What should I do with leftover Oil-Based Paint?
Save oil-based paint for one of the following collection date below.
Click Here for Bucks County Recycling Information
2021 Upcoming Dates:
April 3 – Lower Bucks
Bucks County Community College
275 Swamp Road, Newtown, Newtown Township
May 8 – Upper Bucks
Upper Bucks Area Vocational Technical School
3115 Ridge Road, Perkasie, Bedminster Township
June 26 – Central Bucks
Central Bucks South High School
1100 Folly Road, Warrington, Warrington Township
August 14 – Lower Buck
Bucks County Technical High School
610 Wistar Road, Fairless Hills, Bristol Township
October 30 – Upper Bucks
Strayer Middle School
1200 Ronald Reagan Drive, Quakertown, Richland Township
*This is a No Contact event. Masks must be worn.*
NO LATEX PAINTS ARE COLLECTED AT THIS EVENT.
Latex Paint is not hazardous waste.
Latex paints are water-based and are a safer alternative than oil-based paints. But if the paint is unusable and you must get rid of it, there are things you can do. The goal is to simply get the latex paint into a non-liquid form. This can be done in one of two ways.
Let it air dry — Lift off the lid, place the can away from children and pets, and allow the water content of the paint to evaporate. Once it does, the semi-dry to dry paint left in the bottom of the can may be placed in a plastic trash bag and disposed in your regular waste pick-up.
Mix it with “kitty litter” or other absorbent– If it takes too long to evaporate the water content, you can mix the paint with an absorbent (clay based kitty litter, vermiculite, shredded newspaper, or shop “oil-dry” absorbent). This can be done in the paint can itself if you have only a quart or so in the can, or in a plastic tray. Mix 2 to 4 cups of absorbent into each quart of paint. After the absorbent has soaked up the paint and it is no longer a liquid, dump it onto a couple layers of newspaper, wrap it up and place it in a plastic trash bag and dispose of it in your regular waste pick-up. If you mixed the absorbent into the paint right in the can, simply place the open can and its non-liquid contents into a trash bag for disposal.
