Hazardous waste is generated by many businesses and organizations, from small print shops, service stations, and dry cleaners to large, international chemical companies. To help you determine if your business generates a hazardous waste, review the list below for common business types.
Type of Business
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Common Hazardous Wastes |
Building, Cleaning Maintenance |
Acids/bases, solvents
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Construction |
Acids/bases (cleaners, etching waste), ignitables (paint and paint sludge), solvents (degreasers, thinners).
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Dry Cleaners, Laundries |
Solvents (filtration residues, filter cartridges, cleaning solvents)
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Educational and Vocational Shops |
Acids/bases (cleaning solutions, lab waste), ignitables (cleaning solutions), reactives (lab waste), and solvents (degreasers, paint solvents)
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Equipment Repair |
Acids/bases (cleaners), heavy metals (anti-freeze, oils), ignitables (paint sludges, thinners), solvents (degreasers, cleaners)
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Funeral Services |
Solvents and formaldehyde
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Furniture Refinishing |
Ignitables (paint, thinners, strippers), solvents (cleaners), acid/bases (stripper dip tanks)
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Landscaping |
Heavy metals, pesticides, solvents
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Home Improvement, Painting Contractors
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Ignitables (paint, thinners, strippers), solvents (cleaners), acids/bases
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Laboratories |
Solvents (chloroform, formaldehyde), acids/bases, oxidizers and corrosives
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Leather manufacturing |
Heavy metals, inorganics, and solvents
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Metal manufacturing |
Acids/bases (pickling baths, etching solutions), cyanide waste, heavy metals (plating baths, rinse waters), ignitable waste, solvents
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Photo-finishing |
Heavy metals, solvents, ignitables
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Printing |
Acids/bases (plate etching solutions), heavy metals (waste inks, sludges, plating waste), solvents (cleaning solutions, fountain solutions, blanket washes)
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Vehicle maintenance, Auto body work
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Acids/bases (hot tank waste), lead-acid batteries, heavy metals (hot tank waste), antifreeze, solvents (degreasers, cleaners), ignitables
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