Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Scottsbluff.
609 E. 2nd St., Scottsbluff, NE 69361
The 609 E. 2nd St. address is the city's listed physical address for the Environmental Services Building; the city doesn't say whether paint is handed in there or at the recycling depot. Call 308-630-0985 between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. on a weekday to ask where to bring it and whether oil-based paint is included.
100547 Airport Road, Scottsbluff, NE 69361
It's a drive-through: stay in your vehicle and volunteers unload. Bring items in original labeled containers with lids secured, and don't mix materials. Clean Harbors, a licensed hazardous waste contractor, handles what is collected.
Split it. KSGB says paint goes to City of Scottsbluff Environmental Services (call 308-630-0985 first). Stain, varnish and thinner wait for KSGB's spring collection, which takes those but turns away paint.
If it's already hard, it can go in your trash; KSGB says small amounts of latex can be dried with kitty litter or sawdust and thrown away. Leave liquid paint out of the roll-out.
Keep the paint out of the dumpster. The city's construction dumpsters ban hazardous waste and won't be emptied if banned items are inside. KSGB says Environmental Services takes paint; call 308-630-0985 first.
Call 308-630-0985 before driving over. KSGB's guide says the city takes paint from Nebraska residents, but the city's depot page says City of Scottsbluff residents only. The April 2026 Free Landfill Day at the Gering Landfill also didn't allow hazardous waste.
Call City of Scottsbluff Environmental Services at 308-630-0985 (weekdays 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and ask where to bring your paint; KSGB says the city takes paint all year. KSGB also says small amounts of latex can be dried with kitty litter or sawdust and thrown away. Save stains, varnishes and thinners for KSGB's spring collection, which takes those but not paint.
Scottsbluff, Nebraska, has a year-round paint option, but the word comes from Keep Scottsbluff Gering Beautiful (KSGB), not the city. KSGB says the City of Scottsbluff's Environmental Services takes paint all year. KSGB's own spring hazardous waste day refuses paint but takes stains, varnishes and thinners. Nebraska has no PaintCare program, so there is no PaintCare store drop-off network here.
KSGB's 2026 flier lists 'Stains & Varnishes (No Paint)'. Thinners, gasoline and kerosene are also taken at its spring collection. Paint itself goes to the City of Scottsbluff Environmental Services instead. Sort your shelf into paint and stain/varnish/solvent before you load the car.
KSGB's disposal guide and a 2024 KSGB release say Environmental Services takes paint. The city's sanitation pages list recycling, electronics and trash rules but say nothing about paint. Call 308-630-0985 to confirm where to bring it, which kinds it takes and whether there's a fee.
KSGB's guide says the city takes paint from "Nebraska residents only." The city's recycling page says its depot is for City of Scottsbluff residents and businesses only. If you live in Gering, Terrytown or anywhere outside Scottsbluff city limits, call 308-630-0985 before you go. The April 2026 Free Landfill Day at the Gering Landfill, run by Scottsbluff, Gering and Terrytown, didn't allow hazardous waste.
Scottsbluff says trash roll-outs and dumpsters are for household trash only. Its 1.5-cubic-yard construction dumpsters ($76.50 a month) ban hazardous waste outright, and the crew won't dump a can with banned items in it. KSGB points paint to Environmental Services instead.
Nebraska's household hazardous waste directory (revised September 2026) lists North Platte's site at 1308 N. Sycamore, open the 2nd and 4th Thursday, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. (308-535-6740). PaintCare's non-program listing for it (not the city) says households only in North Platte and Lincoln County, so Scottsbluff residents should call first.
Nebraska has no PaintCare program, and PaintCare's locator data lists no Scottsbluff site. Nebraska's environment department says usable household products can be given to someone who will use them correctly, so offer good paint to a neighbor, church or school group first. The state says that if household hazardous waste can't be used up or given away it can be sent to a landfill, but that there are other ways to recycle and safely dispose of it, such as community collection events; in Scottsbluff that means Environmental Services for paint and KSGB for stains and solvents. For a large lot from a move or estate, call Environmental Services at 308-630-0985 before you haul. Businesses with paint waste should call the same number; the city takes some business recycling but doesn't publish a paint policy for businesses.
Keep paint in its original can with the label readable and the lid tight. KSGB asks for the same for stains, varnishes and solvents: original labeled containers, lids secured, nothing mixed. For small amounts of latex, KSGB says to dry it out with kitty litter or sawdust and put it in the trash. Nebraska's landfill guidance treats household liquids in small containers differently from bulk liquids, so never pour paint loose into a can or dumpster. If you bring household batteries too, KSGB says to tape the terminals first.
Full preparation checklist →KSGB says the City of Scottsbluff Environmental Services takes paint all year during normal business hours. The city lists Environmental Services at 609 E. 2nd St., open 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays. Call 308-630-0985 to confirm where to drop it.
No. KSGB's collection takes stains and varnishes but not paint. The 2026 collection was on April 18, and no 2027 date has been posted.
Small amounts, once dried. KSGB says to dry latex with kitty litter or sawdust and put it in the trash. KSGB says Environmental Services takes paint; the city's pages don't mention it, so call 308-630-0985.
Sources disagree. KSGB's guide says "Nebraska residents only" can bring paint, but the city's recycling page limits the depot to City of Scottsbluff residents and businesses. Call 308-630-0985 first.
None is published. The city charges businesses $0.50 a pound for electronics, and KSGB says fees may apply for some items or for businesses. Ask when you call.
October 17, 2026: read KSGB's Recycling & Disposal Guide, its Earth Day/HHW page and 2026 flier (PDF), KSGB's April 2024 release on Rural Radio, the City of Scottsbluff sanitation, recycling, trash collection and construction dumpster pages, the Nebraska Department of Agriculture HHW directory (revised September 2026), Rural Radio's April 2026 Gering Free Landfill Day story, and two Nebraska DWEE documents. Checked PaintCare locator data: no Scottsbluff listing; Nebraska has no PaintCare program. A Star-Herald sanitation story was blocked by a paywall, and a Waste Connections 'Scottsbluff Transfer' page mixed text from other sites, so neither is used. Unresolved: the city's own pages don't confirm paint intake, the drop-off spot, which paint types, limits or fees; who can use it (Nebraska residents vs city residents only); and KSGB's 2027 date. Facts genuinely run thin here; we did not pad.
Checked October 17, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
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