Hazardous waste · by industry

Hazardous waste handlers: General merchandise retailers

• 6,645Handlers
• 299Large quantity generators
• 52States with three or more

6,645 sites classified under NAICS 455 are regulated hazardous waste handlers, 299 of them large quantity generators. EPA records an industry code for a handler where the state reported one.

By state

• Texas 584
• California 540
• Florida 443
• Illinois 302
• Ohio 285
• Pennsylvania 247
• Georgia 234
• New York 227
• North Carolina 225
• Virginia 208
• Missouri 185
• Arizona 165
• Tennessee 162
• Michigan 157
• Indiana 149
• Alabama 140
• Wisconsin 137
• Colorado 129
• Massachusetts 128
• New Jersey 128
• Washington 127
• Oklahoma 125
• Louisiana 123
• Maryland 121
• Kentucky 115
• South Carolina 110
• Iowa 88
• Kansas 88
• Minnesota 78
• Mississippi 77
• Utah 77
• Nevada 73
• Oregon 68
• Arkansas 64
• New Mexico 60
• New Hampshire 59
• Connecticut 58
• Nebraska 55
• West Virginia 50
• Maine 33
• Puerto Rico 28
• Hawaii 26
• Idaho 26
• Montana 23
• Rhode Island 22
• South Dakota 20
• Delaware 19
• North Dakota 19
• Alaska 14
• Wyoming 14
• Vermont 5
• District of Columbia 4

Related industries

• Building material and garden supply stores 4,240
• Food and beverage retailers 2,318
• Health and personal care stores 4,408
• Gasoline stations 7,221
• Clothing and accessories stores 117
• Furniture and home furnishings retailers 19
• NAICS 451 101
• NAICS 452 1,974
• NAICS 453 282
• NAICS 454 172
• Health and personal care retailers 3,159
• Gasoline stations and fuel dealers 1,167
• Clothing and accessories retailers 18
• Other retailers 76
• Air transportation 488
• Rail transportation 608
• Water transportation 325
• Truck transportation 3,298
• Transit and ground passenger transportation 1,266
• Pipeline transportation 2,497

Handlers

Figures from EPA’s RCRAInfo download.