Metal paint cans, if empty, can be brought to a scrap metal dealer, to the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation's scrap drop-off in Johnston, or to any local city or town scrap metal container.

Over the last few months I have been decorating the house and amassed ten empty paint cans. Now, I understand that the empty cans can’t go in the grey wheelie bin, as the contents go to landfill ...

People with empty paint and aerosol cans no longer have to wait for a household hazardous waste depot day or try to sneak the cans into their garbage to dispose of them. May 4, 2010.

For more information on recycling metal paint and aerosol cans, contact the Virginia Peninsula Public Service Authority at 728-2062. Originally Published: June 24, 1992 at 12:00 AM EDT Share this: ...

A few years ago, I took a couple of empty metal paint cans and placed one on my shop bench and one in my garage, both labeled “Small Scrap Metal.” ...

Empty aerosol spray cans can be recycled curbside or at any of our recycling drop-off locations in the metal compartment. Latex paint, when dry, may be disposed of in your regular trash.