Household Hazardous Waste Facility

*Pacific County* offers businesses an opportunity to dispose of their hazardous waste. If your business generates less than 220 pounds (100 kg) of dangerous waste per month, or 2.2 pounds (1 kg) or less of extremely hazardous waste per month, we will be able to assist you.
LAWS AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING HAZARDOUS WASTE Dangerous Waste Regulations Chapter 173-303 WAC
State and federal laws require businesses and industries that generate, store, or accumulate hazardous waste to comply with proper treatment, storage, and disposal practices. In the State of Washington, small quantity generators of dangerous wastes (DW) or extremely hazardous wastes (EHW) can simplify their responsibilities by delivering their regulated wastes to a State/Federally authorized treatment, storage and disposal facility (TSD). Even though the Pacific County's Moderate Risk Waste Facility is not a TSD, it is permitted to receive this waste due to a contract it has with a state/federally licensed TSD hazardous waste disposal contractor.
PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS
Businesses qualify for this program and can be exempt from the full hazardous waste regulations that apply to generators of larger quantities if their total quantity of dangerous waste generated in one month, (counting both DW and EHW) does not equal or exceed 220 lbs.
	*Businesses will not qualify as a SQG if they accumulate more than 2,200 pounds of dangerous waste on site at any time.*
HOW DO I GET STARTED?
The first step is to determine if your business generates hazardous waste in the first place. The second step is to measure the amount of hazardous waste generated per month to determine if your business is a SQG. Your company may track this information itself or you can contact the solid waste coordinator and schedule a business visit to assist in the measuring process. Once you have determined that your business is a SQG, then you should either call the county solid waste coordinator to have them perform a quick inventory of your waste over the phone OR you can link to the SQG Waste Inventory form, fill out and e-mail to the solid waste coordinator. After these steps have been completed, it is time to schedule an appointment to drop off your waste at our Long Beach MRW Facility.
PROVIDING INFORMATION
You will need to furnish a clear, complete description of your hazardous waste. This can be achieved by keeping waste in its original container whenever possible. Containers can provide valuable waste information for processing of materials. If the waste is not in it's original container, label the container clearly with the chemical contents, or bring the original container with you. If you have on file, or can obtain from the product suppliers, copies of the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), you will find the above information. A MSDS provides a breakdown of hazards associated with the product. We would like to receive copies of the MSDS for the wastes you are bringing. This information may be found at Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS).
Identify waste in the following manner: Chemical or trade name Physical and chemical characteristics Chemical constituents and percentages of constituents Description of the process generating the waste Description of how the material was used.
*Care must be taken to keep certain wastes segregated. Mixed wastes are harder to manage and can react with one another resulting in explosion or production of lethal gas.*
DISPOSAL COSTS AND PAYMENT
Pacific County charge companies the amount it costs to cover the disposal fees only. Businesses may pay by cash, check, or can be invoiced for the appropriate amount. For an estimate of costs, please call our office. Prices for disposal sometimes vary.
TYPICAL HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATED BY SMALL BUSINESSES
Drycleaners and Laundry Plants: Still residues from solvent distillation, spent filter cartridges, cooked powder residue.	*Furniture/Wood Manufacturing and Refinishing:* Ignitable wastes, toxic wastes, solvent wastes, paint wastes, used oil, acids/bases.	*Construction:* Ignitable wastes, toxic wastes, solvent wastes, paint wastes, used oil, acid/bases
*Printing and Allied Industries:* Acids/bases, heavy metal wastes, solvents, toxic wastes, ink.		Vehicle Maintenance: Acids/bases, solvents, ignitable wastes, toxic wastes, paint wastes, batteries.
LARGE QUANTITY GENERATORS
Businesses that generate more than 220 pounds of hazardous waste per month are considered large quantity generators (LQG) and must comply with the Washington State Department of Ecology.