Everything you need to get rid of leftover paint responsibly in Winchester.
146 Landfill Rd, Winchester, VA 22602
Stay in your vehicle. The county asks you to load materials in the back of a pickup or trailer when you can. The regional landfill scales are next door at 280 Landfill Rd. Hazardous waste is taken only at the Landfill Citizens’ Center, not at the neighborhood sites. PaintCare lists this collection at 280 Landfill Rd with phone 540-665-5122; the county lists the Landfill Citizens’ Center at 146 Landfill Rd and the solid waste line as 540-665-5643, option 1.
1 paint store and 4 hazardous waste sites, closest first. Paint stores take house paint, stain and varnish, usually up to a set amount per visit. Hazardous waste sites also take chemicals like thinner, but some only serve local residents. Call before you go.
280 Landfill Rd, Winchester, VA 22601
232 Shangri-La Rd (Rte 613), Bentonville, VA 22610
349 Landfill Rd, Edinburg, VA 22824
40 Souder Rd, Brunswick, MD 21716
21101 Evergreen Mills Rd, Leesburg, VA 20175
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Register before 11:59 p.m. the day before, then set paint at the curb by 6 a.m. Different trucks may collect different items, so pickup can take up to two weeks. Questions: 540-773-1340.
Leave the lid off or mix in kitty litter or a hardener until it is solid. Then put the dried paint and the dry can in your regular trash bag.
The collection runs until 6 p.m., so an after-work trip may work. Note the landfill closes at noon on some 2026 holidays, including November 3 and November 11.
Use the same third-Wednesday collection. Berryville’s page says household hazardous waste must go to the Frederick County Landfill.
The county collection is for households. Frederick County lists private companies for businesses, including ACV Enviro, Care Environmental, Clean Harbors and MXI Environmental.
Bring oil-based paint, thinners and solvents to the Frederick County Landfill Citizens’ Center, 146 Landfill Road, on the third Wednesday of any month, noon–6 p.m. Dry latex paint at home and put it in your trash. City households can also set paint at the curb on their ward’s registered Annual Cleanup Day.
Winchester, Virginia, sends hazardous waste to the Frederick County Regional Landfill. Oil-based paint and thinners go to the collection held on the third Wednesday of each month, noon to 6 p.m., at the Landfill Citizens’ Center, 146 Landfill Road. The county asks you to dry latex paint and throw it away.
Frederick County holds hazardous waste collection at the Landfill Citizens’ Center on the third Wednesday of each month, noon–6 p.m. Stay in your vehicle. Electronics have their own day, the fourth Wednesday, 7–11 a.m.
The county says to take the lid off and let latex dry, add a hardener, or pour it onto newspaper, mulch or kitty litter. Once it is solid, put the dried paint and the can in your regular trash bag.
Each city ward gets one Annual Cleanup Day, when crews take paint, tanks, motor oil and more from the curb. Ward 4 is January 4, 2027, and Ward 1 is April 5, 2027. Ward 2’s day was July 20 and Ward 3’s was October 5, 2026. Register by 11:59 p.m. the day before.
Hazardous waste is taken only at the Landfill Citizens’ Center, not at the county’s neighborhood drop-off sites. The county’s neighborhood convenience sites are for Frederick County taxpayers, but city residents can use the regional landfill.
Dry latex at home and trash it. If you have city trash service, register for your ward’s Annual Cleanup Day and set paint at the curb. Businesses must use a private hazardous waste company; the county names ACV Enviro, Clean Harbors and MXI Environmental among others. Virginia has no PaintCare program.
Load cans in the back of your vehicle, pickup bed or trailer, since you stay in the car. Keep lids tight and labels on. Check the county’s holiday list before a Wednesday trip.
Full preparation checklist →On the third Wednesday of each month, noon–6 p.m., at the Frederick County Landfill Citizens’ Center, 146 Landfill Road.
No. Frederick County asks you to dry latex paint and put it in your regular trash.
Only on your ward’s Annual Cleanup Day, and you must register. The next ones are Ward 4 on January 4, 2027 and Ward 1 on April 5, 2027.
Yes. PaintCare’s listing says the collection serves households in Frederick County, Clarke County and the City of Winchester, and Berryville sends residents to the Frederick County Landfill.
You may need a permission letter from the county to use its sites. You can request one from Frederick County Public Works.
October 13, 2026: read Frederick County’s household hazardous waste page (third Wednesday noon–6 p.m., stay in vehicle, latex to be dried, business providers), landfill page (scale and citizens’ center hours, contact 540-665-5643 option 1, waste only from Frederick, Clarke and Winchester), citizens’ convenience centers page (addresses, who can use them, 2026 closings), the City of Winchester waste page (paint to the regional landfill) and Annual Cleanup Days page, Berryville’s HHW page and PaintCare’s locator data. The county’s events calendar showed no listed dates, so we gave the monthly rule only. PaintCare lists the collection at 280 Landfill Rd (the scales) with phone 540-665-5122; the county puts it at the Landfill Citizens’ Center, 146 Landfill Rd. The convenience center page says Clarke County taxpayers may use the regional landfill. Not found: a fee or paint limit for the collection, and whether staff accept latex paint brought on a third Wednesday (the county lists paints but tells residents to dry latex). The county website blocked our usual reader; pages were read in a browser.
Checked October 13, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
