Paint

$Paint buckets with the lid off and orange and purple colored paint inside the buckets.$

Paint is a common item in many households and businesses. Buy only the paint you need, use it up and then recycle the rest at free drop-off locations or at household hazardous waste events. If the paint is dried to the paint bucket, dispose of it as trash.

Drop-off locations:

Ace Hardware - St. Helens - 155 S Columbia River Hwy, Saint Helens, OR, 97051. Monday-Sunday during business hours (up to 10 gallons per visit). 503-366-1363
Columbia County Transfer Station - 1601 Railroad Ave. St. Helens OR, 97051. Monday-Saturday 8am-5pm (up to 10 gallons per visit). 503-397-9811
Sherwin Williams - St. Helens - 58741 Columbia River Hwy, St. Helens, OR 97051. Monday-Sunday during business hours (up to 10 gallons per visit). 503-366-2712
Vernonia Hardware and Supply - 1026 Bridge St, Vernonia, OR, 97064. Monday- Sunday during business hours (up to 200 gallons per visit). 503-429-5651

Accepted items:

Interior and exterior architectural paints: latex, acrylic, water-based, alkyd, oil-based, enamal (including textured coatings)
Deck coatings, floor paints (including elastomeric)
Field and lawn paints
Metal coatings, rust preventatives
Primers, sealers, undercoaters
Shellacs, lacquers, varnishes, urethanes (single component)
Stains
Waterproofing concrete/masonry/wood sealers and repellents (not tar or bitumen-based)
latex and oil-based house paint, stains and varnish in containers up to 5 gallons in size. This site does not accept

Unaccepted items: