Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in New Braunfels.
550 Landa St., New Braunfels, TX 78130
You must enter from Laurel Lane. The line runs up Laurel Lane and turns left on Wood Road toward Clearfield Drive. Carry items in your trunk or truck bed. The city posted an alert on October 15, 2026 saying the drop-off rules had changed, and it links to the item-by-item limits above, so check the event page before you go. The event page gives the city's main line, 830-221-4000. TCEQ lists 830-221-4040 for the program, and PaintCare's listing gives 830-221-4040 or 830-221-1108.
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.
550 Landa St, New Braunfels, TX 78130
634 E Hopkins, San Marcos, TX 78666
403 S Sequin, Converse, TX 78109
1800 Wurzbach Parkway, San Antonio, TX 78216
7030 Culebra, San Antonio, TX 78238
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Load up to 10 gallons of labeled paint in your trunk. Come in from Laurel Lane before noon and have your state-issued photo ID ready. It's free for New Braunfels and Comal County residents. The fall 2026 drop-off was set for Saturday, October 17, 2026.
There's no year-round paint site in New Braunfels or Comal County. Close the lids tightly, keep the cans until the next drop-off, and watch the city's Garbage & Recycling page for the date. In 2026 the drop-offs fell in February, May and October.
The posted limit is 10 gallons of paint per visit. The city doesn't say whether a second car can bring more, so call 830-221-4040 before you go. Using up good paint, or drying small amounts of latex for the trash, cuts the load.
Book your own city's curbside pickup through HHW Solutions instead of driving to Landa Street. On October 16, 2026, the next listed pickup was November 16, 2026 for Schertz and Selma and November 2, 2026 for Fair Oaks Ranch. Set items out by 7 a.m.
TCEQ says to take the lid off a can that's less than a quarter full and leave it somewhere with fresh air. The paint dries in a few days, and then the can can go in your trash.
Save your paint for the city's free hazardous waste drop-off at City Hall, 550 Landa St., and check the city's calendar for the date. Bring up to 10 gallons and a state-issued photo ID, and enter from Laurel Lane. It's free for New Braunfels and Comal County residents; the fall 2026 drop-off was set for Saturday, October 17, 2026, 8 a.m. to noon. Between drop-offs, a can less than a quarter full can be left open to dry and then thrown away.
New Braunfels, Texas, has no year-round place for paint. The City of New Braunfels and Comal County hold a free hazardous waste drop-off a few Saturdays a year in the City Hall parking lot on Landa Street, and paint is capped at 10 gallons per car. The fall 2026 drop-off was set for Saturday, October 17, 2026; check the city's calendar for the next one. The city recycle center on Castell Avenue and the county recycling center on Resource Drive don't take paint.
The drop-off happens in the City Hall lot at 550 Landa St. The 2026 drop-offs were February 21 and May 16, and the third was set for October 17. Each runs 8 a.m. to noon, and the last car in line at noon is the last one served. When this guide was checked on October 16, 2026, the city hadn't posted a date after October 17.
You must enter from Laurel Lane. The line backs up Laurel Lane and turns left on Wood Road toward Clearfield Drive, so join it there instead of pulling in from Landa Street. Carry the paint in your trunk or truck bed; trailers are turned away.
On October 15, 2026, the city posted that its drop-off rules had changed, and it links to the current item list. That list caps paint at 10 gallons and aerosols at 5 cans. Containers must be sealed, 5 gallons or smaller and still have the maker's label. Unlabeled or mixed products are refused.
The City Recycle Center at 488 S. Castell Ave. won't take anything with liquid still inside. Comal County's Recycling and Chipping Center at 281 Resource Drive lists paint cans and aerosol cans as not accepted, and takes no hazardous material of any kind.
TCEQ lists these three cities under Comal County, and each one has its own curbside hazardous waste pickup through HHW Solutions. TCEQ gives the contact (903) 217-8090. You book online. On October 16, 2026, HHW Solutions listed Monday, November 16, 2026 as the next date for Schertz and Selma and Monday, November 2, 2026 for Fair Oaks Ranch.
Texas has no PaintCare program, so paint stores don't take leftovers back. New Braunfels and Comal County residents have only the City Hall drop-off days. San Marcos's year-round site is for San Marcos and Hays County residents, and San Antonio's Culebra Road site needs a CPS Energy bill showing San Antonio's Environmental Fee, so neither is a fallback for most New Braunfels homes. TCEQ says a can less than a quarter full can be left open to dry and then thrown away, and suggests giving good paint to friends or neighbors.
Keep paint in the original can with the label showing and the lid on tight. Count your gallons before you go: 10 is the cap. Don't combine leftovers into one bucket. Put the cans in the trunk or truck bed, not a trailer, and have your state-issued photo ID ready.
Full preparation checklist →Check the city's Garbage & Recycling page or calendar. The 2026 drop-offs were February 21 and May 16, and the fall one was set for Saturday, October 17, 2026, 8 a.m. to noon, at City Hall, 550 Landa St. When this guide was checked on October 16, 2026, no later date was posted.
Up to 10 gallons, in sealed, labeled containers of 5 gallons or less.
Yes. The drop-off is open to Comal County residents as well as city residents. Bring a state-issued photo ID.
No. The center doesn't take anything with liquid still inside, and its list doesn't include paint. Comal County's recycling center on Resource Drive doesn't take paint either.
No. The city says commercial or business waste isn't accepted.
Checked October 16, 2026: the City of New Braunfels event pages for October 17, 2026 and May 16, 2026 (550 Landa St., 8 a.m. to noon, Laurel Lane entry, 10-gallon paint cap, state photo ID, City and Comal County residents, no business waste, no trailers), the city alert posted October 15, 2026 about changed drop-off rules (it links to the May event page with the item list), the city Garbage & Recycling, City Recycle Center and bulky trash pages, Comal County's recycling pages (no paint or hazardous material at 281 Resource Drive), Bulverde's notice for the February 21, 2026 drop-off (it says the event happens twice a year, though the city listed three in 2026), TCEQ's Sept. 22, 2026 statewide list (event 10/17/2026, contact 830-221-4040; HHW Solutions pickups for Schertz, Selma and Fair Oaks Ranch), HHW Solutions' pages for those three cities, the San Marcos and San Antonio drop-off pages, TCEQ's paint guidance and PaintCare's locator data (Texas has no PaintCare program; it lists 830-221-4040 or 830-221-1108). Not found: any date after October 17, 2026, whether two households can share a car, or a dried-paint rule from the city itself. No phone calls were made.
Checked October 16, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
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