Kensington, and Sherwin-Williams in Gaithersburg. With 100+ gallons, ask for free pickup. Fully dried latex can still go in county trash, up to four cans per pickup.
Bring proof you live in Montgomery County. Seal paint in leak-proof containers and air out the car. Box liquids in original or marked containers; Rockville suggests labeling the box "HAZMAT." Set usable paint aside.
Full preparation checklist →No. The City of Rockville no longer collects household hazardous waste and sends residents to the county Transfer Station.
County pages say 5 gallons of wet paint per resident per month; hardened paint is unlimited. PaintCare says 200 gallons per visit. Call 311 before a big trip.
The home-user entrance is closed Sundays; visitors use the Shady Grove Road truck entrance, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Ask 311 first if the hazardous waste area is open.
No. Sign up for ECOWISE and pay per pound, or use PaintCare stores (latex; oil-based only for very small businesses).
Yes, the county still takes fully dried latex in the trash. But PaintCare stores now recycle it for free.
We checked Montgomery County's hazardous waste, paint, ECOWISE and Transfer Station pages, a 2019 paint memo, Rockville's page and PaintCare's October 6 map data. Not settled: the 5-gallon monthly limit vs. PaintCare's 200 gallons, Sunday access, and contractor hours. The county latex page predates PaintCare's April 2026 start. We didn't check store hours or room.
Checked October 6, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
