Mamba wrote:
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For household paint that hasn't been used in years and you don't want
any longer, how do you " properly " dispose of such paint? If it
matters, I have trash pickup and recycling pickup.

With any luck your community will have a recycling center for such products.
Please do NOT do the dry-it-out-and-throw-it-out approach. That just puts
another very nasty element in the garbage dumps.

In Portland, all partial paint cans can be recycled, and the center combines
many compatible types into generic primers or base coats, or just for a
cheap protective cover.


'Dry it out and throw it away' IS an approved disposal method for latex
paint, but NOT for oil-based.

But having said that- see if your city or area recycling orgs do the
trick of combining latex dregs together in big buckets (which always
comes out beige for some reason), and reuses it or sells it at token
prices for applications where color doesn't matter. (like park restrooms
that have be painted 2-3 times a year, etc.)

Other solution is Habitat for Humanity ReStore, if the can is full
enough for a small project, and hasn't been frozen or contaminated.

Best disposal method is always use it up for intended purpose.

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