Hazardous waste · inspections by year

Hazardous waste inspections in Wayne County, Michigan in 2026

• 84Handlers inspected
• 156Inspections on record
• 95Handlers inspected in 2025
• 1stAmong Michigan counties that year

Wayne County, Michigan has 84 hazardous waste handlers with at least one inspection on record during 2026, across 156 separate inspections. That compares with 95 in 2025. It is the 1st largest of the 21 Michigan 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 50
• 2018 89
• 2019 74
• 2020 48
• 2021 50
• 2022 83
• 2023 67
• 2024 88
• 2025 95
• 2026 84

By what a handler generates, in 2026

• Very small quantity generators inspected in Wayne County, Michigan 29
• Large quantity generators inspected in Wayne County, Michigan 27
• Small quantity generators inspected in Wayne County, Michigan 25

Comparable counties in Michigan, 2026

• Oakland County 27
• Macomb County 20
• Kent County 18
• Genesee County 16
• Washtenaw County 14
• Kalamazoo County 12
• Muskegon County 12
• Ottawa County 10

Inspections recorded in 2026

Figures from EPA’s RCRAInfo download.