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3 free paint drop-off sites within 12 miles.
- Cascade Home CenterPaint store1.8 mi
- Curry Community CaresPaint store2 mi
- Gold Beach LumberPaint store3.4 mi
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Curry Community Cares, Brookings (PaintCare drop-off and reuse store on Memory Lane)
616 Memory Ln, Brookings, OR 97415
- Accepts
- Labeled latex or oil-based house paint, stain and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons. No aerosols (spray paint), unlabeled, leaking or empty containers.
- Who can use it
- Households and very small businesses in Oregon (PaintCare-only fact).
- Hours
- Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (PaintCare listing).
- Load limits
- 20 gallons a visit, the highest limit of the three Brookings sites on PaintCare's list (PaintCare-only fact).
- Fees
- Free. Oregon's PaintCare fee is paid when new paint is bought.
PaintCare's annual report lists it as a reuse store. The website PaintCare lists for it didn't load, and currycommunitycares.org was an "under construction" page when we checked, so its hours, limit and who can use it come only from PaintCare. Call first. It took about 258 gallons in 2025.
Cascade Home Center, Brookings (PaintCare drop-off on Chetco Avenue)
711 Chetco Ave, Brookings, OR 97415
- Accepts
- Labeled latex or oil-based house paint, stain and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons. No aerosols, unlabeled, leaking or empty containers.
- Who can use it
- Households and businesses in Oregon (PaintCare-only fact). Businesses can bring oil-based paint only if they qualify as very small (exempt) generators.
- Hours
- Store hours. PaintCare says to call ahead about hours and the amount you want to bring.
- Load limits
- 15 gallons a visit (PaintCare-only fact).
- Fees
- Free.
Curry Transfer & Recycling names this store as a place for latex paint. It took about 423 gallons in 2025, the most of the Brookings sites.
Gold Beach Lumber, Brookings (PaintCare drop-off on Highway 101 South)
16016 Hwy 101 S, Brookings, OR 97415
- Accepts
- Labeled latex or oil-based house paint, stain and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons. No aerosols, unlabeled, leaking or empty containers.
- Who can use it
- Households and businesses in Oregon (PaintCare-only fact). Businesses can bring oil-based paint only if they qualify as very small (exempt) generators.
- Hours
- Store hours. PaintCare says to call ahead about hours and the amount you want to bring.
- Load limits
- 5 gallons a visit (PaintCare-only fact).
- Fees
- Free.
Small limit; fine for a few cans. Gold Beach Lumber locations in Gold Beach and Port Orford are also on PaintCare's list with the same 5-gallon limit.
Curry Transfer & Recycling Brookings Yard (transfer site; yearly household hazardous waste event)
17498 Carpenterville Rd, Brookings, OR 97415
- Accepts
- On regular days: trash, brush, metal, construction debris, bulky items and recycling. Used motor oil, car batteries and fluorescent bulbs are taken all year. Paint is not on the transfer site's list. At the joint Coos-Curry events: Coos County's list for its June 20, 2026 Beaver Hill event included aerosol spray products, solvents and thinners, pesticides, fuels, and paints, stains and shellacs.
- Who can use it
- Coos County's release for the past June 20 event said it was for Coos and Curry County residents and took no business waste. Curry Transfer says small businesses may be able to drop off by special arrangement with the event contractor. Coos County posts a Clean Harbors form that must be approved a week before an event, with fees paid in advance.
- Hours
- Transfer site: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The household hazardous waste event is once a year, generally in August. The 2026 event was Saturday, August 15, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; no 2027 date was posted when we checked.
- Load limits
- Coos County's release for the past June 20 Beaver Hill event said no containers over 5 gallons and no large amounts of unknowns. It also listed as not taken: ammunition, asbestos, explosives, fireworks, radioactive materials, medical waste and sharps.
- Fees
- Coos County called its June 20 event free; Curry Transfer's August 15 notice doesn't mention a fee. Transfer site disposal fees are not published on the pages we read. Car batteries, tires and some electronics have fees at the depots.
To get there, Curry Transfer says to turn east off Highway 101 onto Carpenterville Road at South Coast Lumber, then turn left into the yard. Bring paint to a PaintCare site instead of the transfer site.
Curry Transfer & Recycling: transfer sites (Brookings Yard hours) ↗Curry Transfer & Recycling: household hazardous waste ↗Curry Transfer & Recycling: 2026 household hazardous waste event (Aug. 15) ↗Coos County: 2026 Coos & Curry household hazardous waste events (PDF) ↗Coos County: Beaver Hill HHW event press release, June 20, 2026 (PDF) ↗Curry Transfer & Recycling: transfer depots (recycling and fees) ↗
3 PaintCare drop-off sites within 12 miles of Brookings.
4 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 Oregon
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.
Cascade Home Center
1.8 mi711 Chetco Ave, Brookings, OR 97415
- Limits
- Limit:15 Gallons per visit.
Curry Community Cares
2 mi616 Memory Ln, Brookings, OR 97415
- Who
- Households and VSQG Businesses in Oregon
- Hours
- Tuesday-Saturday 9 am - 4 pm
- Limits
- Limit: 20 gallons per visit.
Gold Beach Lumber
3.4 mi16016 Hwy 101 S, Brookings, OR 97415
- Limits
- Limit: 5 Gallons per visit.
Gold Beach Lumber
22.4 mi28680 Hunter Creek Loop, Gold Beach, OR 97444
- Limits
- Limit: 5 Gallons per visit.
Del Norte County Transfer Station
22.9 mi1700 State St, Crescent City, CA 95531
- Who
- Households and VSQG Businesses in Del Norte County
- Hours
- Monday-Friday 8 am - 5 pm, Satruday and Sunday 9 am - 5 pm. Closed major holidays.
- Limits
- Limit: 15 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 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.
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 Brookings cleanout?4
Forty gallons left after a rental turnover
PaintCare's list shows no Brookings site that takes that much in one visit. Bring 20 gallons to Curry Community Cares and 15 to Cascade Home Center, and the last few cans to Gold Beach Lumber or a second trip.
A box of spray cans, thinner and bug spray
None of the PaintCare stops take them. Store them safely until the next Curry County event (Curry Transfer says it's generally in August; no date is posted), or call Coos County Solid Waste at 541-396-7624 to ask about a Beaver Hill appointment.
Good paint you don't want to waste
Curry Community Cares is on PaintCare's report as a reuse store, and Curry Transfer suggests giving usable paint to neighbors or family. Ask the store whether it can put your cans back into use.
A painting contractor with oil-based leftovers
You can use the PaintCare stores only if your business is a very small (exempt) generator, which is about 25 gallons of hazardous waste a month or less. Latex is fine either way. If you're bigger than that, oil-based paint needs a licensed hazardous waste hauler.
Brookings rules and tips5
THE LOCAL ANSWER
Take up to 20 gallons of labeled latex or oil-based paint to Curry Community Cares, 616 Memory Ln, Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (hours and limit from PaintCare's list only); it's free through Oregon's PaintCare program. Cascade Home Center, 711 Chetco Ave, takes 15 gallons a visit. Spray paint and other chemicals go to Curry County's yearly collection day, which was August 15 in 2026.
In Brookings, Oregon (Curry County), you drop leftover paint at stores and a reuse shop on PaintCare's list, not at a county hazardous waste site. Curry Community Cares on Memory Lane takes 20 gallons a visit, Cascade Home Center on Chetco Avenue 15 and Gold Beach Lumber on Highway 101 South 5. Curry Transfer & Recycling names no year-round chemical drop-off in Curry County; spray cans and chemicals wait for one collection day a year at its Carpenterville Road yard, or go to Beaver Hill in Coos County by appointment.
Three drop-offs, three different limits
PaintCare's list (the only source for these limits) gives Curry Community Cares 20 gallons a visit, Cascade Home Center 15 and Gold Beach Lumber on Highway 101 South 5. In 2025, PaintCare's report shows Cascade took about 423 gallons, Gold Beach Lumber's Brookings store 405 and Curry Community Cares 258. Oregon DEQ counts 79% of Curry County's paint as collected at stores.
One hazardous waste day a year
Curry Transfer & Recycling says Curry County has one collection event a year, generally in August, run with Coos County. The 2026 event was Saturday, August 15, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Brookings Transfer Site on Carpenterville Road. It's over. The 2025 Brookings event collected about 536 gallons of paint, according to PaintCare's report.
Year-round chemicals: ask about Beaver Hill
Curry Transfer says household chemicals can be dropped off by appointment at Coos County's Beaver Hill Disposal Site, north of Bandon. PaintCare lists Beaver Hill for paint Tuesday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., up to 80 gallons (PaintCare-only fact). Call Coos County Solid Waste at 541-396-7624 before you make the drive.
Oil-based paint isn't allowed in your cart or dumpster
Curry Transfer & Recycling's service rules list oil-based paint as a restricted item, along with motor oil, car batteries and propane tanks. Its transfer sites take motor oil, car batteries and fluorescent bulbs all year, but paint isn't on their list. Call 541-469-2425 with questions.
Crescent City's transfer station is for Del Norte County
PaintCare lists the Del Norte County Transfer Station in Crescent City, California, for households and very small businesses in Del Norte County (PaintCare-only fact). Brookings residents should use the Oregon sites.
Free pickup programs and other options
If you have 100 gallons or more, ask PaintCare for a free large-volume pickup. Curry Transfer & Recycling suggests passing paint in good shape to friends, relatives or neighbors. Gold Beach Lumber's stores in Gold Beach and Port Orford are also on PaintCare's list, each with a 5-gallon limit. Coos County's events say paint can be brought to Beaver Hill any time it's open instead of waiting in line at an event.
Getting your paint ready
Keep paint in its original can with the label readable and the lid on tight. Leaking, unlabeled and empty cans aren't taken, and neither is spray paint. Count your gallons before you go so you stay under each site's limit. For an event, pack chemicals upright in a lined, sturdy box, and put leaking containers inside a larger lidded container with kitty litter.
Full preparation checklist →Brookings questions5
Where can I recycle paint in Brookings, Oregon?
Curry Community Cares, 616 Memory Ln (20 gallons a visit); Cascade Home Center, 711 Chetco Ave (15 gallons); and Gold Beach Lumber, 16016 Hwy 101 S (5 gallons). All three are on PaintCare's list and free.
Does the Brookings transfer station take paint?
Curry Transfer & Recycling doesn't list paint for its transfer sites on regular days. It points latex paint to Cascade Home Center and Gold Beach Lumber. Its Carpenterville Road yard hosted the 2026 hazardous waste event.
When is the next hazardous waste collection in Brookings?
No date is posted. The 2026 event was August 15. Curry Transfer says the county's event is generally in August. Call Coos County Solid Waste at 541-396-7624 for updates.
Where do I take spray paint?
PaintCare sites don't take aerosols. Hold them for the yearly event, or call 541-396-7624 about an appointment at Beaver Hill.
Can my painting business drop off paint?
PaintCare's list says Cascade Home Center and Gold Beach Lumber take paint from businesses, and Curry Community Cares from very small businesses. Oil-based paint is only for very small (exempt) generators. For other chemicals, Curry Transfer says a small business may be able to arrange a drop-off with the event contractor; Coos County's Clean Harbors form must be approved a week before an event, and fees are paid in advance.
Sources and how we checked15
Checked October 16, 2026: PaintCare locator rows for Brookings, Gold Beach, Port Orford, Beaver Hill and Crescent City; PaintCare's Oregon, business-limits and large-volume pages; PaintCare's 2025 Oregon annual report (site gallons; 536 gallons at the 2025 Curry County Transfer Station event; no underserved-area event for Curry) and Oregon DEQ's 2025 volume estimate (Curry: 2,572 gallons, 79% retail, 21% solid waste sites); Curry Transfer & Recycling's household hazardous waste, transfer sites, depots, announcement and cart guideline pages; Coos County's HHW page, 2026 event list, June 2026 press release and Clean Harbors business form. No calls or visits. Curry Community Cares' website was a placeholder, so its hours come only from PaintCare. The Beaver Hill appointment drop-off is stated by Curry Transfer; Coos County's own pages didn't describe it. The event item list and fee note come from Coos County's June 20 Beaver Hill release, not an August notice. The website PaintCare lists for Curry Community Cares didn't load. The City of Brookings website had no garbage or paint page we could find. Not settled: whether a 2027 Brookings event will be held, and transfer-site fees.
Checked October 16, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
PaintCare drop-off site locator ↗PaintCare Oregon ↗PaintCare Oregon 2025 annual report, filed with Oregon DEQ (PDF) ↗Oregon DEQ: Estimate of 2025 Paint Collection Volumes by Wasteshed (PDF) ↗Curry Transfer & Recycling: household hazardous waste ↗Curry Transfer & Recycling: 2026 household hazardous waste event (Aug. 15) ↗Curry Transfer & Recycling: transfer sites (Brookings Yard hours) ↗Curry Transfer & Recycling: transfer depots (recycling and fees) ↗Curry Transfer & Recycling: cart service guidelines (PDF) ↗Coos County: 2026 Coos & Curry household hazardous waste events (PDF) ↗Coos County: Beaver Hill HHW event press release, June 20, 2026 (PDF) ↗Coos County: Clean Harbors business collection application (PDF) ↗Coos County: household hazardous waste ↗PaintCare free large-volume pickup (100+ gallons) ↗PaintCare business limits (oil-based paint) ↗
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