Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Sedalia.
27882 Highway U, Sedalia, MO 65301
After you enter the Materials Management Site, take the third gravel drive on the left. The trailer is a 53-foot green container. (The red container near the entrance is for electronics.) Three phone numbers are out there. The June 2026 flyer and Missouri DNR's map use 660-827-7820. A 2021 city flyer says 660-827-3000 ext. 1166. PaintCare's listing says 660-620-5527. Use 660-827-7820 first.
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.
27882 Highway U, Sedalia, MO 65301
210 N Pacific St, Tipton, MO 65081
326 E North St, Warrensburg, MO 64093
1891 Alum Springs Rd, Versailles, MO 65084
610 Alum Springs Rd, Versailles, MO 65084
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Count the cans, then call 660-827-7820 and book a time. Bring them to the green trailer, third gravel drive on the left at 27882 Highway U.
Don't book the trailer for latex. Open each can, stir in kitty litter or a paint hardener, and let it set. Once it's solid, it goes in your regular trash.
The site is open Saturday 7-noon for recycling and brush, but that notice doesn't cover hazardous waste, and the trailer is by appointment only. Call 660-827-7820 on a weekday and ask whether a Saturday time is possible. If not, store oil-based paint safely until you can book.
The trailer won't take business paint. Contractors need a hazardous waste company or the Missouri DNR hazardous waste program.
Call 660-827-7820 to book a drop-off time, then take oil-based paint, stain and varnish to the green trailer at Sedalia's Materials Management Site, 27882 Highway U. The trailer doesn't take latex paint. Dry latex with kitty litter or a hardener and put it in your trash.
In Sedalia, Missouri (Pettis County), the city takes oil-based paint, stain and varnish at a hazardous waste trailer on its Materials Management Site, 27882 Highway U. You must book a time first by calling 660-827-7820. Latex paint isn't on the city's list, and PaintCare's listing says the trailer doesn't take it, so dry latex out and put it in the trash. The trailer is for households only.
Drop-offs are by appointment only, not on city holidays. Call the Sanitation Division at 660-827-7820 on a weekday. At the site, take the third gravel drive on the left. The household hazardous waste trailer is the 53-foot green container; the red one near the entrance is for electronics.
The city's list names oil-based paint but not latex, and PaintCare's listing says the trailer doesn't take latex. Missouri DNR says water-based paint is not hazardous once it's solid. Mix in kitty litter, sand, shredded newspaper or a paint hardener, let it set with the lid off, then put it in your trash.
A 2021 city flyer says to call 660-827-3000 ext. 1166 and lists the Sanitation Division's hours as 7 a.m.-4 p.m. The June 2026 flyer says 660-827-7820 and 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. PaintCare's listing gives a third number, 660-620-5527. Use the newer city number. If it doesn't answer, the city's main line is 660-827-3000.
Since May 1, 2026, the Materials Management Site is open Monday-Friday 7-5 and Saturday 7-noon for recycling, brush and compost sales. That notice doesn't mention hazardous waste. Paint goes in the trailer only at the time you book.
Columbia takes water-based (latex) paint too, but only on the first and third Saturdays from April to October, and only from City of Columbia residents. KC Water's drop-off is for residents of Kansas City and its partner communities. Sedalia's trailer posts no season, but it takes appointments only and the city lists oil-based paint, not latex.
Missouri has no PaintCare program, so paint stores don't take old paint back. For latex, drying it and using the trash is the normal Sedalia option. Oil-based paint can't be dried for the trash; store it tightly closed until you can book the trailer. The city's 2026 Clean Sweep curbside program, which began February 2, collected bulky items and yard waste; paint is not on its lists. Missouri DNR's facility map lists the Highway U trailer as the Pettis County site.
Keep paint in its original can with the lid on tight. Write the contents on any can that has lost its label. Set cans upright in a box so they don't tip. Don't mix products together. Know what you have and about how much before you call to book.
Full preparation checklist →To the city's household hazardous waste trailer at 27882 Highway U. Call 660-827-7820 to book a time first.
No. Latex isn't on the city's list, and PaintCare's listing says the trailer doesn't take it. Dry it with kitty litter or a paint hardener and put it in your trash.
Not with paint. Hazardous waste is by appointment only, even though the site is open for recycling and brush on weekdays and Saturday mornings.
No. The city says only household waste is accepted and no business or commercial drop-off is allowed.
The city's page and flyer don't list one. Ask when you call to book.
October 15, 2026: read the City of Sedalia Hazardous & E-Waste page, both household hazardous waste flyers (the June 2026 version linked from that page and a 2021 version), the Sanitation & Recycling page (901 East 3rd St., 660-827-7820, Mon-Fri 7-4), the Materials Management Site hours notice (effective May 1, 2026) and the 2026 Clean Sweep page (which gives the Sanitation Division's hours as 7:30-3:30). Read Missouri DNR's paint guidance and its household hazardous waste facility map data (lists the Sedalia site for Pettis County, phone 660-827-7820, by appointment, takes e-waste). PaintCare's locator lists the trailer as a non-program site that takes no latex, with phone 660-620-5527. Unresolved: the city doesn't post a fee or say whether Pettis County residents outside city limits can book (PaintCare and DNR say Pettis County); the city's own pages never mention latex either way; the flyer says 'by appointment' but doesn't name the trailer's days; the city's pages give three different Sanitation Division hours; the West Central Missouri Solid Waste Management District has no page we could open.
Checked October 15, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
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