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Hazardous Waste (BRS) Database

The Biennial Reporting System (BRS) database contains data on the generation, shipment, and receipt of hazardous waste.

BRS contains information from the Hazardous Waste Reports that must be filed every two years under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Federal statute that regulates the generation, treatment, storage, disposal, or recycling of solid and hazardous waste. To contact EPA about waste issues, click here.

BRS was last updated on RTK NET with a set of EPA data made on December 16, 2008, and includes records from 1989 through 2007.

The latest EPA dataset used did not update years before 2007 -- those years are held in an RTK NET archive of previously obtained EPA data.

For more information about the data and who must report, please click here.

Waste Generated by State, 2007 (tons) Help for Waste Generated by State, 2007

Waste Managed by State, 2007 (tons) Help for Waste Managed by State, 2007

Waste Generated by Waste Source Category Help for Waste Generated by Waste Source Category

Waste Generated by Waste Source Category Pie Chart

Waste Received and Managed by Waste System Category Help for Waste Received and Managed by Waste System Category

Waste Received and Managed by Waste System Category Pie Chart

Waste Generated by Year Help for Waste Generated by Year

(Millions of tons)

1989: 311,073,614 1991: 559,917,745 1993: 805,281,236 1995: 559,514,689 1997: 526,316,733 1999: 511,086,430 2001: 243,689,451 2003: 480,510,728 2005: 155,053,612 2007: 47,638,237

Waste Received and Managed by Year Help for Waste Received and Managed by Year

(Millions of tons)

1989: 9,880,205 1991: 11,768,450 1993: 22,291,778 1995: 11,804,320 1997: 9,581,105 1999: 9,304,376 2001: 8,078,196 2003: 7,615,340 2005: 8,840,700 2007: 6,801,108