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39 free paint drop-off sites within 12 miles.
- Frattallones Hardware and GardenPaint store1.4 mi
- Sherwin-WilliamsPaint store1.7 mi
- Sherwin-WilliamsPaint store3.1 mi
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Ramsey County Environmental Center
1700 Kent Street, Roseville, MN 55113
- Accepts
- Household latex and oil paint, stains, varnishes and other listed hazardous products.
- Who can use it
- Households in Ramsey, Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Scott and Washington counties. Businesses use a separate program.
- Hours
- Open year-round: Tuesday–Friday, 11 am–6 pm; Saturday, 9 am–4 pm. Closed Sunday, Monday, county holidays and Christmas Eve.
- Load limits
- PaintCare’s locator lists 200 gallons per visit here.
- Fees
- Free for households.
This center replaces Bay West on Empire Drive and the old mobile collection sites.
39 PaintCare drop-off sites within 12 miles of St Paul.
28 paint stores and 2 hazardous waste sites, 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.
Rules most stores here share
Who: Households and Businesses in Minnesota
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.
Frattallones Hardware and Garden
1.4 mi215 Eva St, St Paul, MN 55107
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
1.7 mi284 E Lafayette Frontage Rd, St Paul, MN 55107
- Limits
- Limit: 10 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
3.1 mi80 Snelling Ave S, St Paul, MN 55105
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Ramsey County Environmental Center
3.2 mi1700 Kent Street, Roseville, MN 55113
- Who
- Households and VSQG Businesses in Twin Cities Metro Area
- Hours
- Tuesday - Friday 11 am - 6 pm, Saturday 9 am - 4 pm
- Limits
- Limit: 200 gallons per visit
- Products
- This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site also takes most other household hazardous waste -- contact the site for details and restrictions. Please do not bring empty, leaking or unlabeled containers. SOME BUSINESSES may use this program by appointment or on special days. Contact the program for details if your paint (or other hazardous waste) is from a business.
Abbott Paint and Carpet
3.6 mi1808 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
3.6 mi1674 Suburban Ave, St Paul, MN 55106
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
3.7 mi1151 Larpenteur Ave W, Roseville, MN 55113
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
4.3 mi1913 Robert St S, West St Paul, MN 55118
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
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Hirshfields
4.6 mi2024 S Robert St, West St Paul, MN 55118
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Hirshfields
5 mi1081 MN Hwy 36, Maplewood, MN 55109
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
6 mi2722 Lincoln Dr, Roseville, MN 55113
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Hirshfields
6 mi1955 County Rd B2 W, Roseville, MN 55113
- Who
- Households and Businesses
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Habitat ReStore Minneapolis
6.6 mi2700 Minnehaha Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55406
- Who
- Households and VSQG Businesses
- Hours
- Tuesday -Friday, 10am - 5pm, Saturday 10am - 3pm, Sunday and Monday Closed
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
6.8 mi1898 Beam Ave, Maplewood, MN 55109
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
PPG Pittsburgh Paints
6.9 mi7017 N 6th St, Oakdale, MN 55128
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Niemann Ace Hardware
7.1 mi3098 65th St E, Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
7.2 mi2303 18th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418
Habitat ReStore New Brighton
7.5 mi510 County Rd D W, New Brighton, MN 55112
- Who
- Households and VSQG Businesses
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
The Recycling Zone/Dakota County
7.7 mi3365 Dodd Rd, Eagan, MN 55121
- Who
- Households and VSQG Businesses in Twin Cities Metro Area
- Hours
- HOUSEHOLD days and hours: Wednesday: 9 am - 8 pm. Thursday: 12 pm - 8 pm. Friday: 9 am - 5pm. Saturday: 8 am - 5 pm. BUSINESSES: By appointment only. businesses who produce small amounts—less than 220 lbs or about 22 gallons per month
- Limits
- Limit: 200 gallons per visit.
- Products
- This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site also takes most other household hazardous waste -- contact the site for details and restrictions. Please do not bring empty, leaking or unlabeled containers. SOME BUSINESSES may use this program by appointment or on special days. Contact the program for details if your paint (or other hazardous waste) is from a business.
Hirshfields
8.4 mi8470 City Centre Dr, Woodbury, MN 55125
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
8.5 mi1295 Town Centre Dr, Eagan, MN 55123
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
8.9 mi505 W Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55408
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Diamond Lake Hardware
9 mi5425 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55419
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
9.2 mi1028 Hwy 96 E, Vadnais Heights, MN 55127
- Who
- Households and Businesses
Hirshfields
9.3 mi725 2nd Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55405
- Who
- Households and Businesses
Guse Hardware
9.4 mi4602 Bryant Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55419
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Hirshfields
9.5 mi2741 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55408
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
9.6 mi4110 Central Ave NE, Columbia Heights, MN 55421
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Beisswengers
10 mi1823 Old Hwy 8 NW, New Brighton, MN 55112
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
10.1 mi2170 Eagle Creek Ln, Woodbury, MN 55129
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Which option fits your St Paul cleanout?4
An old search result sends you to Empire Drive
Go to the Environmental Center, not the old Bay West site. Hazardous waste has its own lane there. Check the hours (Tuesday–Friday 11 am–6 pm, Saturday 9 am–4 pm) if you’re running other errands or hauling a heavy box.
You have paint and several other household items
The center takes hazardous waste, electronics, small appliances and other recycling in one stop. Keep each type separate and reachable. Don’t leave paint in the outdoor recycling area; use the hazardous waste lane. Call ahead about odd products or big loads.
Someone from another county offers to bring your cans
Free household service covers Ramsey, Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Scott and Washington residents. Say where the waste came from and bring ID. A friend’s car doesn’t turn business paint into household waste.
A small Saint Paul painting company needs to clear its shop
Use Ramsey’s very small business (VSQG) program, not the household lane. It’s for Ramsey County businesses with a VSQG license (up to 220 pounds of hazardous waste a month) or a one-time license. September 1, 2026 prices: latex and oil paint free; paint-related items $1.79 a pound; latex driveway sealer $5.62 a gallon; $55 minimum labor. Billed by email after drop-off.
St Paul rules and tips5
THE LOCAL ANSWER
Take household paint to Ramsey County’s Environmental Center, 1700 Kent Street, Roseville, via the hazardous waste drive-through. It’s free, open year-round Tuesday–Saturday, and replaces Bay West. Ramsey businesses come by appointment through the county business program: latex and oil paint free, other products billed.
Saint Paul’s county drop-off moved to the Environmental Center in Roseville, not the old Bay West site on Empire Drive. The building also has a free Reuse Room for leftover paint and a by-appointment small business program.
Update saved directions
The Environmental Center replaces Bay West and the mobile sites. The city’s 2020 page still mentions seasonal events and says no electronics; the county center now takes electronics. Go by the county page.
Follow the right lane
Follow signs for Route 2, the hazardous waste and electronics drive-through, and stay in your car while staff unload. Route 3 is self-serve recycling, scrap metal and food scraps. Bring a driver’s license or other proof of address.
Check the Reuse Room before buying primer
Usable dropped-off paint goes to a free Reuse Room. Adults 18+ can take 10 items a visit, once a week, with at most one 5-gallon bucket and five 1-gallon cans. No opening or testing on site; you sign a release at the desk.
Getting there without a car
Metro Transit route 65 stops at Dale Street and Larpenteur Avenue; the center is just east. Larpenteur has a north-side sidewalk and a bike lane. Walking or biking? Call 651-266-0200 so staff meet you outside.
Store paint indoors over winter
The center is open year-round, so there’s no deadline. Keep paint and cleaners in a basement, not a garage where they can freeze. Spring and fall are busiest, with short waits at opening.
Free pickup programs and other options
PaintCare lists Saint Paul stores including Abbott Paint and Carpet on Grand Avenue, Frattallone’s on Eva Street and three Sherwin-Williams stores; the East Lafayette Frontage Road one takes 10 gallons a visit, the others 5. You can also use county sites in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Scott and Washington. For 100+ gallons, request an approved free pickup at View program details ↗ .
Getting your paint ready
Keep products sealed and upright in original containers, one layer deep in a box, bag or tote in the trunk. Never mix paint with solvents or other chemicals. Empty containers go in the trash, except propane tanks.
Full preparation checklist →St Paul questions4
Is 5 Empire Drive still the county drop-off?
No. The county sends households to 1700 Kent Street in Roseville.
Can a contractor use household service?
No. A Ramsey County business with a very small business hazardous-waste license, or a one-time cleanout under 2,200 pounds, can book the county program by emailing the form to VSQG@ramseycountymn.gov. No walk-ins. Latex and oil paint are free; paint-related items are billed by the pound.
Can I drop paint at the Arden Hills oil shed after hours?
No. The 24/7 shed at 1352 Ben Franklin Road takes only household used oil, oil filters and antifreeze. Paint goes to the staffed Environmental Center.
Is there a limit on how much paint I can bring?
PaintCare’s locator lists 200 gallons per visit. Call 651-633-3279 before an unusually large load.
Sources and how we checked11
Rechecked October 6, 2026: Ramsey’s hazardous waste, Environmental Center, Reuse Room and business pages, including September 1, 2026 prices, and the city’s 2020 page, which is wrong on electronics. Store and 200-gallon limits are from PaintCare data synced October 6. No winter closure posted.
Checked October 6, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
Ramsey County HHW and new location ↗Ramsey Environmental Center hours and eligibility ↗Saint Paul paint and hazardous-waste guidance ↗Ramsey recycling guide and preparation ↗PaintCare Minnesota ↗PaintCare current drop-off locator ↗PaintCare free large-volume pickup ↗PaintCare pickup eligibility and preparation ↗Ramsey Reuse Room rules ↗Ramsey County VSQG collection program and prices ↗Ramsey business hazardous waste licensing and disposal ↗
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