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26 free paint drop-off sites within 12 miles.
- Sherwin-WilliamsPaint store2.8 mi
- Kawers Tuckahoe Paint and GlassPaint store3.2 mi
- Sherwin-WilliamsPaint store4.6 mi
New Rochelle, NY Paint Disposal
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Westchester County Household Material Recovery Facility (H-MRF), Valhalla
15 Woods Road, Valhalla, NY 10595
- Accepts
- Oil and latex paint, stain, wood preservative and other listed household chemicals.
- Who can use it
- Westchester residents with government photo ID; qualifying CESQG businesses on first Thursdays.
- Hours
- Residents: Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–3 p.m., by appointment up to two weeks ahead; closed federal holidays. Very small businesses (CESQG): first Thursday monthly, by appointment.
- Load limits
- PaintCare lists 25 gallons of paint per visit. Containers 5 gallons or less, labeled and sealed.
- Fees
- Free, except for seven northern towns outside the county refuse district. Card only where fees apply.
No motor oil, asbestos or construction debris. Recycling HelpLine 914-813-5425.
26 PaintCare drop-off sites within 12 miles of New Rochelle.
25 paint stores and 1 hazardous waste site, closest first. Paint stores take house paint, stain and varnish, usually up to a set amount per visit. Hazardous waste sites also take chemicals like thinner, but some only serve local residents. Call before you go.
Rules most stores here share
Who: Households and Businesses in New York
Hours: Paint is accepted during regular business hours. Call ahead for hours and to make sure the store can accept the amount and type of paint you would like to recycle.
Products: This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site does not accept aerosols (spray paint or other spray products), containers without original labels, or containers that are leaking or empty.
Each listing below shows only what’s different, plus its limit.
Sherwin-Williams
2.8 mi360 White Plains Rd, Eastchester, NY 10709
- Limits
- Limit: 5 Gallons per visit.
Kawers Tuckahoe Paint and Glass
3.2 mi29 Columbus Ave, Tuckahoe, NY 10707
- Limits
- Limit: 5 Gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
4.6 mi500 Baychester Ave, Bronx, NY 10475
- Limits
- Limit: 5 Gallons per visit.
Harrison Paint Supply
4.7 mi59 Purdy St, Harrison, NY 10528
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Scarsdale Transfer Station
4.8 mi110 Secor Rd, Scarsdale, NY 10583
- Who
- Households Only (No Businesses) in Scarsdale
- Hours
- Monday-Saturday 8-3, Sunday Closed
- Limits
- Limit: 50 gallons per visit.
- Products
- This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site does not accept aerosols (spray paint or other spray products), containers without original labels, or containers that are leaking. This site will accept empty containers.
Yonkers Recycling Center
5.4 mi735 Saw Mill River Rd, Yonkers, NY 10710
- Who
- Households Only (No Businesses) in Yonkers
- Hours
- Monday-Saturday 7:30 am-4:15 pm
- Limits
- Limit: 5 Gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
5.7 mi1025 Saw Mill River Rd, Yonkers, NY 10710
- Limits
- Limit: 5 Gallons per visit.
Loconsolo of Morris Park
6.5 mi1057 Morris Park Ave, Bronx, NY 10461
- Limits
- Limit: 5 Gallons per visit.
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Sherwin-Williams
7 mi5740 Broadway, Bronx, NY 10463
- Limits
- Limit: 5 Gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
7.4 mi2333 Cross Bronx Expy, Bronx, NY 10462
- Limits
- Limit: 5 Gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
7.4 mi142 Midland Ave, Port Chester, NY 10573
- Limits
- Limit: 5 Gallons per visit.
Alpers Hardware and Paint
7.9 mi81 Main St, Port Washington, NY 11050
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Best Value NY
8.3 mi4095 Park Ave, Bronx, NY 10457
- Who
- Households and Businesses
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Costellos Ace Hardware
8.8 mi518 Middle Neck Rd, Great Neck, NY 11023
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
9.1 mi202 Glen Cove Ave, Glen Cove, NY 11542
- Limits
- Limit: 5 Gallons per visit.
Whitestone Hardware
9.4 mi1248 150th St, Whitestone, NY 11357
- Limits
- Limit: 5 Gallons per visit.
F and F Supply
9.6 mi1260 Oak Point Ave, Bronx, NY 10474
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Nunez Depot
9.9 mi4147 Broadway, New York, NY 10033
- Limits
- Limit: 5 Gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
10.4 mi2519 Parsons Blvd, Flushing, NY 11354
- Limits
- Limit: 5 Gallons per visit.
Colorall Paint II
10.8 mi252-02 Northern Blvd, Little Neck, NY 11362
- Who
- Households and Businesses
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Sugar Hill Hardware
11.1 mi529 W 145th St, New York, NY 10031
- Limits
- Limit: 5 Gallons per visit.
Colorall Home Fashions
11.2 mi161-24 Northern Blvd, Flushing, NY 11358
- Limits
- Limit: 5 Gallons per visit.
Flushing Paint
11.3 mi133-43 35th Ave, Flushing, NY 11354
- Who
- Households and Businesses
- Limits
- Limit: 5 gallons per visit.
Westchester County Valhalla HMRF
11.4 mi15 Woods Rd, Valhalla, NY 10595
- Who
- Households and VSQG Businesses in Westchester County
- Hours
- Households hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10 am – 3 pm by appointment. Businesses must qualify as a CESQG to use this facility. Only available the 1st Thursday of the month and by appointment. To make or cancel an appointment, call the Recycling HelpLine at (914) 813-5425
- Products
- This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site also takes most other household hazardous waste -- contact the site for details and restrictions. Please do not bring empty, leaking or unlabeled containers. SOME BUSINESSES may use this program by appointment or on special days. Contact the program for details if your paint (or other hazardous waste) is from a business.
- Notes
- Limit: 25 gallons per visit. This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site also takes most other household hazardous waste -- contact the site for details and restrictions. Please do not bring empty, leaking or unlabeled containers.
Sherwin-Williams
11.6 mi4739 Bell Blvd, Bayside, NY 11361
- Limits
- Limit: 5 Gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
11.9 mi1942 37th St, Astoria, NY 11105
- Limits
- Limit: 5 Gallons per visit.
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Which option fits your New Rochelle cleanout?3
You have liquid wall paint plus wood stripper
Book H-MRF and list both. Paint stores don’t collect solvents, so an appointment at 15 Woods Road suits this mixed load better than a paint-only shop.
A nearly empty can has already hardened
Use the lid-off curbside steps only for items sanitation allows, and keep it out of mixed recycling. If you can’t tell whether it’s regular latex, ask sanitation or the hazardous waste helpline.
You need to clear several rooms of paint
Count can sizes and separate labeled house paint from spray cans, thinner and damaged cans. H-MRF takes 25 gallons per visit. More can go to the November 7 Playland event if you preregister, as required for 25+ gallons of liquid. For far more, ask PaintCare about a pickup.
New Rochelle rules and tips4
THE LOCAL ANSWER
For liquid paint, book Westchester’s H-MRF in Valhalla (25 gallons per visit, photo ID) or use the free Household Recycling Day at Playland, Rye, Saturday, November 7, 2026. City trash takes only hardened paint, lid off, the can set beside the garbage in plain view.
Choose a county appointment, the Playland drive-up or a paint-only store trip; no PaintCare site is inside New Rochelle. The city also collects hardened paint at the curb under its own rules.
Follow the curbside rule exactly
The 2026 DPW guide says no liquid paint. Mix in an absorbent like cat litter and let it harden, usually a few days. On trash day, set the can out top off beside the garbage, not in a can or bag, so crews see it. Lids go in the garbage. The guide doesn’t mention oil paint, so ask first.
The can and its contents follow different rules
Paint cans can’t go in mixed recycling, even empty. Containers that held any hazardous material are banned too, so a thinner or stripper can doesn’t follow the hardened-paint rule. Unsure? Call sanitation at 914-235-5830 (7 a.m.–3 p.m.).
Playland is the closest fall county event
Westchester’s second and last fall 2026 Household Recycling Day is Saturday, November 7, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., at Playland Park, 1 Playland Parkway, Rye. The first is November 1 at Peekskill’s RESCO site. It’s free and first come, first served; call 914-813-5425 to preregister 25 gallons or more of liquid. No business or institution waste.
No PaintCare site in city limits
PaintCare lists none in New Rochelle. Closest: Sherwin-Williams on White Plains Road, Eastchester, and Kawers Paint and Glass, Tuckahoe, about 3–4 miles away, 5 gallons per visit each. Call first. Bigger loads fit H-MRF’s 25 gallons.
Free pickup programs and other options
For a small can in good shape, a PaintCare store in a nearby village may beat driving to Valhalla; call it first. A contractor or other business can ask the county helpline whether it counts as a very small business (CESQG) for H-MRF’s first-Thursday business slots, or use PaintCare’s business options. Don’t book business waste as household waste at a client’s home.
Getting your paint ready
Keep liquids in labeled original cans, lids tight, upright in a sturdy box. Bring current government photo ID to H-MRF. List paint, solvents and other chemicals when booking; don’t combine them.
Full preparation checklist →New Rochelle questions3
Does paint go in with bottles and cans?
No. Paint cans are banned from mixed recycling here, metal or not.
Is H-MRF free for a New Rochelle household?
Yes. Only seven towns outside Refuse Disposal District No. 1 pay: Somers, North Salem, Lewisboro, Pound Ridge, Bedford, North Castle and New Castle.
Can my painter use my household booking?
No. Household slots are for county residents with photo ID. A CESQG business can book the first-Thursday business day at 914-813-5425, or use PaintCare’s business options for paint.
Sources and how we checked12
On October 6, 2026 we re-read the 2026 DPW guide (hardening, curb setup, banned containers, sanitation hours), the county H-MRF page (hours, ID, paying towns, business days), the county paint page and the fall event page. Store limits and the lack of an in-city site are from PaintCare’s October 6 locator. We didn’t call or visit.
Checked October 6, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
New Rochelle 2026 collection guide ↗New Rochelle commingled recycling ↗Westchester appointment system ↗White Plains recycling and county H-MRF ↗PaintCare large volume pickup ↗New York PaintCare program ↗PaintCare eligible products ↗PaintCare business limits ↗PaintCare location finder ↗Westchester H-MRF hours, items and fees ↗Westchester paint recycling rules ↗Westchester fall 2026 Household Recycling Days ↗
