Throughout Westchester, both oil-based and latex (water-based) paint, may be legally and safely disposed of in your garbage.  Only Rye Brook, White Plains and Yorktown residents are asked to put empty or hardened paint cans out on bulk pick-up days.  If you are disposing of:

• empty paint cans:   Put them out next to the garbage with the lid off.  Do not include the empty can with your recyclables.

• cans with paint:   Harden the paint by mixing it with kitty litter or another absorbent pellet material (such as Speedy-Dri) until no liquid remains. The more absorbent material added, the faster the paint will harden. To make more room for the absorbent material, full or partially full cans of paint should be poured off into empty cans or ones with less paint. Some paint stores may carry products specifically designed to harden waste paint. Ask stores for details. After the paint is hard, put it out for garbage collection with the lid off.*

A new product on the market called Waste Paint Hardener can harden a gallon of latex paint in minutes.  (Kitty liter is best to use for hardening oil-based paint.)  If you have latex paint to dispose, you may want to give Waste Paint Hardener a try.  Below is a list of local paint and hardware stores that carry the product.

Bedford Hardware Route 22 Bedford, NY (914)-234-3695	Chubby’s Hardware 68 Westchester Ave. Pound Ridge, NY (914)-764-5125	Cornell’s True Value 310 White Plains Rd. Eastchester, NY (914)-961-2400
Foley’s Hardware 2088 Boston Post Rd.   Larchmont, NY (914)-834-7200	Katonah Paint 180 Katonah Ave. Katonah, NY (914)-232-7797	Tuckahoe Paint 29 Columbus Ave. Tuckahoe, NY (914)-961-4880

 

 

 

 

 

Wallauer’s
North White Plains	30 Virginia Road	(914) 948-4000
Bedford Hills	55 N. Bedord Road	(914) 241-1666
Mahopac Caldors Shopping Center		(914) 621-1131
Ossining	Arcadian Shopping Center	(914) 941-1900
Peekskill	900 Main Street.	(914) 737-0333
Port Chester	143 N. Main Street	(914) 939-7600
White Plains	500 Mamaroneck Avenue	(914) 946-8888
Yonkers	621 Tuckahoe Road	(914) 779-6767
Yorktown	1965 Commerce Street	(914) 962-3000