Paint
Tacoma's current paint flyer says latex paint must be dried and thrown away in the trash with the lid off, and that leftover oil-based paint cannot go in the trash. The Household Hazardous Waste Facility accepts oil-based paint, refuses latex and water-based stain, and the city page marked current as of 01/05/26 says that drop-off is free for Tacoma's residential customers on Friday through Monday. Pierce County says latex paint is accepted at the Hidden Valley Transfer Station. The city flyer and the Department of Ecology both describe free PaintCare drop-off for many architectural coatings. A Pierce County message says county transfer stations are not PaintCare locations.