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4 free paint drop-off sites within 12 miles.
- Dennis Company AcePaint store0.6 mi
- Sherwin-WilliamsPaint store0.7 mi
- Grays Harbor Transfer StationHazardous waste site7.3 mi
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Grays Harbor County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility (Central Transfer Station, Montesano)
29 Gavett Ln N, Montesano, WA 98563
- Accepts
- The county lists oil-based paint and other paint, thinner, paint stripper, adhesives, epoxy, solvents, gasoline, oil, antifreeze, batteries, pesticides, wood preservatives, pool and photo chemicals, cleaners and acids. PaintCare lists it as a drop-off for latex and oil-based paint, stain and varnish.
- Who can use it
- Grays Harbor County households. Very small businesses (under 220 pounds a month) by appointment, on times when it isn't open to households; call 360-538-7080.
- Hours
- Every Wednesday and the first Saturday of each month, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. These are the hazardous waste hours; the transfer station's garbage hours are longer (Monday to Friday 8 to 5, Saturday 8 to 4).
- Load limits
- Up to 25 gallons per visit for households (county and PaintCare). PaintCare asks for containers of 5 gallons or less, with labels, not empty or leaking.
- Fees
- Free for county residents. Small businesses pay a fee.
Ammunition and explosives are not taken here; the county says to contact Dennis Prante at 360-964-1669. Don't go to the old site at 4201 Olympic Highway in Central Park; its last collection days were in June 2021, and this facility opened that December. The county has also called it the Moderate Risk Waste Facility. In 2025 it took 7,028 of the 8,861 gallons dropped at the county's six PaintCare sites.
Grays Harbor County: Hazardous Materials (HHW Collection Facility) ↗Grays Harbor County: Household Hazardous Waste (items taken, schedule) ↗Grays Harbor County: Small Quantity Generators (business appointments) ↗Grays Harbor County: Central Transfer Station ↗PaintCare drop-off site locator ↗The Daily World: Household hazardous materials drop-off spot is moving (May 12, 2021) ↗PaintCare Washington 2025 annual report (PDF) ↗
Sherwin-Williams, Aberdeen (PaintCare drop-off)
512 W Market St, Aberdeen, WA 98520
- Accepts
- Latex and oil-based house paint, primer, stain and varnish, in containers up to 5 gallons.
- Who can use it
- Households and businesses in Washington, per PaintCare. Business oil-based paint only from very small businesses.
- Hours
- Paint is taken during store hours. PaintCare says to call ahead for hours and room.
- Load limits
- PaintCare lists 20 gallons per visit.
- Fees
- Free for PaintCare products.
No spray cans, empty, leaking or unlabeled cans. It took 754 gallons in 2025, the most of any store in Grays Harbor County (PaintCare's 2025 Washington report).
Dennis Company Ace, Aberdeen (PaintCare drop-off)
220 N Boone St, Aberdeen, WA 98520
- Accepts
- Latex and oil-based house paint, primer, stain and varnish, in containers up to 5 gallons.
- Who can use it
- Households and businesses in Washington, per PaintCare. Business oil-based paint only from very small businesses.
- Hours
- Paint is taken during store hours. PaintCare says to call ahead for hours and room.
- Load limits
- PaintCare lists 20 gallons per visit.
- Fees
- Free for PaintCare products.
No spray cans, empty, leaking or unlabeled cans. Dennis Company also has PaintCare stores in Montesano (413 W Pioneer Ave) and Elma (115 S 4th St), both 20 gallons a visit, and in Raymond (10 gallons).
4 PaintCare drop-off sites within 12 miles of Aberdeen.
4 paint stores and 1 hazardous waste site, 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.
Rules most stores here share
Who: Households and Businesses in Washington
Hours: Paint is accepted during regular business hours. Call ahead for hours and to make sure the store can accept the amount and type of paint you would like to recycle.
Products: This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site does not accept aerosols (spray paint or other spray products), containers without original labels, or containers that are leaking or empty.
Each listing below shows only what’s different, plus its limit.
Dennis Company Ace
0.6 mi220 N Boone St, Aberdeen, WA 98520
- Limits
- Limit: 20 Gallons per visit.
Sherwin-Williams
0.7 mi512 W Market St, Aberdeen, WA 98520
- Limits
- Limit: 20 Gallons per visit.
Grays Harbor Transfer Station
7.3 mi29 Gavett Ln N, Montesano, WA 98563
- Who
- Households and VSQG Businesses in Grays Harbor
- Hours
- Wednesdays and first Saturday of Each Month 9 am. - 3:30 pm
- Limits
- Limit 25 gallons per visit.
- Products
- This site accepts latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site also takes most other household hazardous waste -- contact the site for details and restrictions. Please do not bring empty, leaking or unlabeled containers. SOME BUSINESSES may use this program by appointment or on special days. Contact the program for details if your paint (or other hazardous waste) is from a business.
- Notes
- Appointments for SQG can be made at 360-538-7080
Dennis Company Ace
10.2 mi413 W Pioneer Ave, Montesano, WA 98563
- Limits
- Limit: 20 Gallons per visit.
Dennis Company Ace
19.2 mi115 S 4th St, Elma, WA 98541
- Limits
- Limit: 20 Gallons per visit.
From PaintCare’s drop-off map ↗, updated October 6, 2026. Hours and limits are PaintCare’s. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Which option fits your Aberdeen cleanout?5
You have a few gallons of leftover wall paint
Drop them at Sherwin-Williams on W Market Street or Dennis Company Ace on N Boone Street. Both take up to 20 gallons free. Call first.
You're clearing out a garage with paint, thinner and pesticides
Box it up and drive to the Montesano facility on a Wednesday or the first Saturday of the month, 9 to 3:30. It takes up to 25 gallons free.
You live in Ocean Shores or Westport
Your county drop-off is the same Montesano facility; the rural transfer stations closed in 2013. For house paint only, PaintCare lists the Aberdeen and Elma Dennis Company stores. Check PaintCare's locator for a beach store before you drive.
You own a small auto or paint shop
Call 360-538-7080 to book a small-business appointment at Montesano. There's a fee. Latex paint can go to a PaintCare store; oil-based only if you're a very small business.
Your directory app sends you to Olympic Highway
That's the old Central Park site. Its last collection days were in June 2021. Go to 29 Gavett Ln N in Montesano instead.
Aberdeen rules and tips5
THE LOCAL ANSWER
Take up to 25 gallons of paint, thinner and other chemicals free to the county facility at 29 Gavett Ln N, Montesano, any Wednesday or first Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For up to 20 gallons of house paint on other days, use Sherwin-Williams (512 W Market St) or Dennis Company Ace (220 N Boone St). Call stores first.
In Aberdeen, Washington (Grays Harbor County), you have two kinds of options. Two PaintCare stores in town each take 20 gallons of house paint a visit: Sherwin-Williams on W Market Street and Dennis Company Ace on N Boone Street. For bigger loads and other chemicals, the county's hazardous waste facility at LeMay's Central Transfer Station in Montesano takes 25 gallons free. It's open Wednesdays and the first Saturday of each month.
The county site is on US 12 in Montesano
The hazardous waste facility sits at LeMay's Central Transfer Station, 29 Gavett Lane North. It's open for households only on Wednesdays and the first Saturday of each month, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., even though the transfer station takes garbage six days a week. In 2025 it took in 7,028 gallons of PaintCare paint, far more than the county's five PaintCare stores combined.
Ignore old listings for Central Park
The county's drop-off used to be at the old landfill site, 4201 Olympic Highway in Central Park. Its last collection days there were in June 2021, and the Montesano facility opened in December 2021. If an old map or listing sends you to Olympic Highway, go to Gavett Lane instead.
Two stores in Aberdeen, 20 gallons each
PaintCare lists both Sherwin-Williams (512 W Market St) and Dennis Company Ace (220 N Boone St) at 20 gallons a visit. Sherwin-Williams took 754 gallons in 2025, more than any other store in the county. Dennis Company also has PaintCare stores in Montesano and Elma.
Same options for Hoquiam, Cosmopolis and the beaches
The county facility serves all Grays Harbor County households, including Hoquiam (Hometown Sanitation's area) and LeMay's towns: Cosmopolis, Elma, McCleary, Montesano, Oakville, Ocean Shores and Westport. The county closed its rural transfer stations on February 1, 2013, so Montesano is the only county drop-off.
Ammunition is a separate call
The facility doesn't take ammunition or explosives. The county says to contact Dennis Prante at 360-964-1669 for options.
Free pickup programs and other options
With 100 gallons or more, ask PaintCare for a free pickup at View program details ↗ ; an Aberdeen property manager used it in 2025. Good paint can go to someone who'll use it. Questions about the county facility go to 360-538-7080; garbage questions go to LeMay at 360-533-1251 (Aberdeen) or Hometown Sanitation at 360-533-7319 (Hoquiam).
Getting your paint ready
Keep paint in labeled containers of 5 gallons or less, lids on. Pack each kind of chemical separately in a sturdy box. Count your gallons: 25 per visit at Montesano, 20 at either Aberdeen store. Check the calendar, since the county site is closed to households on most days.
Full preparation checklist →Aberdeen questions5
Where do I take hazardous waste in Aberdeen?
To the Grays Harbor County facility at the Central Transfer Station, 29 Gavett Ln N in Montesano. It's open every Wednesday and the first Saturday of the month, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and is free for county residents up to 25 gallons.
Can I drop off paint in Aberdeen itself?
Yes. Sherwin-Williams on W Market Street and Dennis Company Ace on N Boone Street are PaintCare drop-offs, 20 gallons a visit each. They don't take spray cans.
Is the old hazardous waste site in Central Park still open?
No. The program moved from 4201 Olympic Highway to the Central Transfer Station in Montesano in 2021.
Can my business use the county facility?
Very small businesses can, by appointment and for a fee, at times it's not open to households. Call 360-538-7080. Latex paint is free at the PaintCare stores for any business.
Does the county site take spray paint and thinner?
It takes thinner, paint stripper, solvents, adhesives and other chemicals. The county's list doesn't name spray cans, so ask at 360-538-7080. The Aberdeen stores take house paint only, not spray cans.
Sources and how we checked12
October 16, 2026: read Grays Harbor County's Hazardous Materials, Household Hazardous Waste, Small Quantity Generators and Central Transfer Station pages (graysharbor.us) and its newer Garbage & Transfer Station page (graysharbor.gov, which carries an 'under construction' warning and has no hazardous waste details yet; used only for the hauler list); The Daily World's May 2021 story on the move (last Central Park days June 2 and 5, 2021; new site on US Highway 12; renamed the Moderate Risk Waste Facility); the chamber's 2021 ribbon-cutting notice (25 gallons free); PaintCare's 2025 Washington report; and PaintCare locator data. Unresolved: the 2025 report lists Buck Electric Ace in Ocean Shores, but it's not in current PaintCare locator data; the small-business fee schedule; store hours. No phone calls made.
Checked October 16, 2026 against these sources, not by phone. How we research.
Grays Harbor County: Hazardous Materials (HHW Collection Facility) ↗Grays Harbor County: Household Hazardous Waste (items taken, schedule) ↗Grays Harbor County: Small Quantity Generators (business appointments) ↗Grays Harbor County: Central Transfer Station ↗Grays Harbor County: Garbage and Transfer Station (haulers by city) ↗The Daily World: Household hazardous materials drop-off spot is moving (May 12, 2021) ↗Greater Grays Harbor chamber: Moderate Risk Waste Facility ribbon cutting (Dec. 1, 2021) ↗PaintCare drop-off site locator ↗PaintCare Washington ↗PaintCare Washington 2025 annual report (PDF) ↗PaintCare business limits (very small businesses and oil-based paint) ↗PaintCare free large-volume pickup (100+ gallons) ↗
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