Can I recycle it?
Paint is not collected as part of your recycling collection.
We accept paint for re-use at 3 of our Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRCs):
- Helston
- St Erth and
- Falmouth
You can take paint to all of our HWRCs to be disposed of, except the site at Dudnance Lane, Pool.
Water based paint goes into the general waste container and gloss paint can be deposited in the chemical storage container. If you're taking gloss paint to one of our HWRCs, please ensure it is in a container no larger than 5 litres.
Useful information
Donate or sell
If your paint is still usable, you could consider donating the paint for reuse to a:
- local community group
- charity
- youth/church group
- college
- sports club
- neighbour
- work colleague
- relative
- friend
For larger quantities of reasonable quality paint you could also consider advertising it for sale on an online platform such as Facebook Marketplace.
Household Waste and Recycling Centres
We have 14 Household Waste and Recycling Centres across Cornwall. You can find opening times and a list of accepted items for each site using the button below.
You can find your nearest HWRC by entering you postcode on our My Area page.
You need to book a slot to visit some sites.