Hazardous waste · inspections by year

Hazardous waste inspections in Pierce County, Washington in 2026

• 28Handlers inspected
• 32Inspections on record
• 46Handlers inspected in 2025
• 2ndAmong Washington counties that year

Pierce County, Washington has 28 hazardous waste handlers with at least one inspection on record during 2026, across 32 separate inspections. That compares with 46 in 2025. It is the 2nd 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 20
• 2018 19
• 2019 25
• 2020 8
• 2021 12
• 2022 13
• 2023 22
• 2024 22
• 2025 46
• 2026 28

By what a handler generates, in 2026

• Small quantity generators inspected in Pierce County, Washington 14
• Large quantity generators inspected in Pierce County, Washington 8
• Very small quantity generators inspected in Pierce County, Washington 5

Comparable counties in Washington, 2026

• King County 38
• 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.