Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Fort Worth.
6400 Bridge St., Fort Worth, TX 76112
Stay in your car; staff unload. A free Help-Yourself Shelf offers like-new paint and cleaners. Second phone listed: 817-392-5257.
2400 Brennan Ave., Fort Worth, TX 76106
Not for partner-city residents; they use the ECC. No commercial loads.
5150 Martin Luther King Jr. Fwy., Fort Worth, TX 76119
Not for partner-city residents or businesses. Commercial waste goes to permitted disposal sites instead.
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.
2400 Brennan Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76106
6400 Bridge St, Fort Worth, TX 76112
5150 Martin Luther King Jr Fwy, Fort Worth, TX 761119
6260 Old Hemphill Rd, Fort Worth, TX 76134
301 Hillshire Dr, Haslet, TX 76052
2001 Precinct Line Rd, Hurst, TX 76054
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
That's over the stations' 20-gallon, 3-month limit. Take it to the ECC, which takes 30 gallons of paint per visit. Stay in your car while staff unload.
Fort Worth's station page says apartment residents can bring household chemicals with just a driver's license. An older city flyer said recyclables only; the current page is newer.
Stations are for Fort Worth only. Partner cities use the ECC. Some, like Crowley and Dalworthington Gardens, charge $47 per trip for a voucher.
The city says mobile collections happen during the year, but no 2026 dates were posted when we checked. Use a station or the ECC instead of waiting.
For up to 20 gallons, take paint to any Fort Worth drop-off station, like 2400 Brennan Ave., Tuesday–Friday 8–5 or Saturday 8–noon, with a water bill and matching license. For bigger loads, use the Environmental Collection Center at 6400 Bridge St. (30 gallons a visit, Thursday–Saturday).
Fort Worth gives you two choices. Four drop-off stations take household chemicals, including paint, six days a week. The Environmental Collection Center on Bridge Street takes bigger loads and also serves partner cities.
Drop-off stations take up to 20 gallons of household chemicals every 3 months. The ECC takes up to 30 gallons of paint per visit. If you're cleaning out a garage, go to the ECC.
Brennan Avenue on the north side, Southeast on MLK Freeway, Old Hemphill Road on the south side and Hillshire Drive at the North Service Center. All keep the same hours.
The ECC is open Thursday and Friday until 7 p.m. and Saturday 9 to 3. It's closed Sunday through Wednesday.
The ECC has a Help-Yourself Shelf with like-new paint and cleaners, free. Look there before you buy primer for a small job.
Arlington, Burleson and Haltom City residents just bring ID. Crowley, Grand Prairie, Weatherford and others need a voucher from their city first. Dallas isn't on the list.
Texas has no PaintCare program. Fort Worth doesn't pick up chemicals at the curb, so drop-off is the main option. The state says a can less than a quarter full can be dried with the lid off and thrown away. Give usable paint to someone who can use it.
Leave paint in original, labeled cans. Put a leaking can inside a second metal can. No trash bags. Bring ID, plus a recent water bill for the stations.
Full preparation checklist →Yes. All four have a household chemical table. The limit is 20 gallons of chemicals, paint included, every 3 months.
Yes. Arlington is a partner city that doesn't need a voucher. Bring a driver's license or water bill.
No. It's open Thursday and Friday 11 to 7 and Saturday 9 to 3.
No. The ECC and the stations take household waste only.
Sometimes. The ECC's Help-Yourself Shelf gives away like-new paint, but what's there changes.
Checked October 7, 2026: Fort Worth's ECC, drop-off station, participating-city and household hazardous waste pages; an older drop-off flyer (different hours and apartment rule); TCEQ's guide; and PaintCare's locator data, which lists the ECC and stations as non-program sites. The lead naming the ECC on Brennan Avenue was wrong: Brennan is a drop-off station, and the ECC is at 6400 Bridge St. Not settled: whether the city pages split latex from oil-based paint (they say only "paint"), current fees at the stations, mobile event dates and holiday hours for the ECC.
Checked October 7, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
