Hazardous waste, handled.
Profile to final disposition.
Compliance-managed hazardous waste removal for industrial operators across the West. Manufacturing, semiconductor, aerospace, pharma, construction, and retail. Same Project Manager, every call.
Service Area: California · Arizona · Nevada · Oregon
If it's regulated, we route it.
Across 35 years we've handled essentially every common industrial waste stream. If you don't see yours below, call us — odds are we manage it.
Responsible waste removal, handled by people who answer the phone.
For 35 years, industrial operators across the West have called us for one reason: the regulator stays off their back. We profile the waste, prepare the manifest, route the transport, and close the documentation. You run your business. We handle the compliance.
One point of contact, every call
A named Project Manager from quote through final disposition. The same person who profiled your first drum is still picking up the phone fifteen years later. Institutional memory is part of the service.
Volume buying without volume overhead
We negotiate with disposal facilities and transporters from a position that small generators can't reach on their own. The savings pass through. So does the documentation depth.
Cradle-to-grave documentation
Every manifest, every certificate of destruction, indexed and retrievable. If a regulator or DA office follows up two years later, the paper trail closes cleanly. That's the deliverable.
Hazardous waste isn't a logistics problem.
It's a liability problem wearing a logistics costume.
Every drum that leaves your facility carries your name on the manifest. A missed labeling requirement, a transporter without current DTSC registration, a profile that doesn't match the actual contents — these are the things that turn a routine pickup into an EPA enforcement file.
As a broker, we're not chained to one disposal facility or one transport line. We route your waste through the right facility for the right price — then we own the paperwork from cradle to grave. Volume discounts get passed to you. Compliance burden stays with us.
Closing 5 stores. Or 200.
We handle the hazardous piece.
Regional chain liquidations, beauty & cosmetics rollouts, big-box closures, end-of-lease cleanouts, and small multi-site projects — coordinated across CA, AZ, NV, and OR from a single point of contact.
Right-Sized Coordination
Whether it's 4 stores or 200, one phone call covers the project. Manifests consolidated by retailer, not by store. Documentation in the format your finance team expects.
Cosmetics, Aerosols & Beauty Inventory
Nail polish, hairspray, fragrances, expired cosmetic stock, cleaning products — the categories that make a retail liquidator's compliance officer nervous. We profile them, route them, close the manifest.
Brand Protection
Retail closures attract regulatory attention. We handle pickups discreetly and make sure your brand name doesn't end up on an EPA enforcement file three years later.
Tight Timelines
Liquidation timelines don't move. We staff to meet them — weekend pickups, compressed schedules, lease-handover deadlines included.
- ScopeNational beauty retailer, multi-state
- StreamsCosmetics, aerosols, cleaning chems
- CoordinationSingle PM, consolidated manifests
- OutcomeAll locations cleared ahead of leases
- ScopeRegional beauty boutique chain
- GeographyBay Area, single-state
- Volume~14 drums plus lab pack
Same-business-day quotes. Most projects scoped within 48 hours. Call (800) 662-HDSI with your store count and target dates.
Operating beauty retail in California? Read our Cosmetics & Beauty Compliance Guide on the Sephora and Ulta enforcement actions.
Four steps. One point of contact. Zero open loops.
Call or Quote
Tell us what you've got and where you've got it. We'll come back with pricing — usually same business day.
Profile & Schedule
We characterize the waste, generate the manifest, and schedule pickup with a DTSC-registered transporter.
Removal & Transport
Drums labeled, loaded, and routed to the appropriate facility. You get a copy of every signed document.
Final Disposition
You receive the certificate of destruction or final disposition documentation. The compliance loop closes.
One person on the phone. Three and a half decades of institutional knowledge.
Hazardous Disposal Specialists was founded in January 1991 in Truckee, California, with a simple premise: the hazardous waste industry needed someone who would stay on the phone with the regulator until the file was closed. Thirty-five years later, that's still what we do.
When you call, you reach the person who handles your project — start to finish. The same person who profiles your first drum is the one who'll be there when DTSC sends a follow-up letter three years later. National competitors offer scale; we offer that the person you spoke to will remember your name.
We're privately held, debt-free, and BBB-accredited with an A+ rating since 2009. We have never had a complaint filed against us.
At a Glance
Ready to hand off the compliance burden?
Send us the basics — we'll respond same business day with pricing and scheduling. Prefer to talk? Call the line below.
CA · AZ · NV · OR(800) 662-4374Commercial & industrial generators only — no household waste.