Hazardous waste · inspections by year

Waste management and remediation inspected in Cook County, Illinois in 2023

• 10Handlers inspected
• 21Inspections on record
• 9Handlers inspected in 2022
• 2ndAmong Illinois counties that year

Cook County, Illinois has 10 hazardous waste handlers with at least one inspection on record during 2023, across 21 separate inspections. That compares with 9 in 2022. It is the 2nd largest of the 13 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 5
• 2018 10
• 2019 8
• 2020 6
• 2021 6
• 2022 9
• 2023 10
• 2024 7
• 2025 10

Comparable counties in Illinois, 2023

• Cook County — Chemical manufacturing 9
• Cook County — Fabricated metal product manufacturing 13
• Cook County — Computer and electronic product manufacturing 3
• Cook County — Transportation equipment manufacturing 6
• Grundy County — Chemical manufacturing 3
• Madison County — Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 3
• Madison County — Primary metal manufacturing 3
• Rock Island County — Fabricated metal product manufacturing 3
• St Clair County — Chemical manufacturing 3
• St Clair County — Waste management and remediation 3
• Will County — Chemical manufacturing 3
• Winnebago County — Building material and garden supply stores 3

Inspections recorded in 2023

Figures from EPA’s RCRAInfo download.