Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Omaha.
4001 S 120th St, Omaha, NE 68137
Stay in your car; staff unload it. Put the paint in the trunk or truck bed, away from passengers. PaintCare’s listing says proof of residency is required. The ReStore inside the office entrance gives away usable products others dropped off, which can include paint. No appointment or proof of residency is needed to shop it: 4 people at a time, 10 minutes, 50 pounds and 4 spray cans per person.
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.
4001 S 120th St, Omaha, NE 68137
4441 Gifford Rd, Council Bluffs, IA 51501
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
At $1 a can, that’s $5 at Under the Sink. To skip the fee, dry each can in a litter-lined box and bag it with your trash. Either way works for latex.
Oil-based paint, stain, varnish and thinner are free. Drive in Wednesday–Friday with everything in the trunk. Keep cans 5 gallons or smaller and in their original containers.
Under the Sink takes one household per visit and won’t take a load pooled from family. Bring the paint from the house where it was used, as that household’s trip, and call 402-444-7465 if you’re not sure.
Book a Saturday appointment online or call 402-444-7465. Thursday is the late day, open until 6:15 p.m.
Under the Sink won’t take any business waste, including from a home-based business. You’ll need a private hazardous waste company.
Take paint to Under the Sink, 4001 S. 120th St., Wednesday–Friday (Saturdays by appointment). It’s for Douglas and Sarpy county households; oil-based paint is free and latex costs $1 a can. Or dry latex with kitty litter and put it in the trash.
In Omaha, Nebraska, leftover paint goes to Under the Sink, the household hazardous waste site the City of Omaha runs for Douglas and Sarpy counties. It’s at 4001 S. 120th St. and takes latex and oil-based paint. Oil-based paint is free. Latex costs $1 a can, or you can dry it and put it in the trash.
Drive in Wednesday or Friday 9–4:45, or Thursday until 6:15. Saturday drop-off needs an appointment, which you book online or at 402-444-7465. The site is closed Monday and Tuesday.
Under the Sink charges $1 for each quart or larger can of latex or other water-based paint, and takes cards only. Oil-based paint, stain, varnish, thinner and spray paint are free.
You can only bring your own household’s paint. Under the Sink won’t take a load gathered from neighbors, family or friends, and it turns away anything from a business, including a home-based business.
The ReStore inside the office entrance gives away products other people dropped off, which can include paint. You get 10 minutes, up to 50 pounds and 4 spray cans. You don’t need proof of residency to shop it.
Under the Sink is only for Douglas and Sarpy county homes. If you live across the river in Iowa or in another Nebraska county, use your own county’s program.
Nebraska has no PaintCare program, so paint stores won’t take it back for free. Under the Sink says latex is not hazardous and can go in the trash once dry. Its paint handout says to pour the paint into a box lined with newspaper and a layer of kitty litter, sand or dirt, stir, let it dry, then bag it with your household trash. Your trash must fit in your city-issued cart for FCC Environmental to pick it up. Usable paint can go to friends, neighbors or charities.
Keep paint in its original can with the lid on tight; nothing over 5 gallons. Load it in the trunk or truck bed, not near passengers. Bring a card if you have latex, and proof of your Douglas or Sarpy county address. Stay in your car when you arrive.
Full preparation checklist →Oil-based paint is free at Under the Sink. Latex and other water-based paint costs $1 per can, quart size and up, paid by card.
Yes, once it’s dry. Under the Sink says dried latex can go in the trash. Never put liquid paint in the cart.
Only on Saturday. Wednesday through Friday you can just drive in.
Yes. Under the Sink serves all of Douglas and Sarpy counties.
It’s closed Nov. 11, Nov. 26–28, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1, 2027, and closes early (1:45 p.m.) on Dec. 24.
October 12, 2026: read Under the Sink’s home page, accepted and not-accepted lists, common questions, ReStore rules, location and holiday hours page, and its paint handout (dated March 2010, linked from the current site); Sarpy County’s Under the Sink page; Wasteline Omaha’s chemicals and paint page and collection FAQs; and Nebraska DWEE’s household hazardous waste release (the agency was NDEE when it was written). Under the Sink’s own pages don’t say what proof of residency it checks; PaintCare’s non-program listing says proof is required, so we tell readers to bring it. The paint handout also says empty metal cans can go in Omaha curbside recycling, but it is 16 years old and Wasteline’s current pages don’t confirm it, so we left it out. We couldn’t find an Omaha Habitat ReStore paint policy. Under the Sink lists no 2026 mobile events.
Checked October 12, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
