Explanations

Commercial Sources
Auto repair shops	Back to Table
Waste oils, solvents, acids, paint, waste hydraulic fluids, miscellaneous cutting oils
Construction areas	Back to Table
Asbestos, solvents, paints, glues, adhesives, lacquers, tars, sealants, epoxy waste, miscellaneous
Car Washes	Back to Table
Miscellaneous chemicals: soap, detergents, waxes
Dry cleaners	Back to Table
Solvents: perchloroethylene, petroleum solvents, reused spotting chemicals: trichloroethane, methylchloroform, ammonia, peroxides, hydrochloric acid, rust removers, amyl acetate (residues from distillation put in garbage)
Gas Stations	Back to Table
Oil, solvents, miscellaneous wastes
Medical Institutions	Back to Table
X-ray developers and fixers (fixers and x-ray film contain reclaimable silver. Developer contains glutaldehyde, hydroquinone, phenedone, potassium bromide, sodium sulfite, sodium carbonate. Fixer has thiosulfates and potassium allum. Infectious wastes, radiological wastes, biological wastes, miscellaneous chemicals, disinfectants, asbestos, beryllium, acids (from dentists)
Paint shops	Back to Table
paints, solvents, glues, miscellaneous
Photography establishments	Back to Table
Biosludges, silver sludges, cyanides, miscellaneous sludges
Industrial Sources
Electronics manufacturing	Back to Table
Cyanides, metal sludges, caustics (chromic acid), solvents, oils, alkalis, acids, paints, calcium fluoride sludges, methylene chloride, perchloroethylene, trichloroethane, acetone, methanol, toluene, PCBs, paint sludge
Foundries/ metal fabricators	Back to Table
Paint wastes, acids, heavy metals, metal sludges, plating wastes, oils, solvents, explosive wastes
Machine/ metalworking shops	Back to Table
oils, solvents, metals, miscellaneous organics, sludges, oily metal shavings. Tool and die shops: lubricant and cutting oils, degreasers (TCE), metal marking fluids ("blueing"), mold release agents
Wood preserving facilities	Back to Table
Treated wood residue and containers (use copper quinolate, mercury, sodium bazide to control stains and fungus and use tanner gas to prevent lines from freezing). Paint sludge, solvents, creosote, coating, and gluing wastes
Residential Sources
Furniture stripping/ refinishing	Back to Table
Paints, sludges, solvents, empty containers, degreasing sludges, solvent recovery sludges
Swimming pools (chemicals)	Back to Table
Free and combined chlorine, bromine, iodine, algicides (mercury-based, copper-based, or quaternary), cyanuric acid, calcium or sodium hypochlorite, muriatic acid, sodium carbonate
Other Sources
Municipal Landfills	Back to Table
Small quantities of chemical wastes, oils, etc.

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