Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Near You

Alaska has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Alabama has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Arkansas has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Arizona has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Leftover latex or oil-based house paint, primer, stain and varnish can be dropped off free at 823 PaintCare sites in California, including retail stores and household hazardous waste sites. A PaintCare fee of $0.30–$1.50 per container is built into new paint.

Leftover latex or oil-based house paint, primer, stain and varnish can be dropped off free at 223 PaintCare sites in Colorado, including retail stores and household hazardous waste sites. A PaintCare fee of $0.50–$2.25 per container is built into new paint.

Leftover latex or oil-based house paint, primer, stain and varnish can be dropped off free at 157 PaintCare sites in Connecticut, including retail stores and household hazardous waste sites. A PaintCare fee of $0.50–$2.25 per container is built into new paint.

Leftover latex or oil-based house paint, primer, stain and varnish can be dropped off free at 7 PaintCare sites in the District, including retail stores and household hazardous waste sites. A PaintCare fee of $0.30–$1.60 per container is built into new paint.

Delaware has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Florida has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Georgia has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Hawaii has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Iowa has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Idaho has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Leftover latex or oil-based house paint, primer, stain and varnish can be dropped off free at 378 PaintCare sites in Illinois (running since December 2025), including retail stores and household hazardous waste sites. A PaintCare fee of $0.45–$1.95 per container is built into new paint.

Indiana has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Kansas has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Kentucky has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Louisiana has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Massachusetts has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Leftover latex or oil-based house paint, primer, stain and varnish can be dropped off free at 113 PaintCare sites in Maryland (running since April 2026), including retail stores and household hazardous waste sites. A PaintCare fee of $0.50–$2.25 per container is built into new paint.

Leftover latex or oil-based house paint, primer, stain and varnish can be dropped off free at 130 PaintCare sites in Maine, including retail stores and household hazardous waste sites. A PaintCare fee of $0.50–$2.00 per container is built into new paint.

Michigan has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Leftover latex or oil-based house paint, primer, stain and varnish can be dropped off free at 267 PaintCare sites in Minnesota, including retail stores and household hazardous waste sites. A PaintCare fee of $0.49–$1.99 per container is built into new paint.

Missouri has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Mississippi has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Montana has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

North Carolina has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

North Dakota has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Nebraska has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

New Hampshire has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

New Jersey has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

New Mexico has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Nevada has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Leftover latex or oil-based house paint, primer, stain and varnish can be dropped off free at 387 PaintCare sites in New York (running since May 2022), including retail stores and household hazardous waste sites. A PaintCare fee of $0.45–$1.95 per container is built into new paint.

Ohio has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Oklahoma has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Leftover latex or oil-based house paint, primer, stain and varnish can be dropped off free at 187 PaintCare sites in Oregon, including retail stores and household hazardous waste sites. A PaintCare fee of $0.45–$1.95 per container is built into new paint.

Pennsylvania has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Leftover latex or oil-based house paint, primer, stain and varnish can be dropped off free at 30 PaintCare sites in Rhode Island, including retail stores and household hazardous waste sites. A PaintCare fee of $0.35–$1.60 per container is built into new paint.

South Carolina has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

South Dakota has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Tennessee has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Texas has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Utah has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Virginia has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Leftover latex or oil-based house paint, primer, stain and varnish can be dropped off free at 81 PaintCare sites in Vermont, including retail stores and household hazardous waste sites. A PaintCare fee of $0.65–$2.45 per container is built into new paint.

Leftover latex or oil-based house paint, primer, stain and varnish can be dropped off free at 295 PaintCare sites in Washington (running since April 2021), including retail stores and household hazardous waste sites. A PaintCare fee of $0.65–$2.75 per container is built into new paint.

Wisconsin has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

West Virginia has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Wyoming has no paint stewardship law, so there is no PaintCare network of free paint drop-off sites (PaintCare runs programs only in 12 states and DC). Ask your local household hazardous waste program what paint it takes.

Alaska has no state battery recycling law. EPA advises returning car batteries to a battery retailer or household hazardous waste collection and keeping rechargeable, lithium and button batteries out of the trash.

Alabama has no state battery recycling law. EPA advises returning car batteries to a battery retailer or household hazardous waste collection and keeping rechargeable, lithium and button batteries out of the trash.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Arkansas's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one; without a trade-in you pay a $10 deposit, refunded if you bring the old battery back within 30 days.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Arizona's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one; without a trade-in they must charge a deposit (store sets the amount), refunded if the old battery comes back within 45 days.

Every battery, from AA and button cells to car batteries, is banned from California trash. Take household batteries to a household hazardous waste collection. Car battery sellers must take your old one when you buy new and charge a deposit, refunded within 45 days.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Colorado's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one; any deposit must be at least $10 and is refunded if you return the old battery within 30 days.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Connecticut's trash and landfills. Sellers must take back used batteries one-for-one at the point of sale; without a trade-in you pay a $5 deposit, refunded within 30 days.

Single-use and rechargeable household batteries have been banned from DC trash since August 1, 2023 (D.C. Code § 8-771.09). Drop them off free at Battery Network collection sites around the District.

Delaware has no state battery recycling law. EPA advises returning car batteries to a battery retailer or household hazardous waste collection and keeping rechargeable, lithium and button batteries out of the trash.

Florida bans car (lead-acid) batteries from landfills and the trash, and makes it illegal to throw nickel-cadmium or small sealed lead rechargeables in the trash. The state does not follow the model store take-back law.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Georgia's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one, and may add a refundable core charge until you bring the old one back.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Hawaii's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one, and may add a refundable core charge until you bring the old one back.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Iowa's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one, and may add a refundable core charge until you bring the old one back.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Idaho's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one; without a trade-in you pay a $10 deposit, refunded if you bring the old battery back within 30 days.

Illinois has free household battery drop-off sites (single-use and rechargeable) under its battery stewardship law, and the state EPA says not to put batteries in curbside trash. Car batteries are banned from landfills; sellers must take old ones back.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Indiana's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one, and may add a refundable core charge until you bring the old one back.

Kansas has a lead-acid battery law dating from 1990, but it is not the model take-back law and sets no deposit or store sign rule. KDHE's battery page, which covers car batteries too, tells residents to contact their local household hazardous waste facility.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Kentucky's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one, and may add a refundable core charge until you bring the old one back.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Louisiana's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one, and may add a refundable core charge until you bring the old one back.

Lead (car) batteries are banned from disposal or incineration at Massachusetts solid waste facilities, so the dump will not take them as trash. State law does not require stores to take them back.

Maryland's battery law covers nickel-cadmium and small sealed lead rechargeables: sellers must run a collection program, which The Battery Network operates statewide. Battery Council International lists no Maryland car battery law.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Maine's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one; without a trade-in you pay a $10 deposit, refunded within 30 days. A non-refundable $1 fee applies to each new battery.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Michigan's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one, and may add a refundable core charge until you bring the old one back.

It is a crime to put a car battery in Minnesota garbage. Stores selling lead-acid batteries must accept up to five used ones at a time free, even with no purchase; buying without a trade-in adds a $10 deposit, refunded within 30 days.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Missouri's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one, and may add a refundable core charge until you bring the old one back.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Mississippi's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one, and may add a refundable core charge until you bring the old one back.

Montana has no state battery recycling law. EPA advises returning car batteries to a battery retailer or household hazardous waste collection and keeping rechargeable, lithium and button batteries out of the trash.

North Carolina bans lead-acid (car) batteries from landfills, incinerators and waste-to-energy plants; the law sends them to battery retailers, wholesalers, lead smelters or recycling facilities. It does not follow the model store take-back law.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from North Dakota's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one, and may add a refundable core charge until you bring the old one back.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Nebraska landfills, but the law has no store take-back rule. A 2025 battery stewardship law (LB 36) brings free household battery recycling and a disposal ban from January 1, 2028.

New Hampshire bans lead-acid (car) batteries from landfills and incinerators, but its law has no store take-back or deposit rule. EPA advises returning car batteries to a battery retailer or household hazardous waste collection.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from New Jersey's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one, and may add a refundable core charge until you bring the old one back.

New Mexico bans lead-acid (car) batteries from landfills and incinerators, but its law has no store take-back or deposit rule. EPA advises returning car batteries to a battery retailer or household hazardous waste collection.

Nevada bans lead-acid (car) batteries from landfills and incinerators except at state-permitted facilities, and has no store take-back or deposit rule. EPA advises returning car batteries to a battery retailer or household hazardous waste collection.

Car batteries may not go in New York trash. Battery stores must accept up to two used lead-acid batteries a month from anyone at no charge; buying without a trade-in adds a $5 fee, refunded if you return a battery within 30 days.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Ohio's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one, and may add a refundable core charge until you bring the old one back.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Oklahoma's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one, and may add a refundable core charge until you bring the old one back.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Oregon's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one, and may add a refundable core charge until you bring the old one back.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Pennsylvania's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one, and may add a refundable core charge until you bring the old one back.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Rhode Island's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one. If a store charges a deposit, you have 7 days to return the old battery for a refund.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from South Carolina's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one; without a trade-in you pay a $5 deposit, refunded within 30 days. A $2 state fee applies to each new battery.

South Dakota landfills may not accept lead-acid (car) batteries. Battery retailers and wholesalers must accept used ones on a one-for-one exchange when you buy a new battery.

Tennessee landfills and incinerators may not accept lead-acid (car) batteries, and stores that sell them must accept used batteries as trade-ins. Stores may add a refundable core charge.

Car (lead-acid) batteries may not go in Texas trash. Stores that sell them must accept from one up to three used batteries a customer offers, and may add a refundable core charge on a new one.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Utah's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take back up to two used batteries, and may add a refundable core charge on a new one.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Virginia's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one, and may add a refundable core charge until you bring the old one back.

All household batteries, single-use and rechargeable, plus e-bike and mower batteries up to 25 pounds, are banned from Vermont garbage and go free to drop-off sites run by The Battery Network. Car batteries are banned from landfills; sellers must take old ones back.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Washington's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one; without a trade-in you pay a deposit of at least $5, refunded within 30 days.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Wisconsin's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one; without a trade-in you pay a $10 deposit.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from West Virginia's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one, and may add a refundable core charge until you bring the old one back.

Car (lead-acid) batteries are banned from Wyoming's trash and landfills. Stores that sell them must take your used battery when you buy a new one, and may add a refundable core charge until you bring the old one back.