Hazardous waste · inspections by year

Hazardous waste inspections in King County, Washington in 2026

• 38Handlers inspected
• 47Inspections on record
• 72Handlers inspected in 2025
• 1stAmong Washington counties that year

King County, Washington has 38 hazardous waste handlers with at least one inspection on record during 2026, across 47 separate inspections. That compares with 72 in 2025. It is the 1st largest of the 13 Washington 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 77
• 2018 58
• 2019 66
• 2020 32
• 2021 63
• 2022 64
• 2023 55
• 2024 63
• 2025 72
• 2026 38

By what a handler generates, in 2026

• Large quantity generators inspected in King County, Washington 21
• Small quantity generators inspected in King County, Washington 10
• Very small quantity generators inspected in King County, Washington 6

Comparable counties in Washington, 2026

• Pierce County 28
• Cowlitz County 17
• Clark County 11
• Snohomish County 11
• Spokane County 11
• Whatcom County 8
• Skagit County 7
• Benton County 5

Inspections recorded in 2026

Figures from EPA’s RCRAInfo download.