New York State Coordinators
Kelsey O’Toole
New York Program Coordinator
(315) 418-6520
- Allegany
- Broome
- Cattaraugus
- Cayuga
- Chautauqua
- Chemung
- Chenango
- Cortland
- Erie
- Genesee
- Jefferson
- Lewis
- Livingston
- Madison
- Monroe
- Niagara
- Oneida
- Onondaga
- Ontario
- Orleans
- Oswego
- Schuyler
- Seneca
- Steuben
- Tioga
- Tompkins
- Wayne
- Wyoming
- Yates
Wes Baxter
New York Program Coordinator
(518) 416-5259
- Albany
- Clinton
- Columbia
- Delaware
- Dutchess
- Essex
- Franklin
- Fulton
- Greene
- Hamilton
- Herkimer
- Montgomery
- Orange
- Otsego
- Putnam
- Rensselaer
- Rockland
- St. Lawrence
- Saratoga
- Schenectady
- Schoharie
- Sullivan
- Ulster
- Warren
- Washington
- Westchester
Michael Rieser
New York Program Coordinator
(718) 938-6632
- The Bronx (Bronx County)
- Brooklyn (Kings County)
- Manhattan (New York County)
- Queens (Queens County)
- Staten Island (Richmond County)
PaintCare offers drop-off sites throughout New York where the public can take unwanted paint for recycling. These sites are available to households, businesses, government agencies, and others with leftover paint.
Program Details
- Established in May 2022
- 335 year-round drop-off sites
- 1.8 million gallons collected (estimate)
Manufacturers
Paint manufacturers that sell paint directly or indirectly in a PaintCare state are required by each state’s paint stewardship law to register their company and brands with PaintCare. Visit our Manufacturers page to learn more and register.
Additional Information
Annual Reports | Paint Stewardship Law | Requirements for New York Retailers | Official Documents | Order Brochures and Materials
Drop Off Paint
Enter your zip code, city and state, or street address to find the nearest, most convenient paint drop-off site to you. All PaintCare sites accept up to 5 gallons per visit (some take more). Please call ahead to confirm business hours and ask if they can accept the type and amount of paint you would like to recycle. Sites do not accept aerosol coatings, leaking, unlabeled, or empty containers.
Visit our PaintCare Products page for
more information on accepted products.
Fee and Funding
PaintCare programs are funded by a fee (referred to as the PaintCare fee) which is applied to the purchase price of each container of new paint sold in the state. There is no charge for dropping off paint at a PaintCare drop-off site. The PaintCare fee is not a tax or a deposit. The fee funds all aspects of the paint stewardship program. For more information on the fee, visit the PaintCare Fee Page.
The fee in New York is based on container size as follows: