Hazardous waste · by state

Hazardous waste handlers in Ohio

• 15,420Handlers
• 800Large quantity generators
• 34TSD facilities
• 3,696With a recorded violation

Ohio holds 15,420 of the 444,130 regulated hazardous waste handlers in the United States, which makes it the 10th largest state by handler count. 800 of them are large quantity generators — the sites producing more than 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste a month — and 88 counties in Ohio have three or more handlers.

By what a handler does in Ohio

• Large quantity generators in Ohio 800
• Small quantity generators in Ohio 2,038
• Very small quantity generators in Ohio 12,392
• Hazardous waste transporters in Ohio 180
• Treatment, storage and disposal facilities in Ohio 34

By county

• Cuyahoga County 1,739
• Franklin County 1,460
• Hamilton County 955
• Summit County 839
• Lucas County 780
• Montgomery County 722
• Stark County 504
• Butler County 399
• Lake County 365
• Lorain County 357
• Mahoning County 353
• Trumbull County 266
• Wood County 256
• Licking County 236
• Portage County 235
• Medina County 221
• Richland County 208
• Allen County 194
• Warren County 194
• Delaware County 175
• Ashtabula County 167
• Columbiana County 162
• Wayne County 160
• Miami County 157
• Clark County 155
• Greene County 152
• Clermont County 150
• Fairfield County 147
• Tuscarawas County 144
• Washington County 137
• Sandusky County 129
• Erie County 122
• Hancock County 122
• Geauga County 110
• Muskingum County 105
• Belmont County 99
• Ross County 92
• Seneca County 92
• Huron County 91
• Lawrence County 89
• Shelby County 89
• Marion County 85
• Fulton County 83
• Williams County 83
• Athens County 79
• Jefferson County 78
• Madison County 73
• Union County 73
• Auglaize County 70
• Ashland County 65
• Crawford County 63
• Pickaway County 62
• Clinton County 60
• Mercer County 60
• Scioto County 60
• Defiance County 59
• Guernsey County 58
• Knox County 57
• Coshocton County 55
• Darke County 54
• Gallia County 54
• Fayette County 48
• Ottawa County 48
• Jackson County 47
• Van Wert County 45
• Henry County 44
• Champaign County 42
• Highland County 42
• Holmes County 42
• Logan County 41
• Hardin County 40
• Preble County 40
• Putnam County 38
• Meigs County 32
• Wyandot County 31
• Carroll County 30
• Perry County 30
• Harrison County 28
• Morrow County 28
• Pike County 27
• Monroe County 26
• Paulding County 26
• Adams County 25
• Hocking County 25
• Brown County 22
• Noble County 19
• Morgan County 15
• Vinton County 14

By industry in Ohio

• Gasoline stations 694
• Fabricated metal product manufacturing 491
• Repair and maintenance 484
• Chemical manufacturing 333
• General merchandise retailers 285
• Health and personal care stores 263
• Food and beverage retailers 246
• Building material and garden supply stores 231
• Utilities 221
• Educational services 212
• Transportation equipment manufacturing 191
• Machinery manufacturing 177
• Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 164
• Professional, scientific and technical services 147
• Motor vehicle and parts dealers 144
• Primary metal manufacturing 131
• Truck transportation 131
• Waste management and remediation 107
• NAICS 452 99
• Hospitals 97
• Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 96
• Pipeline transportation 91
• Support activities for transportation 89
• Ambulatory health care services 84
• Warehousing and storage 83
• Personal and laundry services 77
• Miscellaneous manufacturing 75
• Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 74
• Food manufacturing 66
• Printing and related support 63

Inspections and violations in Ohio, year by year

• Inspections in Ohio, every year 10 years
• Violations in Ohio, every year 10 years
• Inspections in Ohio in 2026 273
• Inspections in Ohio in 2025 350
• Inspections in Ohio in 2024 364
• Inspections in Ohio in 2023 310
• Inspections in Ohio in 2022 407
• Inspections in Ohio in 2021 341
• Inspections in Ohio in 2020 326
• Inspections in Ohio in 2019 333
• Inspections in Ohio in 2018 359
• Inspections in Ohio in 2017 354

By the rule cited in Ohio

• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 1,159
• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 820
• Used oil management (40 CFR 279) 482
• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 233
• Universal waste management (40 CFR 273) 226
• Used oil management (40 CFR 279) 212
• State requirements broader than federal RCRA (40 CFR XXS) 77
• Land disposal restrictions (40 CFR 268) 51
• Standards for permitted TSD facilities (40 CFR 264) 44
• Standards for permitted TSD facilities (40 CFR 264) 40
• Interim status TSD standards (40 CFR 265) 33
• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 31
• Standards for permitted TSD facilities (40 CFR 264) 30
• Standards for permitted TSD facilities (40 CFR 264) 27
• Interim status TSD standards (40 CFR 265) 24
• Interim status TSD standards (40 CFR 265) 22
• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 21
• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 19
• Interim status TSD standards (40 CFR 265) 15
• Interim status TSD standards (40 CFR 265) 14
• Interim status TSD standards (40 CFR 265) 10
• Permit requirements (40 CFR 270) 10
• Permit requirements (40 CFR 270) 10
• Universal waste management (40 CFR 273) 10
• Specific hazardous wastes and facilities (40 CFR 266) 7
• Used oil management (40 CFR 279) 7
• Standards for permitted TSD facilities (40 CFR 264) 6
• Standards for permitted TSD facilities (40 CFR 264) 6
• Standards for transporters (40 CFR 263) 5
• Universal waste management (40 CFR 273) 5

Handlers

Figures from EPA’s RCRAInfo download.