Hazardous waste · by state

Hazardous waste handlers in Missouri

• 6,595Handlers
• 370Large quantity generators
• 18TSD facilities
• 2,569With a recorded violation

Missouri holds 6,595 of the 444,130 regulated hazardous waste handlers in the United States, which makes it the 18th largest state by handler count. 370 of them are large quantity generators — the sites producing more than 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste a month — and 103 counties in Missouri have three or more handlers.

By what a handler does in Missouri

• Large quantity generators in Missouri 370
• Small quantity generators in Missouri 1,465
• Very small quantity generators in Missouri 4,616
• Hazardous waste transporters in Missouri 159
• Treatment, storage and disposal facilities in Missouri 18

By county

• St Louis County 1,213
• Jackson County 787
• St Louis City County 453
• St Charles County 364
• Greene County 342
• Clay County 244
• Jasper County 172
• Jefferson County 154
• Boone County 147
• Buchanan County 143
• Franklin County 127
• Platte County 115
• Cole County 105
• Cape Girardeau County 86
• Cass County 68
• Newton County 56
• Pettis County 51
• St Francois County 50
• Taney County 49
• Scott County 46
• Butler County 45
• Callaway County 45
• Christian County 42
• Laclede County 42
• Marion County 42
• Barry County 41
• Audrain County 40
• Phelps County 40
• Camden County 38
• Randolph County 38
• Johnson County 35
• Lincoln County 33
• Lawrence County 32
• Howell County 30
• Lafayette County 30
• Adair County 28
• Saline County 28
• Henry County 27
• Webster County 27
• Miller County 24
• New Madrid County 24
• Pulaski County 23
• Warren County 23
• Nodaway County 21
• Crawford County 20
• Dunklin County 19
• Perry County 19
• Pike County 19
• Stoddard County 19
• Gasconade County 18
• Cooper County 17
• Ralls County 17
• Ste Genevieve County 17
• Vernon County 17
• Livingston County 16
• Macon County 16
• Polk County 15
• Ray County 15
• Iron County 14
• Linn County 13
• Clinton County 12
• Wright County 12
• Andrew County 11
• Barton County 11
• Mcdonald County 11
• Madison County 11
• Montgomery County 11
• Texas County 11
• Carroll County 10
• Cedar County 10
• Osage County 10
• Pemiscot County 10
• De Kalb County 9
• Maries County 9
• Moniteau County 9
• Benton County 8
• Chariton County 8
• Gentry County 8
• Harrison County 8
• Monroe County 8
• Morgan County 8
• Stone County 8
• Washington County 8
• Clark County 7
• Grundy County 7
• Mississippi County 7
• Reynolds County 7
• Bates County 6
• Bollinger County 6
• Dallas County 6
• Douglas County 6
• Howard County 6
• Lewis County 5
• St Clair County 5
• Atchison County 4
• Caldwell County 4
• Dade County 4
• Ripley County 4
• Sullivan County 4
• Wayne County 4
• Holt County 3
• Putnam County 3
• Shelby County 3

By industry in Missouri

• Repair and maintenance 515
• Educational services 200
• General merchandise retailers 185
• Fabricated metal product manufacturing 170
• Motor vehicle and parts dealers 157
• Chemical manufacturing 147
• Waste management and remediation 133
• Gasoline stations 132
• Building material and garden supply stores 126
• Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 121
• Personal and laundry services 121
• Machinery manufacturing 101
• Transportation equipment manufacturing 96
• Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 91
• Utilities 89
• Printing and related support 89
• Professional, scientific and technical services 79
• Specialty trade contractors 71
• Hospitals 67
• Food manufacturing 63
• Truck transportation 60
• Health and personal care retailers 58
• National security and international affairs 58
• Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 55
• Miscellaneous manufacturing 46
• Pipeline transportation 45
• Primary metal manufacturing 43
• Warehousing and storage 42
• Electrical equipment and appliance manufacturing 37
• NAICS 452 36

Inspections and violations in Missouri, year by year

• Inspections in Missouri, every year 10 years
• Violations in Missouri, every year 10 years
• Inspections in Missouri in 2026 185
• Inspections in Missouri in 2025 394
• Inspections in Missouri in 2024 413
• Inspections in Missouri in 2023 406
• Inspections in Missouri in 2022 397
• Inspections in Missouri in 2021 341
• Inspections in Missouri in 2020 194
• Inspections in Missouri in 2019 295
• Inspections in Missouri in 2018 368
• Inspections in Missouri in 2017 335

By the rule cited in Missouri

• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 986
• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 772
• State requirements broader than federal RCRA (40 CFR XXS) 237
• Used oil management (40 CFR 279) 167
• Universal waste management (40 CFR 273) 142
• Interim status TSD standards (40 CFR 265) 50
• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 46
• Standards for permitted TSD facilities (40 CFR 264) 35
• Identification of hazardous waste (40 CFR 261) 24
• Land disposal restrictions (40 CFR 268) 19
• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 14
• Interim status TSD standards (40 CFR 265) 13
• Interim status TSD standards (40 CFR 265) 11
• Interim status TSD standards (40 CFR 265) 8
• Used oil management (40 CFR 279) 7
• Standards for permitted TSD facilities (40 CFR 264) 6
• Interim status TSD standards (40 CFR 265) 6
• RCRA violation PCR 5
• Identification of hazardous waste (40 CFR 261) 4
• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 3
• Specific hazardous wastes and facilities (40 CFR 266) 3

Other states

Every state with three or more regulated handlers, in alphabetical order.

• AB 2
• Alaska 1,272
• Alabama 5,536
• Arkansas 2,329
• American Samoa 13
• Arizona 3,751
• BC 1
• California 72,740
• Colorado 5,569
• Connecticut 4,805
• District of Columbia 916
• Delaware 1,335
• Florida 24,775
• Georgia 5,076
• Guam 227
• Hawaii 1,431
• Iowa 4,887
• Idaho 1,159
• Illinois 17,701
• Indiana 8,716

Handlers

Figures from EPA’s RCRAInfo download.