Hazardous waste · inspections by year

Hazardous waste inspections in Santa Clara County, California in 2026

• 35Handlers inspected
• 62Inspections on record
• 52Handlers inspected in 2025
• 4thAmong California counties that year

Santa Clara County, California has 35 hazardous waste handlers with at least one inspection on record during 2026, across 62 separate inspections. That compares with 52 in 2025. It is the 4th largest of the 24 California counties with three or more handlers inspected that year. Each row below carries the date the inspection was recorded, the agency that recorded it and the kind of inspection it was.

Other years

• 2017 51
• 2018 46
• 2019 45
• 2020 30
• 2021 46
• 2022 31
• 2023 45
• 2024 41
• 2025 52
• 2026 35

By what a handler generates, in 2026

• Large quantity generators inspected in Santa Clara County, California 30
• Small quantity generators inspected in Santa Clara County, California 3

Comparable counties in California, 2026

• Alameda County 31
• Contra Costa County 31
• San Diego County 26
• Kern County 24
• Riverside County 24
• San Mateo County 22
• San Bernardino County 53
• Ventura County 15

Inspections recorded in 2026

Figures from EPA’s RCRAInfo download.