Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Spartanburg.
50 Dexter Road, Spartanburg, SC 29303
This center doesn’t take gasoline, electronics, appliances or tires. Gasoline goes to Mayo, Enoree, Wellford or Stone Station; electronics to White Stone, Cooley Springs, Hobbysville or the Wellford Landfill.
185 Gowens Road, Spartanburg, SC 29306
Electronics aren’t taken here; use White Stone, Cooley Springs, Hobbysville or the Wellford Landfill.
379 Brown Road, Spartanburg, SC 29302
No gasoline or appliances here. The county’s recycling bins take no glass and no aerosol cans.
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.
50 Dexter Rd, Spartanburg, SC 29303
255 Quartermile Rd, Roebuck, SC 29376
8278 Valley Falls Rd, Boiling Springs, SC 29316
379 Brown Rd, Spartanburg, SC 29302
185 Gowens Rd, Spartanburg, SC 29306
109 Cowpens-Clifton Rd, Cowpens, SC 29330
1835 Sandy Ford Rd, Chesnee, SC 29323
355 Tucapau Rd, Duncan, SC 29334
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Drive them to Dexter Road or the center closest to you any day but Sunday, 7 a.m.–7 p.m. Hand them to the attendant for the paint exchange. The county doesn’t ask you to dry them first.
Stop at a staffed county center and check the paint exchange first. The county says residents can pick up paint there during open hours, and it lists no charge.
Use Stone Station on Gowens Road. It takes paint and gasoline or oil-gas mix in one stop. Dexter Road and White Stone don’t take gasoline.
Don’t. The City of Spartanburg says paint and liquids should not go in carts. Take the can to a county center instead; city households count as county residents.
Drop the paint at any center, then take the couch and drywall to the Wellford Landfill, 595 Little Mountain Road, or the Station 16 Wellford center at 591 Little Mountain Road. Both are open Monday–Saturday 7 a.m.–4:30 p.m. and take furniture and building materials.
Bring your paint to a Spartanburg County recycling center, such as Dexter Road (50 Dexter Road) or Stone Station (185 Gowens Road), Monday–Saturday 7 a.m.–7 p.m. The county lists no fee for residents, and you can also pick up paint other people left. Don’t put paint or liquids in a City of Spartanburg cart.
In Spartanburg, South Carolina, you can drop off leftover paint six days a week at any staffed Spartanburg County recycling center. Every center runs a paint exchange, so you can also take home paint someone else left. City of Spartanburg households use the same county centers, since the city’s carts can’t take paint. This guide covers Spartanburg and Spartanburg County. Greenville County next door has its own, different rules.
Spartanburg County lists paint as accepted at all its recycling centers, “drop-off or pick-up.” Besides the three in Spartanburg (Dexter Road, White Stone and Stone Station), there are centers in Roebuck, Boiling Springs (Valley Falls), Cowpens, Duncan (Berry’s Pond), Inman (New Prospect), Chesnee (Mayo and Cooley Springs), Lyman (Hwy. 357), Campobello, Woodruff (Wofford Road and Hobbysville), Pauline, Enoree and Wellford. All are open Monday–Saturday 7 a.m.–7 p.m., except Wellford and the Wellford Landfill, which close at 4:30 p.m.
The county’s FAQ says all staffed centers run a paint exchange where residents can drop off or pick up paint during open hours. Check the shelf before buying primer or a gallon for a shed or fence.
Spartanburg County’s pages don’t ask you to dry paint; its centers take paint for the exchange. Greenville County next door may differ. PaintCare’s listings say Greenville’s residential centers take only fully solidified paint, and usable liquid paint goes to Twin Chimneys Landfill.
The City of Spartanburg says paint and liquids, TVs, electronics, tires and yard trimmings should not go in your gray cart. For items the city won’t pick up, it sends residents to Spartanburg County Solid Waste at 864-949-0211.
The county takes household hazardous waste only at its annual spring collection event. The county’s page doesn’t post the next date. Its recycling bins take no aerosol cans, and it doesn’t say whether spray paint goes on the paint exchange. Ask the attendant, or call the Recycling Coordinator at 864-949-1658.
South Carolina has no PaintCare program, so paint stores don’t take leftovers back for free. Give good paint to a neighbor or put it on a county center’s exchange shelf. For spray cans, solvents and other chemicals, wait for the county’s annual spring household hazardous waste event. The 2026 fall community clean-up (September 18–19) has passed. Furniture and building materials go to the Wellford Landfill, 595 Little Mountain Road, Monday–Saturday 7 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Painting businesses should call 864-949-1658; the county’s recycling centers serve residents only.
Keep paint in its original can with the label showing and the lid on tight. PaintCare’s listing says the centers don’t take empty, dry or leaking cans. If the paint is still usable, say so to the attendant so it can go on the exchange shelf. Group your other drop-offs by center: gasoline only at Mayo, Enoree, Wellford and Stone Station; electronics only at White Stone, Cooley Springs, Hobbysville and the Wellford Landfill.
Full preparation checklist →At any staffed Spartanburg County recycling center. In the city area, that’s Dexter Road (50 Dexter Road), White Stone (379 Brown Road) or Stone Station (185 Gowens Road), Monday–Saturday 7 a.m.–7 p.m.
The county says every staffed center runs a paint exchange where residents can pick up paint during open hours. It lists no charge. What’s on the shelf depends on what people have left.
Spartanburg County doesn’t ask you to. Its centers take paint for the exchange. A drying rule shows up only in PaintCare’s listings for Greenville County’s centers, not for Spartanburg’s.
No. The city says paint and liquids should not be placed in carts. Take it to a county recycling center.
The county takes household hazardous waste at its annual spring event. Its recycling bins take no aerosol cans. Call 864-949-1658 to ask whether a center will take a spray can on the paint exchange, or for the next event date.
October 16, 2026: read Spartanburg County’s What and Where Can I Recycle? page in a browser (the county site blocks automated fetches). It lists 18 centers with addresses, Monday–Saturday 7 a.m.–7 p.m. hours (Wellford and Wellford Landfill close at 4:30 p.m.), paint “drop-off or pick-up” at all centers, residents only. Read the county Recycling FAQ (paint exchange at all staffed centers; household hazardous waste only at the annual spring event; Wellford Landfill hours) and the Recycling page (17 staffed centers, which leaves out the Wellford Landfill; fall 2026 clean-up September 18–19). Read the City of Spartanburg Solid Waste page (no paint or liquids in carts; 864-949-0211 for the county). SC DES lists paint at the county’s centers. PaintCare’s locator lists the county centers as non-program, household-only sites that don’t take empty, dry or leaking containers, and lists Greenville County centers as requiring solidified paint, with usable liquid paint going to Twin Chimneys Landfill (PaintCare data only; Greenville County’s own pages not checked for this guide). SC DES numbers the centers differently (Stone Station is 16 there, 17 on the county page) and adds Valley Falls to the gasoline list. October 17, 2026 fact-check: re-read all county, city and SC DES pages; removed “free” where the county only lists no fee. South Carolina is not a PaintCare state. Unresolved: whether oil-based paint and spray paint go on the exchange; any per-visit paint limit; the 2027 spring household hazardous waste date and place (the county page shows none); whether businesses have any county paint option.
Checked October 16, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
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