Latex paint is water-based, meaning it cleans up with soap and water and is not considered a hazardous material. It is by far the most common type of paint: roughly 95% of house paints sold today are latex, and many stains are too.
To know for sure, check your paint can label. Look for words like latex, acrylic, water-based, or soap and water cleanup — any of these mean it’s latex and does not qualify for Hazardous Waste Collection drop-off.
Thankfully, multiple options are available for responsibly disposing your latex paint:
Latex Paint Drop-Off
Hobart City Barns collects latex paint year-round.
– Paint is accepted from Lake and Porter County residents only (ID required)
– No frozen paint or any other material in paint
– No leaking or rusted cans will be accepted
– No paint older than 5 years
– No oil based paint will be accepted
– No stains of any type
– No frozen paint or any other material in paint
– No leaking or rusted cans will be accepted
– No paint older than 5 years
– No oil based paint will be accepted
– No stains of any type
Hobart City Barns
340 S. Shelby Street
Hobart, IN
Mon-Fri: 7:00am – 2:45pm
Sat.: 8:00am – 11:45am
If you have any questions, please call Hobart City Barns
at (219) 942-6121.
Latex paint can safely be thrown in the trash when:
- The paint is dry.
- The lid of the paint can remains off and is thrown away separately.
In order to dry out your unwanted latex paint, leave the lid off of the cans if they are less than half full. If the cans are mostly full, you may need to pour some of the paint into another container to decrease drying time. In addition, stirring in non-clumping cat litter, dirt, or inexpensive paint drying products that you can purchase at home improvement stores will expedite the drying process.