Hazardous waste · inspections by year

Large quantity generators inspected in Cook County, Illinois in 2024

• 33Handlers inspected
• 37Inspections on record
• 33Handlers inspected in 2023
• 2ndAmong Illinois counties that year

Cook County, Illinois has 33 hazardous waste handlers with at least one inspection on record during 2024, across 37 separate inspections. That compares with 33 in 2023, the same number. It is the 2nd largest of the 29 Illinois 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 25
• 2018 49
• 2019 33
• 2020 24
• 2021 21
• 2022 24
• 2023 33
• 2024 33
• 2025 36
• 2026 16

Comparable counties in Illinois, 2024

• Cook County — Small quantity generators 36
• Cook County — Very small quantity generators 14
• De Kalb County — Large quantity generators 3
• Du Page County — Large quantity generators 7
• Du Page County — Small quantity generators 6
• Du Page County — Very small quantity generators 3
• Kane County — Small quantity generators 6
• Kane County — Very small quantity generators 6
• La Salle County — Very small quantity generators 4
• Lake County — Large quantity generators 5
• Lake County — Very small quantity generators 4
• Macon County — Large quantity generators 3
• Macon County — Small quantity generators 3
• Madison County — Large quantity generators 11
• Madison County — Small quantity generators 6
• Mchenry County — Small quantity generators 6
• Peoria County — Large quantity generators 4
• Peoria County — Small quantity generators 8
• Rock Island County — Very small quantity generators 3
• St Clair County — Large quantity generators 6

Inspections recorded in 2024

Figures from EPA’s RCRAInfo download.