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

• 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.