Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Radford.
7100 Cloyd’s Mountain Road, Dublin, VA 24084
The August 1, 2026 event is over. NRRA’s rate sheet lists trash, debris, wood, tires, appliances and recycling. Paint isn’t on it, so there’s no everyday paint drop-off.
555 Authority Drive, Christiansburg, VA 24073
Listed here because PaintCare’s map shows MRSWA sites near Radford. A second PaintCare listing places an MRSWA event at Radford University with out-of-date “November 2025” wording; MRSWA’s own page is the one to trust. MRSWA’s home page gives its address as Christiansburg, VA 24073; PaintCare uses 24068.
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.
309 E Main St, Radford, VA 24141
555 Authority Dr, Christiansburg, VA 24068
1020 Hollins Rd NE, Roanoke, VA 24012
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Don’t take them to Park Road or the recycling boxes. Call the city’s Sanitation/Recycling office at 540-731-3605 (option 2) and ask whether fully dried latex can go in your city trash. Until then, store the cans sealed.
Keep them sealed in their original containers and call NRRA at 540-674-1677 to ask about the next household hazardous waste day. The 2026 day, August 1, needed an appointment.
The Drop Center is for City of Radford residents and refuses paint anyway. Give unopened paint to a neighbor or community group, or leave it sealed for the landlord and tell them about NRRA’s event.
MRSWA’s November 7, 2026 event, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., takes household chemicals and paint from Montgomery County residents. Call 540-381-2820 to register. PaintCare lists it at 555 Authority Drive in Christiansburg.
NRRA says no commercial waste or commercial vehicles at its hazardous waste day, and the Drop Center bans contractors. Use a commercial hazardous waste company.
Call Radford’s Sanitation/Recycling office at 540-731-3605 (option 2) before you throw paint out; the city doesn’t publish a paint rule, and its Drop Center and recycling sites don’t take paint. Keep oil-based paint and thinner sealed for NRRA’s next household hazardous waste day in Dublin, booked by phone at 540-674-1677. The 2026 day was August 1, and no later date was posted as of October 16, 2026.
Radford, Virginia has no everyday paint drop-off. The city’s Drop Center on Park Road and its recycling sites both list paint as not accepted. The hazardous waste day open to Radford households is run by the New River Resource Authority (NRRA) in Dublin, which Radford helps govern. Its 2026 day was August 1, 2026. This guide is for the City of Radford in the New River Valley.
The Drop Center at 1800 Park Road (the old incinerator) is for City of Radford residents only, with no contractors or businesses. It takes household trash, yard waste, pallets, brush, metal and small debris loads. Paint, oil and hazardous materials are on its not-accepted list.
Radford’s recycling drop-offs at 200 George Street (behind the Recreation Center) and 1800 Park Road list paint, batteries and tires as not accepted. Leave paint cans out of the single-stream boxes.
NRRA held its regional hazardous waste and shredding event on Saturday, August 1, 2026, 9 a.m. to noon, at 7100 Cloyd’s Mountain Road in Dublin. You had to call 540-674-1677 for a slot. No commercial waste or commercial vehicles were allowed.
NRRA’s board includes members from the City of Radford, Pulaski County, Giles County, the Town of Dublin and the Montgomery Regional Solid Waste Authority. Its page invites the residents it serves, so Radford households belong at its events.
PaintCare’s map shows MRSWA hazardous waste sites near Radford. MRSWA’s November 7, 2026 event is for residents within Montgomery County only, so call 540-381-2820 before counting on it. PaintCare lists it at MRSWA’s site on Authority Drive in Christiansburg.
Virginia has no PaintCare program, so stores don’t take paint back for free. Use up good paint, or give it to a neighbor or community group. MRSWA, whose single-stream guidelines Radford’s recycling follows, says its preferred way to handle latex is to dry it with cat litter, mulch or sand and put it in the garbage, and that paint can also be donated to nonprofits, day cares or a paint exchange. Radford hasn’t posted that rule for city trash, so check with the Sanitation office first. Businesses and contractors can’t use the NRRA or MRSWA household events and need a commercial hazardous waste company.
Keep paint in its original can with the lid tight and the label readable. Sort oil-based paint, thinner and stain into their own box, and never mix products. Write down what you have before you call NRRA, so you can ask whether each item is taken. Don’t drive paint to Park Road; the Drop Center will refuse it.
Full preparation checklist →No. The city lists paint, oil and hazardous materials as items the Drop Center doesn’t accept.
NRRA’s 2026 event was Saturday, August 1, 2026 in Dublin. No later date was posted when we checked on October 16, 2026. Call NRRA at 540-674-1677 to ask about the next one.
Radford’s solid waste pages don’t say. Ask the Sanitation/Recycling office at 540-731-3605, option 2, before you set it out.
MRSWA says its November 7, 2026 event is for residents within Montgomery County only. If you aren’t sure whether your address counts, call 540-381-2820 before you go.
The city’s paid special collection covers debris, appliances and furniture. Paint isn’t on that list. Special collection is booked through Utility Billing at 540-731-3602.
October 16, 2026: read the City of Radford’s Drop Center page (1800 Park Road, Radford residents only, no contractors or businesses, paint, oil and hazardous materials not accepted), Recycling page (George Street and Park Road sites, paint not accepted, MRSWA single-stream guidelines), Solid Waste page (special collection rates) and Solid Waste & Recycling page (Sanitation/Recycling Supervisor, 540-731-3605 option 2). Read NRRA’s home page (7100 Cloyds Mountain Road, Dublin; 540-674-1677; Monday–Friday 7 a.m.–4 p.m.), its hazardous waste day page (August 1, 2026, 9 a.m.–noon, by appointment, no commercial waste or vehicles) and board page (members from Radford, Pulaski, Giles, Dublin and MRSWA). NRRA’s accepted-wastes PDF is a scanned image and couldn’t be read as text. Read NRRA’s rates page (no paint line). Read MRSWA’s home page (November 7, 2026 event, 9 a.m.–2 p.m., Montgomery County residents only, address Christiansburg 24073) and Disposal Guide (paint only at events, twice a year; latex drying preferred; no electronics or batteries at the events, which conflicts with the home page). PaintCare’s listing #13744 is the source for the Saturday, the 555 Authority Drive location and booking from September 28, 2026. PaintCare’s locator data lists an MRSWA collection event at Radford University’s Student Outdoor Recreation Complex (309 E Main St) with “November 2025” text; MRSWA’s page gives no location, so we didn’t use it. Unresolved: whether Radford allows dried latex in city trash; which paints NRRA takes at its event; NRRA’s 2027 date; any fee.
Checked October 16, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
