Hazardous waste · by state

Hazardous waste handlers in Washington

• 3,518Handlers
• 442Large quantity generators
• 10TSD facilities
• 1,200With a recorded violation

Washington holds 3,518 of the 444,130 regulated hazardous waste handlers in the United States, which makes it the 31th largest state by handler count. 442 of them are large quantity generators — the sites producing more than 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste a month — and 36 counties in Washington have three or more handlers.

By what a handler does in Washington

• Large quantity generators in Washington 442
• Small quantity generators in Washington 868
• Very small quantity generators in Washington 2,123
• Hazardous waste transporters in Washington 109
• Treatment, storage and disposal facilities in Washington 10

By county

• King County 1,174
• Pierce County 400
• Snohomish County 372
• Spokane County 244
• Clark County 192
• Whatcom County 118
• Thurston County 109
• Yakima County 106
• Benton County 88
• Kitsap County 84
• Skagit County 83
• Cowlitz County 66
• Franklin County 57
• Grant County 57
• Lewis County 39
• Clallam County 36
• Chelan County 33
• Walla Walla County 32
• Grays Harbor County 29
• Douglas County 21
• Whitman County 20
• Island County 15
• Stevens County 15
• Kittitas County 11
• Jefferson County 10
• Mason County 10
• Okanogan County 10
• Asotin County 8
• Klickitat County 7
• Adams County 6
• Lincoln County 6
• Pend Oreille County 6
• Pacific County 4
• Columbia County 3
• Ferry County 3
• San Juan County 3

By industry in Washington

• Repair and maintenance 158
• General merchandise retailers 127
• Educational services 110
• Building material and garden supply stores 89
• Transportation equipment manufacturing 85
• Utilities 74
• Fabricated metal product manufacturing 73
• Food and beverage retailers 64
• Professional, scientific and technical services 60
• Hospitals 59
• Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 44
• Health and personal care retailers 44
• Chemical manufacturing 41
• Waste management and remediation 36
• Truck transportation 34
• Gasoline stations and fuel dealers 29
• Support activities for transportation 29
• Wood product manufacturing 28
• Ambulatory health care services 27
• Couriers and messengers 26
• Executive and legislative government 26
• Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 25
• Machinery manufacturing 24
• Primary metal manufacturing 23
• Warehousing and storage 23
• Personal and laundry services 23
• Food manufacturing 22
• Computer and electronic product manufacturing 21
• Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 20
• Paper manufacturing 19

Inspections and violations in Washington, year by year

• Inspections in Washington, every year 10 years
• Violations in Washington, every year 10 years
• Inspections in Washington in 2026 167
• Inspections in Washington in 2025 244
• Inspections in Washington in 2024 210
• Inspections in Washington in 2023 195
• Inspections in Washington in 2022 203
• Inspections in Washington in 2021 167
• Inspections in Washington in 2020 100
• Inspections in Washington in 2019 232
• Inspections in Washington in 2018 227
• Inspections in Washington in 2017 240

By the rule cited in Washington

• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 643
• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 152
• Universal waste management (40 CFR 273) 100
• State requirements broader than federal RCRA (40 CFR XXS) 88
• Used oil management (40 CFR 279) 37
• Identification of hazardous waste (40 CFR 261) 28
• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 28
• Interim status TSD standards (40 CFR 265) 27
• Specific hazardous wastes and facilities (40 CFR 266) 26
• Standards for generators (40 CFR 262) 19
• Standards for permitted TSD facilities (40 CFR 264) 12
• Standards for permitted TSD facilities (40 CFR 264) 9
• Interim status TSD standards (40 CFR 265) 4
• RCRA violation PCR 4
• Standards for transporters (40 CFR 263) 3
• Standards for permitted TSD facilities (40 CFR 264) 3
• Land disposal restrictions (40 CFR 268) 3

Handlers

Figures from EPA’s RCRAInfo download.