Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in San Angelo.
50 E 43rd St, San Angelo, TX 76903
The 2026 date has passed. Dates, sites and item lists can change from year to year, so check the city calendar or call 325-486-3771 before you load the car. Keep San Angelo Beautiful’s office is at the City Hall Annex, 301 W. Beauregard Ave., first floor.
3002 Old Ballinger Hwy, San Angelo, TX 76903
This is not a paint drop-off. Call 325-481-7701 before bringing dried paint cans, since no city page says whether they’re taken as trash.
If it’s less than a quarter full, take the lid off and let it dry in a place with good airflow, as TCEQ advises. If there’s more, seal it with plastic wrap under the lid, store it upside down and keep it for the next Keep San Angelo Beautiful collection.
The 2026 hazardous waste day was on June 13, so you may be between events. The landfill won’t take liquid paint. The city’s own tip is to contact Republic Services, whose office is at 1422 Hughes St. (325-481-7726, weekdays 8 a.m.–5 p.m.), or to donate it to nonprofits such as Habitat for Humanity.
The event listing says “No business or agriculture,” and the reviewed sources name no business paint option. Call the city’s Solid Waste office at 325-486-3798 or Republic Services at 325-481-7726 before you load anything.
Put out furniture, mattresses or fencing, but leave paint out of the pile. The city’s bulk list rejects hazardous waste and caps a pickup at five cubic yards. The recycling cart also rejects paint cans.
Hold usable paint for Keep San Angelo Beautiful’s next household hazardous waste day, and call 325-486-3771 to ask when it is. The 2026 event was on June 13 and took paints in household amounts only, with no business or farm waste. Don’t haul liquid paint to the landfill at 3002 Old Ballinger Highway; its list says no liquid paint. For paint you can’t keep, the city says to contact Republic Services (325-481-7726) or donate it to a nonprofit such as Habitat for Humanity.
San Angelo, Texas has no year-round drop-off for liquid paint. Keep San Angelo Beautiful runs a household hazardous waste day that takes paint; the 2026 one was on Saturday, June 13, at CRC Roofers Coliseum, 50 E. 43rd St. The city landfill on Old Ballinger Highway refuses liquid paint, and the city’s own tip for paint is to contact Republic Services or donate it. Texas has no PaintCare program, so paint stores don’t take paint back.
The city landfill, run by Republic Services at 3002 Old Ballinger Highway, lists liquid paint, household hazardous waste, motor oils and petroleum products among the things it won’t take. The list names liquid paint only; no city page says dried paint is fine there either. Call the landfill at 325-481-7701 before you bring dried cans.
City residents can dump free once per billing cycle with their most recent water bill (paper or on your phone) and a driver’s license or ID with a matching address. The page says county residents can dump free once a month with their electric bill. Tarp or tie down every load. Anyone unloading at the working face needs a hard hat and safety vest, which the scalehouse has. Hours are weekdays 7 a.m.–5:30 p.m. and Saturday 7 a.m.–2 p.m.; the city asks you to arrive 30 minutes before closing.
Keep San Angelo Beautiful hosts the event with support from the City of San Angelo and Tom Green County, according to the city calendar. The 2026 listing took paints, pesticides, pool chemicals and flammable liquids, but only household amounts and “No business or agriculture.” It also had limits for other items: four boxes of shredding and two TVs or monitors per vehicle, and oil and auto fluids in jugs only. The 2022 event list named latex- and oil-based paint and paint thinner.
The city’s recycling list rejects “hazardous or toxic product containers (e.g. paint cans or lighter fluid containers).” Empty aerosol cans are on the accepted list. Bulk pickup, which alternates weeks with recycling and is capped at five cubic yards, lists hazardous waste as not acceptable. No city page says whether dried paint can go in the tan trash cart.
The hazardous waste day is for households, and the listing rules out business and agricultural waste. The sources reviewed name no business option for paint. Ask the city’s Solid Waste office at the City Hall Annex, 301 W. Beauregard Ave. (325-486-3798, weekdays 8 a.m.–5 p.m.), or Republic Services at 1422 Hughes St. (325-481-7726).
Texas has no PaintCare program, and PaintCare’s locator data has no non-program listings for San Angelo. The city’s list of helpful disposal places says tools, equipment, paint and building materials can go to Republic Services or be donated to nonprofits such as Habitat for Humanity. No San Angelo ReStore page with paint rules was found, so call before you donate. TCEQ suggests passing usable paint on to friends, relatives or neighbors. The city sends brake fluid, motor oil, other car fluids and vehicle batteries to auto parts stores. The SAFE Recycling Center at 702 Warehouse Rd., which held periodic hazardous waste cleanup drives, was set to close on April 22, 2018, San Angelo LIVE reported that April.
TCEQ says to keep products in their original containers with readable labels, carry them upright and secured so nothing leaks, and never mix products. To save paint for the next event, cover the can opening with plastic wrap, press the lid on tight and store the can upside down. If a paint can is less than a quarter full, take the lid off and leave it in a well-ventilated area; TCEQ says it will dry in a few days and the dry can may go in the trash.
Full preparation checklist →There’s no year-round drop-off. Keep San Angelo Beautiful’s household hazardous waste day takes paint; the 2026 event was June 13 at CRC Roofers Coliseum, 50 E. 43rd St. Call 325-486-3771 to ask about the next date.
Not liquid paint. The landfill’s not-accepted list includes liquid paint and household hazardous waste. The page doesn’t mention dried paint, so call 325-481-7701 first.
No. The city’s recycling list names paint cans as not accepted. Empty aerosol cans are accepted.
The 2026 listing said “Paints” and “Flammable liquids” without naming paint types. The 2022 event list named latex- and oil-based paint and paint thinner. Confirm with Keep San Angelo Beautiful at 325-486-3771 before the next event.
The city landfill page says county residents can dump free once a month with an electric bill, but liquid paint is still refused. The 2026 event listing doesn’t state a residency rule. TCEQ’s September 2026 program list has no entry for San Angelo or Tom Green County.
October 17, 2026: read the City of San Angelo Solid Waste page, the Solid Waste and Landfill staff directories, the June 13, 2026 Household Hazardous Waste Event calendar entry, the Keep San Angelo Beautiful page, San Angelo LIVE’s June 2022 event report and April 2018 SAFE closure report, TCEQ’s household hazardous waste page and TCEQ’s September 2026 county list of programs (PDF; no San Angelo or Tom Green County entry). PaintCare’s locator data has no San Angelo records, and Texas has no PaintCare program. Unresolved: the date of the next hazardous waste day; whether it takes oil-based paint every year; whether the landfill takes dried latex; what Republic Services does with paint when asked; whether a local Habitat ReStore takes paint (no official page found). The landfill holiday list doesn’t say which year it covers. The city calendar’s Oct. 17 Fall Sweep is a litter cleanup and was not used.
Checked October 17, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
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