Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Muskegon.
1350 E Keating Ave, Muskegon, MI 49442
Held in the City of Muskegon DPW parking lot at 1350 E. Keating, near the Friday site. PaintCare's listing says it runs rain or shine but severe weather can stop it. Come early.
1300 E Keating Ave, Muskegon, MI 49442
The drop-off is in the rear lot of the old Pound Buddies building. Because the Friday list doesn't name oil-based paint, call option 4 first or use the Saturday event, which does list it.
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.
1300 E Keating, Muskegon, MI 49442
1350 E Keating Ave, Muskegon, MI 49442
16850 Comstock Ave, Grand Haven, MI 49417
15600 68th Ave, Coopersville, MI 49404
14053 Quincy St, Holland, MI 49424
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Go to the Saturday event on October 17. Its list names oil-based paint products and aerosol cans with paint in them. Empty spray cans are not wanted.
The Keating Avenue site is closed November through April. Keep the cans upright with tight lids in a safe place, then come to a second- or fourth-Friday collection starting in May.
If it has never frozen, call Port City Paints, RepcoLite or Solid Rock and ask if they'll take it. The county names all three for latex recycling, but their own sites don't mention it.
The county refuses business waste at both the Friday and Saturday collections, and PaintCare's listing says staff may turn away loads that look commercial. The county's pages offer no business option, so a landlord company should ask a private hazardous waste company.
Bring oil-based paint, stain and spray cans to Muskegon County's free Saturday event on October 17, 2026, 9 a.m.–1 p.m., at 1350 E. Keating Ave. After the last Friday collection on October 23, the site closes until May. Latex is not taken: call one of the latex outlets the county names (Port City Paints, RepcoLite or Solid Rock) first, or dry it and put it in the trash.
In Muskegon, Michigan, Muskegon County runs a free household hazardous waste site on East Keating Avenue, open only on the second and fourth Fridays from May through October. A larger Saturday event on October 17, 2026 lists oil-based paint by name. Latex paint is not taken at either. The county names two paint stores and Solid Rock for good latex, or the trash once it's dried.
The Saturday event is October 17, 9 a.m.–1 p.m., at 1350 E. Keating Ave. The last Friday collection is October 23, 9 a.m.–noon, at 1300 E. Keating Ave. After that, the site is closed until May.
The Saturday list names oil-based paint products and aerosol cans with paint in them. The Friday list names petroleum products and aerosols but not oil-based paint, and the county says Saturday's longer list doesn't apply on Fridays. If you go Friday, call 231-724-6001, option 4, first.
Muskegon County's pages say leftover latex that has never frozen can go to Solid Rock Housing Support (the Saturday page calls it the Solid Rock Depot), Port City Paints or RepcoLite Paints. We could not confirm this on their own websites, and the county gives no addresses, so call first.
The site is closed November through April. The county asks you to keep hazardous products stored safely until the May Friday collections restart.
Kent County's SafeChem near Grand Rapids is open year-round, but only to Kent County residents. Muskegon County residents use the Keating Avenue site, which runs May to October only.
For latex you can't use or give away, Muskegon County's last-resort advice is to dry it with kitty litter or another drying material, in an airy spot away from kids and pets, and put it in your household trash. Used oil can go free to AutoZone. Michigan has no PaintCare program, so paint stores don't take paint back free unless they say so.
Keep oil paint and aerosols in their original containers with lids tight. At the Saturday event, PaintCare's listing says containers must be 6 gallons or less, with no drums. Empty aerosol cans aren't taken. Come early: the lot closes at 1 p.m.
Full preparation checklist →Saturday, October 17, 2026, 9 a.m.–1 p.m., at 1350 E. Keating Ave. The final Friday of the season is October 23, 9 a.m.–noon, at 1300 E. Keating Ave.
No. The county names Solid Rock, Port City Paints and RepcoLite for good, never-frozen latex, but call first; we could not confirm they still take it. Otherwise dry it and put it in the trash.
Yes, for Muskegon County residents. Business and industrial waste is not accepted.
No. The site is closed November through April. Store it until the Friday collections start again in May.
October 13, 2026 (peer review): Read Muskegon County's HHW page, Friday events page (2026 dates May 8 to October 23; October 9 is past; dates can be postponed or canceled) and Saturday events page (April 25 held, October 17 upcoming, 9 a.m.–1 p.m., DPW lot at 1350 Keating; no tire recycling October 17). The Friday accepted list doesn't name oil-based paint, and the county says the Saturday list doesn't apply on Fridays; PaintCare's listing for the Friday site says oil-based paint is accepted, so readers are told to call. The 6-gallon limit, no drums and rain-or-shine come only from PaintCare's listing. Not resolved: addresses and policies of Solid Rock, Port City Paints and RepcoLite for latex (solidrockhousing.org would not load; web searches and the stores' sites turned up nothing); City of Muskegon trash rules for dried paint. Dates October 17 and 23 need a past-tense update after they pass.
Checked October 13, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
