Hazardous waste · by industry

Hazardous waste handlers: Building material and garden supply stores

• 4,240Handlers
• 160Large quantity generators
• 52States with three or more

4,240 sites classified under NAICS 444 are regulated hazardous waste handlers, 160 of them large quantity generators. EPA records an industry code for a handler where the state reported one.

By state

• California 430
• Michigan 295
• Florida 262
• Ohio 231
• Texas 206
• New York 205
• Illinois 167
• Pennsylvania 163
• Missouri 126
• Maryland 121
• Georgia 108
• Arizona 107
• Louisiana 102
• Indiana 99
• Massachusetts 90
• Washington 89
• New Jersey 87
• Minnesota 86
• Wisconsin 86
• Virginia 75
• Oregon 74
• Colorado 69
• Alabama 62
• New Hampshire 60
• Kentucky 59
• Tennessee 57
• Iowa 56
• North Carolina 53
• Kansas 49
• West Virginia 47
• Maine 46
• Connecticut 40
• Nevada 39
• Utah 36
• New Mexico 35
• Arkansas 34
• Oklahoma 33
• South Carolina 32
• Vermont 27
• Rhode Island 25
• Hawaii 23
• Idaho 23
• Mississippi 23
• Nebraska 20
• Delaware 15
• Montana 12
• Alaska 10
• Puerto Rico 10
• South Dakota 10
• Wyoming 10
• North Dakota 8
• U.S. Virgin Islands 5

Related industries

• Crop production 3,630
• Animal production 135
• Forestry and logging 79
• Fishing, hunting and trapping 6
• Agriculture and forestry support 358
• Oil and gas extraction 564
• Mining and quarrying 758
• Mining support 974
• Utilities 6,873
• NAICS 233 145
• NAICS 234 369
• NAICS 235 601
• Building construction 711
• Heavy and civil engineering construction 4,104
• Specialty trade contractors 1,978
• NAICS 31- 29
• Food manufacturing 1,786
• Beverage and tobacco manufacturing 349
• Textile mills 375
• Textile product mills 162

Handlers

Figures from EPA’s RCRAInfo download.