Hazardous waste · by state

Hazardous waste handlers in Nevada

• 2,551Handlers
• 184Large quantity generators
• 7TSD facilities
• 820With a recorded violation

Nevada holds 2,551 of the 444,130 regulated hazardous waste handlers in the United States, which makes it the 35th largest state by handler count. 184 of them are large quantity generators — the sites producing more than 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste a month — and 17 counties in Nevada have three or more handlers.

By what a handler does in Nevada

• Large quantity generators in Nevada 184
• Small quantity generators in Nevada 475
• Very small quantity generators in Nevada 1,785
• Hazardous waste transporters in Nevada 137
• Treatment, storage and disposal facilities in Nevada 7

By county

• Clark County 1,300
• Washoe County 563
• Carson City County 164
• Lyon County 90
• Douglas County 87
• Elko County 80
• Churchill County 53
• Nye County 45
• Storey County 38
• Humboldt County 29
• Lander County 16
• White Pine County 16
• Mineral County 13
• Pershing County 12
• Eureka County 11
• Esmeralda County 8
• Lincoln County 5

By industry in Nevada

• Repair and maintenance 152
• General merchandise retailers 73
• Personal and laundry services 66
• Motor vehicle and parts dealers 63
• Utilities 50
• Mining and quarrying 47
• Food and beverage retailers 47
• Professional, scientific and technical services 40
• Building material and garden supply stores 39
• Health and personal care retailers 37
• Health and personal care stores 35
• Gasoline stations 34
• Fabricated metal product manufacturing 32
• Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 31
• Truck transportation 26
• Chemical manufacturing 23
• Waste management and remediation 21
• Accommodation 21
• NAICS 452 19
• Printing and related support 18
• Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing 18
• Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 18
• Rental and leasing services 17
• Specialty trade contractors 16
• Support activities for transportation 15
• Educational services 15
• Computer and electronic product manufacturing 14
• Hospitals 14
• Ambulatory health care services 13
• Warehousing and storage 12

Handlers

Figures from EPA’s RCRAInfo download.