Reuse/Recycling:

To avoid having too much leftover paint, use this paint calculator to determine how much is needed for a project. And for basecoat, use your leftover light-colored paint.

> The Buy Nothing mobile app enables you to freely offer your unwanted items to your neighbors on Bainbridge Island and beyond.
> The Craigslist mobile app and website enable you to give away stuff under their For Sale > Free Stuff category
> Facebook has numerous groups for giving away things to your Bainbridge Island neighbors, including:
—Bainbridge Freely Given
—Buy Nothing Bainbridge North, WA
—Buy Nothing Bainbridge Central, WA
—Buy Nothing Bainbridge South, WA
Free On Bainbridge
Free On The Rock
> The Freecycle website

Mallory Paint Store – 937 Hildebrand Lane NE, Suite 100, Bainbridge Island.
Mallory Paint Store is a collection point for the Paint Care program. *  Here is what they accept:

  • Interior and exterior architectural paints: latex, acrylic, water-based, alkyd, oil-based, enamel (including textured coatings)
  • Deck coatings, floor paints (including elastomeric)
  • Primers, sealers, undercoaters
  • Stains
  • Shellacs, lacquers, varnishes, urethanes (single component)
  • Waterproofing concrete/masonry/wood sealers and repellents (not tar or bitumen-based)
  • Metal coatings, rust preventatives
  • Field and lawn paints

Go here for what is not accepted.

If Mallory Paint store is continually “full” and cannot accept your load, you can always take it to the Household Hazardous Waste facility in Bremerton. See their web page for open days and times.

* In April of 2021, Washington State’s Paint Care program, borne of extended producer responsibility legislation passed in 2019, went into effect. The law provides collection points for residents to turn in latex paint and oil-based paint and certain other items.

Disposal:

Oily rags are hazardous and should not go in the trash. Follow the instructions for disposal of oily rags before taking them to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility.

Last updated 2/10/2025