Hazardous waste · by industry

Hazardous waste handlers: Couriers and messengers

• 1,163Handlers
• 65Large quantity generators
• 48States with three or more

1,163 sites classified under NAICS 492 are regulated hazardous waste handlers, 65 of them large quantity generators. EPA records an industry code for a handler where the state reported one.

By state

• California 67
• Florida 62
• New York 56
• Texas 54
• Pennsylvania 50
• Illinois 40
• Michigan 40
• North Carolina 39
• Georgia 37
• Tennessee 37
• Louisiana 35
• Minnesota 34
• Missouri 34
• Ohio 33
• Virginia 32
• Arizona 28
• Colorado 27
• Washington 26
• Maryland 25
• Wisconsin 24
• Alabama 21
• Iowa 21
• Arkansas 20
• Massachusetts 20
• Nebraska 20
• New Jersey 20
• Oklahoma 19
• Oregon 19
• South Carolina 19
• Kansas 18
• Indiana 15
• Mississippi 15
• Montana 15
• Idaho 14
• Utah 14
• West Virginia 14
• Connecticut 12
• North Dakota 12
• New Hampshire 12
• South Dakota 11
• Kentucky 10
• Wyoming 9
• Vermont 8
• Nevada 7
• New Mexico 6
• Delaware 3
• Hawaii 3
• Rhode Island 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.