Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Las Vegas.
333 W Gowan Rd, North Las Vegas, NV 89032
Use the Gowan Road entrance through Gate B only. This is Republic’s recycling center; Clark County’s guide and PaintCare list 702-734-5400 for it. Don’t go to the Cheyenne Transfer Station on W. Cheyenne Ave. for paint; Republic lists only free electronics and kitchen appliance drop-off there. The calendar says it’s closed on all holidays but doesn’t mark every holiday, so call before a holiday week.
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.
333 W Gowan Rd, North Las Vegas, NV 89032
560 Cape Horn Dr, Henderson, NV 89011
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Go Saturday, Oct. 24. Republic’s calendar marks it as a day both North Valley and South Valley are open, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Oct. 31 is a South Valley-only Saturday, so that week you’d drive to Henderson.
Three full 5-gallon buckets is the most you can bring in one trip, because the 15-gallon limit counts container size. Plan several trips across North Valley and South Valley weeks. Cans that leak or are dried out won’t be taken.
The College of Southern Nevada fact sheet says renters in a complex with residential trash service count as indirect customers. Bring photo ID showing your address. Call Republic at 702-735-5151 if you’re unsure.
Mix in cat litter, let it harden with the lid off, then put it in your trash. Clark County’s water quality guide recommends this. Rinse the latex brushes in the sink, never the gutter.
Take paint to Republic Services’ North Valley drop-off, 333 W Gowan Rd in North Las Vegas (Gate B), during its turn on the rotating calendar: Wednesday–Saturday, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. It’s for Clark County households, up to 15 gallons, with ID matching your address. On other weeks, use the South Valley site in Henderson.
In Las Vegas, Nevada, leftover paint goes to Republic Services’ household hazardous waste drop-off, not your trash cart. Clark County has two sites that take turns, week by week: North Valley on W. Gowan Road in North Las Vegas, and South Valley in Henderson. Nevada has no PaintCare program, so paint stores won’t take it back.
North Valley (333 W Gowan Rd) and South Valley (Cape Horn Drive in Henderson) take turns, one week each, Wednesday to Saturday, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Check Republic’s 2026 calendar before you drive. The next North Valley weeks are Oct. 21–24 and Nov. 4–7. Other weeks you’d have to drive to Henderson.
North Valley is Republic’s recycling center at Gowan Road. Enter from Gowan Road through Gate B only. The Cheyenne Transfer Station at 315 W Cheyenne Ave. takes free electronics and appliances, but Republic doesn’t list paint there.
It’s for households. PaintCare’s listing says it’s free for Republic customers with an ID matching their home address. A 2024 College of Southern Nevada fact sheet also calls it free. If you rent in an apartment complex, that fact sheet says you still qualify when the complex has residential trash service.
The city’s water quality FAQ says cleaning brushes in the street gutter is against Las Vegas Municipal Code Chapter 14.18. Rinse latex brushes in a sink. Clean oil-based brushes in a separate container and take that liquid to the Republic drop-off. Report paint dumped in a street or storm drain to the city at 702-229-6594.
Clark County’s water quality guide says to harden leftover latex with cat litter before it goes in the trash, and to give usable paint to neighbors or community groups. Republic says liquid paint is hazardous waste and can’t go in the trash or recycling cart. Oil-based paint, stain and thinner should go to the drop-off. On South Valley weeks (next: Oct. 28–31), the Henderson site at 560 Cape Horn Dr. is the only one open.
Keep paint in its original, sealed can. Leaking or dried-out cans are turned away. Count by container size, not by what’s left: a full 5-gallon bucket and ten 1-gallon cans already reach the 15-gallon liquid limit. Bring your ID and, to be safe, a recent Republic bill.
Full preparation checklist →Not liquid paint. Republic calls it hazardous waste. Clark County says latex can go in the trash once you’ve hardened it, for example with cat litter.
Check Republic’s 2026 calendar. North Valley in North Las Vegas and South Valley in Henderson take turns by week, Wednesday–Saturday, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. On some Saturdays both are open.
Up to 15 gallons of liquid or 40 pounds of dry material, measured by container size.
No. It’s household waste only. You need a licensed hazardous waste company.
No. Las Vegas storm drains flow to Lake Mead, and the city says paint should never go down a drain. Report dumping to 702-229-6594.
October 12, 2026: read Republic Services’ 2026 Southern Nevada hazardous waste calendar (rendered to an image to read the color-coded weeks), Republic’s Southern Nevada page and transfer station sheets, Clark County Water Quality’s guide, the City of Las Vegas water quality FAQ, the College of Southern Nevada fact sheet (updated Aug. 2024) and NDEP’s Las Vegas/Henderson entry. PaintCare’s locator lists North Valley as a non-program hazardous waste site. Not found: a current City of Las Vegas page on paint, and whether Republic checks for a bill or only ID. The free rule comes from PaintCare’s listing and the 2024 CSN fact sheet, not Republic’s calendar. We list only the next few weeks from the calendar; check it for later dates. It doesn’t mark Nov. 11 or Dec. 25 as closed, though it says all holidays are closed. Move dates to the past tense as they pass.
Checked October 12, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
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