Hazardous Waste Management  

Generating and accumulating hazardous waste on-site can pose a threat to human health and the environment, so you may only keep it for short time without a permit. Before shipping the waste for disposal or recycling, you are responsible for its safe management, which includes safe storage, safe treatment, preventing accidents, and responding to emergencies in accordance with federal and Oregon regulations.

Hazardous Waste Management Resources

• Fact sheets
• Hazardous waste site identification numbers and annual reporting
  This page includes information on obtaining site identification numbers for treatment, storage and disposal facilities, and generators of hazardous waste; as well as the HazWaste.net reporting application.
• School lab cleanout program
• Small quantity generator handbook: How to Reduce, Identify, Store and Dispose of Hazardous Waste in Oregon
• Small Quantity Hazardous Waste Generator Checklist PDF
• Large Quantity Hazardous Waste Generator Checklist PDF

Industry Sector Resources

• Vehicle maintenance
• Vehicle dismantling
• Dry cleaners

Waste Specific Resources

• Pesticides management
• Universal waste
• Used oil
• Electronics
  • E-Waste facility regulation
  • Oregon E-Cycles Program

Hazardous Waste Management Links

NOTE: The following links will take you out of the Oregon DEQ Hazardous Waste Program web site. They are provided solely as informational resources and do not constitute an endorsement by the Department.

• Managing Hazardous Waste: A Guide for Small Businesses
  An Environmental Protection Agency Web page targeted towards small quantity generators of hazardous waste.
• National Environmental Compliance Assistance Clearinghouse
  An innovative Web site to provide quick access to compliance assistance tools, contacts and planned activities from the US EPA, its partners and other compliance assistance providers.
• EPA Wastes home page

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