Rockland’s September 8 Sharps Collection Has Ended. Here’s How to Find Another Date.

SERVICE UPDATE CLOSEOUT — COMMUNITY & ACCESS

Rockland’s September 8 sharps collection has ended. Here’s how to find another date.

Both posted September 8 windows have passed. Do not make an unscheduled drop-off. Keep household needles, syringes or lancets secured in an approved sharps container, then call the County program to verify another date and location.

The Rockland Edit service card listing Rockland's September 8 residential sharps collection windows, 10 a.m. to noon and 6 to 8 p.m., at Building A's ambulance entrance in Pomona, with an approved-container requirement and call-ahead number — Service card by The Rockland Edit, based on Rockland County's current calendar and 2024–2027 SHARPS brochure. This is an original editorial graphic—not a County notice, medical instruction or photograph.

After the posted window

Status: The 10 a.m.–noon and 6–8 p.m. September 8 sessions have ended.
Do not: make an unscheduled drop-off or take sharps to the household-hazardous-waste facility.
Keep secured: household needles, syringes or lancets belong in an approved sharps container.
Verify another collection: call 845-364-2762 and confirm the date, location and entrance before traveling.

Who can use the collection

The County program is for Rockland residents who use sharps at home for self-medication. Its brochure lists diabetes, cancer and allergies as examples, but those examples are not the full definition. The collection is not for private physicians' offices, healthcare agencies or other medical businesses.

An approved container is part of the plan

The County says needles, syringes and lancets should be placed in an approved sharps container, available from a pharmacy or surgical-supply house. Keep the sharps secured while verifying another collection; the public records do not promise that a site will supply a replacement container.

Do not take sharps to the hazardous-waste facility

Rockland's current waste-management page says sharps are not accepted at the household-hazardous-waste facility. The County brochure also says not to put them in a town recycling program. The September 8 Building A collection has ended, and unscheduled drop-offs are not accepted.

Call before traveling

The County directs residents to call the disposal location before bringing sharps. The program brochure lists 845-364-2762 for the September 8 location. Ask the County to confirm another scheduled date, location and entrance before traveling.

The useful move now: leave household sharps secured in an approved container, call 845-364-2762 and verify another scheduled collection. Do not attempt an unscheduled drop-off.

Primary sources: Rockland County morning event record ↗ and evening event record ↗, both for September 8, 2026; Rockland County's 2024–2027 SHARPS brochure ↗; and the County waste-management page ↗. The posted windows ended at 8 p.m. September 8; no extension or replacement notice surfaced in the closeout check. The Rockland Edit has not inspected a container or confirmed the next available collection.