Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Beaumont.
2210 Eastex Fwy, Beaumont, TX 77703 (SETRPC office; events are held at other sites)
SETRPC’s sources disagree on how often events happen: its events page says “several times a year,” while its 2021 paint flyer says once a year, historically on a Saturday in late April or early May. Call 409-899-8444 ext. 7520 or email bdickinson@setrpc.org to get on the notice list.
5895 Lafin Dr, Beaumont, TX 77705
Not a paint drop-off. Hold liquid paint for a SETRPC event. Solid Waste Division office: 4955 Lafin Dr., 409-842-1483, Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
After Tropical Storm Edouard, city and contract crews collected heavy trash and storm debris from Sept. 3, according to the city’s Sept. 24 notice. The city’s storm notices don’t mention paint. Its Hazardous Waste tab says paint and varnish shouldn’t go out with regular garbage, so set paint aside for a SETRPC event.
That’s over SETRPC’s cap of ten 1-gallon cans and two 5-gallon cans per household. Call 409-899-8444 ext. 7520 before the event to ask what to do with the rest.
SETRPC says businesses aren’t eligible for its events. The city landfill charges contractors and charges for business trash. No business paint option appears in the reviewed sources, so ask SETRPC first.
TCEQ says a can less than a quarter full will dry in a few days with the lid off in a well-ventilated area. Because city and SETRPC guidance disagree on trash, call Solid Waste at 409-842-1483 before putting the dry can in your cart.
Save liquid paint for the next SETRPC household hazardous waste event, and call 409-899-8444 ext. 7520 to ask for the date. Each household can bring up to ten 1-gallon cans and two 5-gallon cans of paint; businesses can’t use it. The 2026 event was on May 30, and no later date was posted in the sources reviewed. The city says paint and varnish shouldn’t go out with your regular garbage.
Beaumont, Texas has no year-round drop-off for paint. The city sends residents to the South East Texas Regional Planning Commission (SETRPC), which holds free household hazardous waste and scrap tire events for southeast Texas households. The 2026 event was on Saturday, May 30, at Buna High School in Buna. SETRPC’s event sheets list Beaumont under Jefferson County. Texas has no PaintCare program, so paint stores don’t take paint back.
The city’s Hazardous Waste tab says paint and varnish should not be thrown out with regular garbage. SETRPC’s 2026 news release quotes its executive director, Shanna Burke: “It’s not acceptable to throw batteries, paint, or other hazardous waste in a trash can.” But SETRPC’s 2021 paint flyer says dry paint can go in regular trash and that cat litter will harden latex (not oil-based). If you want to dry latex, call Solid Waste at 409-842-1483 first.
SETRPC limits paint to ten 1-gallon cans and two 5-gallon cans per household. In 2026 it also turned away electronics, appliances, garbage, scrap metal, explosives, ammunition, medical waste and medications. Tires: the first eight are free, then $1 cash each up to 30, with no tires over 22 inches or on rims.
The 2026 event was in Buna, and the 2025 one was on May 17 at Bridge City Intermediate School. SETRPC’s results sheet for that day counts 40 Beaumont households and 7,500 pounds of latex and oil-based paint. Its sheet for the Aug. 30, 2025 event at Doggett Ford Park in Beaumont lists only scrap tires. SETRPC’s events page says it holds events “several times a year,” while its 2021 flyer says once a year, usually late April or early May. Email bdickinson@setrpc.org to get notices.
The Municipal Landfill at 5895 Lafin Dr. is open weekdays 7 a.m.–4 p.m. and Saturday 7 a.m.–1 p.m. Residents who pay for garbage service get in free with proof such as a garbage utility bill or driver’s license, for debris they haul from their own single-family home. The city pages don’t say the landfill takes paint. Call 409-842-5686 before bringing any.
SETRPC’s events are for households, so businesses can’t use them. City heavy-trash crews don’t pick up from businesses, churches, apartment buildings, construction sites or vacant lots. The landfill charges contractors and charges for business trash no matter who hauls it. No business paint option appears in the sources reviewed; ask SETRPC at 409-899-8444 ext. 7520.
Texas has no PaintCare program, and PaintCare’s locator data has no non-program listings for Beaumont. SETRPC’s 2021 flyer says no site in the three-county region takes paint or other household hazardous waste all year. Its events are open to all southeast Texas households; its results sheets count visitors from Nederland, Port Arthur, Port Neches, Groves, Vidor, Orange, Lumberton and Silsbee as well as Beaumont. TCEQ suggests giving usable paint to friends, relatives or neighbors. Beaumont’s weekly curbside service collects used motor oil and oil filters; paint isn’t on that list.
Keep paint in its original can with a readable label, and never mix products, TCEQ says. Carry cans upright and secured so nothing leaks. Count your cans before an event so you stay within ten 1-gallon and two 5-gallon cans. To keep paint until then, put plastic wrap over the opening, press the lid on and store the can upside down.
Full preparation checklist →Only at SETRPC’s household hazardous waste events, which move around southeast Texas. The 2026 event was May 30 in Buna. Call 409-899-8444 ext. 7520 for the next date.
No later date was announced in the sources reviewed. SETRPC’s 2021 flyer says events have usually been on a Saturday in late April or early May. Its events page says it holds them several times a year.
Sources disagree. SETRPC’s 2021 flyer says yes once it’s dry. The city’s Hazardous Waste tab says paint shouldn’t go out with regular garbage. Call Solid Waste at 409-842-1483 before you do it.
Up to ten 1-gallon cans and two 5-gallon cans per household, under SETRPC’s 2026 rules.
The city pages don’t say it does. The directory calls the landfill “Residential use only.” Call 409-842-5686 before bringing any paint.
October 17, 2026: read the City of Beaumont Solid Waste page and its Hazardous Waste, landfill and heavy-trash tabs, the Solid Waste and Municipal Landfill directory, the city’s May 26, 2026 news release on the SETRPC event and its September 2026 storm cleanup notices; SETRPC’s events page, 2026 news release, 2021 paint flyer and its May 17, 2025 and Aug. 30, 2025 results sheets; TCEQ’s household hazardous waste page and its September 2026 county program list (no Beaumont or Jefferson County entry). beaumonttexas.gov blocks automated downloads, so its pages were read in a browser. PaintCare’s locator data has no Beaumont records. Unresolved: the next SETRPC event date; whether the city allows dried latex in carts (sources conflict); whether the landfill takes dried paint; any option for businesses. No official Beaumont ReStore page with paint rules was found.
Checked October 17, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
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