Hazardous waste · by industry

Hazardous waste handlers: Waste management and remediation

• 5,358Handlers
• 920Large quantity generators
• 53States with three or more

5,358 sites classified under NAICS 562 are regulated hazardous waste handlers, 920 of them large quantity generators. EPA records an industry code for a handler where the state reported one.

By state

• California 1,318
• Florida 819
• Michigan 471
• New York 344
• New Jersey 177
• Texas 162
• Louisiana 160
• Missouri 133
• Oregon 128
• Pennsylvania 128
• Ohio 107
• Vermont 100
• Massachusetts 85
• Illinois 83
• Indiana 76
• Maryland 69
• Wisconsin 62
• Minnesota 61
• Alabama 56
• Virginia 50
• Colorado 47
• Kansas 44
• Tennessee 40
• Connecticut 39
• North Carolina 39
• South Carolina 37
• Georgia 36
• Washington 36
• Arizona 31
• Iowa 31
• West Virginia 29
• Oklahoma 28
• Hawaii 25
• New Hampshire 25
• Alaska 24
• Puerto Rico 24
• New Mexico 22
• Utah 22
• Kentucky 21
• Nevada 21
• Maine 19
• Mississippi 16
• Montana 16
• Rhode Island 16
• Arkansas 15
• Delaware 15
• Idaho 13
• Nebraska 12
• South Dakota 11
• Guam 4
• North Dakota 3
• U.S. Virgin Islands 3
• Wyoming 3

Related industries

• Credit intermediation 98
• Securities and investments 32
• Insurance carriers and related activities 63
• Funds and trusts 42
• Real estate 1,409
• Rental and leasing services 1,190
• Lessors of nonfinancial assets 4
• Professional, scientific and technical services 4,475
• Management of companies 121
• Administrative and support services 1,034
• Educational services 8,255
• Ambulatory health care services 3,979
• Hospitals 2,841
• Nursing and residential care facilities 161
• Social assistance 101
• Performing arts and spectator sports 147
• Museums and historical sites 317
• Amusement, gambling and recreation 740
• Accommodation 259
• Food services and drinking places 216

Handlers

Figures from EPA’s RCRAInfo download.