Electronics Recycling in Orangetown, NY

Where this information comes from

Checked October 26, 2026

• Rockland County Department of Health: Waste Management (opens in new tab) · Rockland County Department of Health
  • Rockland residents can drop off household hazardous waste and electronics free of charge during operating hours. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The HHW facility accepts household hazardous waste from Rockland residents and qualifying small businesses; 2026 also has listed Saturday and Sunday drop-off dates. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Rockland Green: Household Hazardous Waste Facility (opens in new tab) · Rockland Green (Rockland County Solid Waste Management Authority)
  • The HHW Facility is at 35 Firemens Memorial Drive, Pomona, NY 10970, open Monday to Friday 8am to 1pm. Checked October 26, 2026.
• Rockland Green: 2026 Household Hazardous Waste Facility Brochure (PDF) (opens in new tab) · Rockland Green (Rockland County Solid Waste Management Authority)
  • The HHW service is for Rockland County residents only (qualifying small businesses pay a fee). Checked October 26, 2026.
• PaintCare drop-off site locator data (sites.json) (opens in new tab) · PaintCare
  • PaintCare lists Rockland County SWMA HHW Facility at 35 Firemens Memorial Dr, Pomona 10970 as a paint drop-off site (Households and VSQG Businesses in Rockland County). Checked October 26, 2026.
• Town of Orangetown: Garbage and Recycling Pickup (opens in new tab) · Town of Orangetown
  • The town operates a Drop Off Center for bulk items, electronic waste, green waste and other items; obtain a permit at the Highway Department. Checked October 26, 2026.
• NYSDEC: Electronic Waste Recycling (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
  • The NYS Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act (ECL Article 27, Title 26) requires manufacturers to provide free and convenient e-waste recycling to most consumers in the state. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Eligible for free recycling: individuals, businesses with fewer than 50 full-time employees, nonprofits with fewer than 75, 501(c)(3)s, schools and government entities located in New York. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • For-profit businesses with 50 or more full-time employees and nonprofits with 75 or more may be charged. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Under the Wireless Telephone Recycling Act, wireless service suppliers that sell phones must take up to 10 cell phones from anyone for free reuse and recycling, or provide free shipping to a recycling program. Checked October 26, 2026.
• NYSDEC: Recycling Consumer Electronic Waste (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
  • Manufacturers must take back their own brands free, or one piece of covered equipment from another manufacturer when the consumer buys the same type; DEC lists registered manufacturers and their take-back websites. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • DEC lists registered electronic equipment manufacturers with their brands, take-back websites and toll-free numbers. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • DEC publishes a county-sorted list of registered e-waste collection sites; call ahead because a site may not take your type or brand. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • A collection site not affiliated with a manufacturer program may charge a fee. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Collection may be at retail stores, nonprofits or municipal facilities, by prepaid mail-back, or at collection events; manufacturers need not have a site in every community. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Any consumer may be charged for premium services such as at-home collection, data wiping or refurbishment. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Covered computer peripherals include keyboards, mice, external hard drives, monitors over 4 inches and printers under 100 lb. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Covered small electronic equipment: cable/satellite receivers, converter boxes, DVD players, DVRs, game consoles, portable music players, projectors with DVD players and VCRs. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Not covered: vehicles, cameras, radios, household appliances (washers, dryers, refrigerators, freezers, microwave ovens, ovens, dishwashers), telephones of any type, calculators, GPS units and others. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Telephones of any type are not covered electronic equipment under the Act. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Since January 1, 2015, consumers may not put covered electronic equipment in landfills, waste-to-energy plants, the trash or curbside trash pickup. Checked October 26, 2026.
• NY Environmental Conservation Law 27-2605: Manufacturer responsibilities (e-waste) (opens in new tab) · New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
  • ECL 27-2605: manufacturers bear all program costs and may not charge consumers for collection and recycling (except business consumers and premium services). Checked October 26, 2026.
• NY Environmental Conservation Law 27-2611: Disposal ban (e-waste) (opens in new tab) · New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
  • ECL 27-2611(3): beginning January 1, 2015, no individual or household may dispose of electronic waste in any solid waste management facility or set it out for disposal collection. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Solid waste facility operators must give users written information on e-waste recycling and post signs that e-waste may not be disposed of there. Checked October 26, 2026.
• NYSDEC: Requirements for Retailers of Electronic Equipment (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
  • A retailer that wants to accept e-waste from consumers must register and meet the requirements for an e-waste collection site. Checked October 26, 2026.
• NYSDEC: Recycling and Composting (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
  • DEC reports 99,198,623 lb of e-waste collected for recycling and reuse in New York in 2025, and over 1.1 billion lb since the program launched in 2011. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • DEC lists New York collection programs for items that belong outside the recycling bin: beverage containers, carpet, cell phones, e-waste, lead-acid vehicle batteries, mercury thermostats, paint, pharmaceuticals, plastic film, rechargeable batteries and tires. Checked October 26, 2026.
• NYSDEC: Rechargeable Battery Recycling (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
  • Rechargeable batteries that can be safely and easily removed from products should be removed before the product is disposed of. Checked October 26, 2026.
• NYSDEC: Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
  • Household hazardous wastes are household materials that would be regulated as hazardous waste if generated elsewhere; household-generated HHW is exempt from state and federal hazardous waste rules. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Residents can take HHW to authorized HHW collection facilities or HHW collection events hosted by counties and municipalities; DEC has a map and list of permitted facilities. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • If there is no permitted facility nearby, check with your municipality for periodic one- or two-day HHW collection events. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The state Environmental Protection Fund can pay up to 50 percent of the cost of municipal HHW collection programs. Checked October 26, 2026.
• NY General Municipal Law 120-AA: Source separation and segregation of recyclable or reuseable materials (opens in new tab) · New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
  • General Municipal Law 120-aa required every municipality, by September 1, 1992, to adopt a local law requiring source separation of recyclables (paper, glass, metals, plastics, yard waste) where economic markets exist. Checked October 26, 2026.
• NYSDEC: Recycling Resources (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
  • DEC tells residents to check local guidance to see which items their program accepts. Checked October 26, 2026.

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