what can be used as a small container for paint?
Can I use plastic?


"Paint kettle"



I have a few of these but I often use an old (but clean) glass jam-jar.

I also clean my used paint kettles. 




  can I throw the latex paint with primer plastic container into the recycle bin


Hell no! Yikes!

In my part of the planet, liquid paint has to be taken to a household waste recycling centre and placed in the "paint" receptacle there.

If you used the remaining paint to paint some old cardboard boxes or newspapers, after it dries you can place the result in the normal (non-recyclable) rubbish-bin/trash-can. Some people suggest mixing the paint with sawdust/shavings etc to solidify it for disposal, but I didn't find that at all satisfactory.