Hazardous waste · by industry

Hazardous waste handlers: Health and personal care retailers

• 3,159Handlers
• 669Large quantity generators
• 46States with three or more

3,159 sites classified under NAICS 456 are regulated hazardous waste handlers, 669 of them large quantity generators. EPA records an industry code for a handler where the state reported one.

By state

• California 599
• Florida 473
• New York 204
• Massachusetts 130
• Alabama 127
• Maryland 127
• Louisiana 110
• Connecticut 101
• South Carolina 101
• West Virginia 94
• Illinois 92
• Maine 73
• New Jersey 66
• Georgia 58
• Missouri 58
• Minnesota 50
• Kentucky 49
• Rhode Island 49
• New Hampshire 45
• Pennsylvania 44
• Washington 44
• Indiana 43
• Nevada 37
• Texas 36
• Ohio 34
• Kansas 33
• Arizona 30
• District of Columbia 29
• Delaware 28
• Wisconsin 27
• New Mexico 20
• Tennessee 20
• Oregon 17
• Puerto Rico 16
• North Carolina 15
• Virginia 15
• Colorado 12
• Mississippi 8
• Utah 7
• Nebraska 6
• Oklahoma 6
• Vermont 5
• Iowa 4
• Idaho 4
• Michigan 4
• Hawaii 3

Related industries

• 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
• General merchandise retailers 6,645
• 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
• Scenic and sightseeing transportation 27

Handlers

Figures from EPA’s RCRAInfo download.