Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in San Antonio.
7030 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238
Keep paint in its original can. Put a leaking can in a leak-proof or lined box. Don't mix products. Carry everything in the trunk or truck bed. No ammunition, fireworks, medicine or trash. The same address is also a bulky waste center, so tell staff you have hazardous waste.
1800 Wurzbach Parkway, San Antonio, TX 78216
Don't bring paint on a normal bulky day. Check the monthly events page for new dates before you go. Older listings showing Friday 8–5 hours are out of date; the 2026 page shows 8–noon both days.
2755 Rigsby Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78222
This is the southeast-side option, but it only runs a few days a year. Use Culebra between events.
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.
7030 Culebra, San Antonio, TX 78238
1800 Wurzbach Parkway, San Antonio, TX 78216
12951 Bandera Rd, Helotes, TX 78023
403 S Sequin, Converse, TX 78109
550 Landa St, New Braunfels, TX 78130
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 25-can limit. Bring 25 on one visit and the rest on another day, or dry out the latex leftovers first.
Rigsby only took hazardous waste on February 14 and August 15, 2026, and both dates are past. Drive to Culebra instead, or watch the quarterly page for 2027 dates.
City drop-offs are for San Antonio Solid Waste customers. Unincorporated Bexar County homes can book free pickup; several suburbs, including Converse and Live Oak, use WM At Your Door too, per the state list.
Culebra takes household waste from Solid Waste customers, not commercial waste. If the paint came from a business or contractor, call 311 first.
Take paint to 7030 Culebra Road, Tuesday–Friday 8–5 or Saturday 8–noon, with a recent CPS Energy bill and photo ID. You can bring up to five 5-gallon or 25 one-gallon cans per visit. The city had posted no Bitters or Rigsby drop-off days after September 5, 2026, so plan on Culebra.
Texas has no PaintCare program, so stores don't take paint back. In San Antonio, take paint to the city's hazardous waste drop-off at 7030 Culebra Road. It's free if you pay the Environmental Fee on your CPS Energy bill.
The city runs four bulky waste centers, but only Culebra takes hazardous waste every week. Bitters (Wurzbach Parkway), Frio City Road and Rigsby take furniture and junk on normal days, not paint.
Staff check for a recent CPS Energy bill that shows the city's Environmental Fee, plus picture ID. If you rent and the bill isn't in your name, sort that out before the trip.
The limit is five 5-gallon cans or 25 one-gallon cans of paint and other liquids, and 220 pounds of hazardous waste in total. A garage with 40 quart cans may need two trips.
The city says Bitters drop-offs run the first Friday and Saturday of each month, but its list stopped at September 5, 2026. Rigsby's 2026 Saturdays were February 14 and August 15, both past. Check the city's event pages before you go; otherwise use Culebra.
Unincorporated Bexar County households can get free home pickup of paint and other chemicals through WM At Your Door (800-449-7587). City of San Antonio residents can't use it.
Latex paint that is fully dry can go in household trash; TCEQ says a nearly empty can dries in a few days with the lid off. Oil-based paint should go to Culebra. Suburbs run their own programs: The state's list shows a Leon Valley event on October 10, 2026 and a Helotes event on November 14, 2026, each for that city's residents; Windcrest's October 3, 2026 event is past. Unincorporated county homes use Bexar County's free pickup.
Keep paint in original, labeled cans with lids on. Put any leaking can in a lined box. Don't pour products together. Load everything in the trunk or truck bed and bring the CPS Energy bill and ID.
Full preparation checklist →No. Bitters only takes hazardous waste on posted drop-off days, and the last date posted for 2026 was September 5. On other days it takes bulky items only. Use Culebra.
Yes, if you pay the Environmental Fee on your CPS Energy bill. Bring the bill and a picture ID.
No. The city does not take commercial waste there.
Book a free home pickup through Bexar County's program with WM At Your Door at 800-449-7587 or wmatyourdoor.com. Containers can't be over 5 gallons.
Only once it's completely dry. Liquid paint should go to Culebra.
Checked October 7, 2026: the city's household hazardous waste page (Culebra hours, limits, CPS bill and ID rule, not-accepted list), the 2026 monthly Bitters page (last date September 5, 2026) and quarterly Rigsby page (February 14 and August 15, 2026), the bulky center list, Bexar County's pickup page, and TCEQ's program list dated September 22, 2026. The city lists "paint" without separating latex and oil-based. We found no city paint reuse shelf. Whether Bitters drop-offs resume in late 2026 or 2027 is unknown; no dates were posted. Older listings show Bitters Friday hours of 8–5; the 2026 page shows 8–noon.
Checked October 7, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
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