Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Hobbs.
3000 East Marland, Hobbs, NM 88240
No batteries of any size and no tires. The flyer doesn't say whether dried oil-based paint is handled the same as dried latex, so ask WM at 575-964-5334. NMED's 2022 registry lists this site as the Hobbs Recycle and Convenience Center at 3000 East Marland Road, with a different contact number (575-392-0428).
4401 W. Business Park Blvd., Hobbs, NM 88242
The county's no list includes paint, stains, paint thinner, solvents, liquids, hazardous materials, characteristic hazardous waste and 'Paint Liquid Form.' The county page places it west of Halliburton at 4401 Business Park Boulevard; NMED's 2022 registry gives 4401 W. Business Park Blvd., Hobbs, NM 88242. The same rules apply at the county's Lovington, Monument, Knowles and Maljamar centers. Phone numbers differ: the county page gives 575-391-2953, and NMED's 2022 registry lists 575-391-2936 for this center.
3219 E State Highway 176, Eunice, NM 88231
Not accepted: characteristic hazardous waste (ignitable, corrosive, toxic, reactive), listed hazardous wastes, bulk or free liquids, hot wastes, infectious waste, incinerator ash, septage and intact bulk containers. NMED's May 2025 landfill list gives the address as 3219 E. State Road 234, Eunice (5 miles east of Eunice); the county page says State Highway 176. Call before you go.
Let the paint dry completely in the cans, then take them to South Hobbs on a Thursday to Sunday. If any is still wet, the center will turn it away.
Don't take these to the county's North Hobbs or Lovington centers; their refused list names thinner, stains, solvents and liquid paint. The Eunice landfill refuses hazardous waste and free liquids. No Lea County option was found, so call NMED's Hazardous Waste Bureau at 505-476-6000.
The county centers are free for Lea County households, but none takes paint. South Hobbs is a City of Hobbs and WM site, and its flyer doesn't say whether people outside Hobbs can use it. Ask WM at 575-964-5334 before you drive in with dried paint.
South Hobbs bans commercial dumping, and the county centers send contractors to the Eunice landfill. The landfill refuses hazardous waste and free liquids and takes special waste only if it's pre-approved as non-hazardous and manifested. Call 575-394-9109, and NMED at 505-476-6000 with hazardous waste questions.
In Hobbs, New Mexico, take paint to the South Hobbs Convenience and Recycle Center at 3000 East Marland (Thursday to Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) only after it's completely dry in the can; wet paint is refused. Lea County's convenience centers and the Eunice landfill don't take liquid paint either. No source reviewed names a Lea County drop-off for liquid or oil-based paint or thinner, so ask NMED's Hazardous Waste Bureau at 505-476-6000.
This guide is for Hobbs in Lea County, New Mexico. NMED's 2025 list of household hazardous waste collection by county has no Lea County entry, and the county's convenience centers and landfill turn away liquid paint. What Hobbs does have is the South Hobbs Convenience and Recycle Center, a City of Hobbs and WM site, which takes paint once it's completely dry in its container. New Mexico has no PaintCare program, so there's no PaintCare store drop-off network here.
The city and WM flyer for the South Hobbs Convenience and Recycle Center says no fresh or wet paint; paint is accepted only if it's completely dry in its container. The center is open Thursday to Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. It also takes cardboard, mixed paper, newspaper, aluminum, clear plastic and metal, but no batteries, no tires and no commercial or industrial dumping. Questions go to WM at 575-964-5334.
The county's North Hobbs center (4401 Business Park Boulevard, west of Halliburton; Monday to Saturday 8 to 6, Sunday 11 to 6) is free for Lea County households. Its refused list names paint, stains, paint thinner, solvents and 'Paint Liquid Form.' It does take used motor oil, batteries, tires and metal, so it still helps with the rest of a garage cleanout. Call 575-391-2953.
The Lea County Landfill at 3219 E State Highway 176 in Eunice charges $34 a ton and takes no debit or credit cards and no $50 or $100 bills. It refuses ignitable, corrosive, toxic or reactive hazardous waste and any bulk or free liquids. The City of Hobbs is one of the members of the solid waste authority that runs it. Call 575-394-9109.
WM collects Hobbs trash twice a week in a 96-gallon cart. Its Hobbs page lists household hazardous waste, including paint, oil and household cleaners, as not acceptable in the cart. The page doesn't say dried paint is OK in the cart either. For cart service, the city's numbers are 575-397-9216 and 575-397-9211.
Lea County's cleanup page listed a Hobbs cleanup for May 12 to 15, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the vacant lot on the northeast corner of Tulsa and Tatum, with no year given, plus Eunice and Jal dates; the April Lovington dates are marked complete. Its refused list is the same as the convenience centers': paint, thinner, stains and solvents. Questions: 575-391-2983.
New Mexico has no PaintCare program, and PaintCare's locator data has no site in Lea County. NMED's fact sheet says to contact your city, county, solid waste authority or tribal program. Its 2025 county list has no Lea County entry, and the free Albuquerque center it describes is for Albuquerque and Bernalillo County residents. Lea County also runs convenience centers in Lovington and at the Monument, Knowles and Maljamar fire departments, with the same no-paint rules. The county page gives the Lovington site as 1107 S Commercial (entrance off Chavez); NMED's 2022 registry lists 1002 S Commercial. For paint that's still good, the Habitat for Humanity ReStore at 301 E. Navajo Dr. (Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) lists 'Paint and Supplies' among what it carries and says it now sells GreenSheen paint. It doesn't say whether it takes leftover paint as a donation, so call 575-433-4900 first.
Paint must be completely dry in the can before South Hobbs will take it. The flyer gives no drying method and doesn't say whether dried oil-based paint is treated like dried latex, so ask WM at 575-964-5334 first. Keep thinner, stain and solvents out of the county centers and your WM cart. NMED lists paint as a toxic household hazardous waste and turpentine as an ignitable one. Bring household loads only; South Hobbs and the county centers both turn away commercial dumping.
Full preparation checklist →Let it dry completely in the can, then take it to the South Hobbs Convenience and Recycle Center at 3000 East Marland, Thursday to Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wet paint is refused. WM's number on the flyer is 575-964-5334.
No. WM's Hobbs page lists household hazardous waste, including paint, as not acceptable in your container.
Its page doesn't name paint, but it refuses ignitable, corrosive, toxic or reactive hazardous waste and bulk or free liquids. Call 575-394-9109 before hauling anything that isn't plain trash.
No source reviewed names a Lea County drop-off for them. The county's convenience centers refuse paint, thinner, stains and solvents. Call NMED's Hazardous Waste Bureau at 505-476-6000 for options.
No. New Mexico has no PaintCare program, and PaintCare's locator data lists no site in Lea County.
October 17, 2026: read the City of Hobbs home page notice and the South Hobbs Convenience and Recycle Center flyer image it links (hobbsnm.gov; the city's site has no solid waste page, and its site map shows none), WM's Hobbs residential page, Lea County's Convenience Centers, Landfill/Solid Waste Authority and Team Up to Clean Up pages (leacounty.gov; the old leacounty.net address fails with a certificate error), and the Hobbs Habitat ReStore page. Also read NMED's 2025 HHW-by-county list (no Lea County entry), its 2025 HHW fact sheet, its May 2025 permitted landfill list and its September 2022 registered collection centers list. PaintCare data: no Lea County listing. Conflicts: the landfill address (State Highway 176 on the county page, State Road 234 on NMED's list); the Lovington center (1107 vs 1002 S Commercial); and the South Hobbs contact number (WM 575-964-5334 on the flyer vs 575-392-0428 in NMED's 2022 registry). The Team Up to Clean Up page gives no year for its dates. Unresolved: whether South Hobbs takes dried oil-based paint, whether non-Hobbs residents may use it, any fee, any Lea County option for liquid or oil-based paint, and the ReStore's paint donation policy. No phone calls were made.
Checked October 17, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
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