Subtitle D Waste Categories and Quantities

Category                                                         Estimated Annual Generation Rate
                                                                    (Millions of Tons)
 

Industrial Nonhazardous Waste                                                  7,600

Oil and Gas Waste

Drilling Waste                                                               129 - 871
Produced Waters                                                      1,660 - 2,738

Mining Waste                                                                          >1,400

Municipal Solid Waste                                                                 158

Household Hazardous Waste                                                0.002 - 0.56

Municipal Waste Combustion Ash                                             3.2 - 8.1

Utility Waste

Ash                                                                                      69
Flue Gas Desulfurization Waste                                             16

Construction and Demolition Waste                                               31.5

Municipal Sludge

Wastewater Treatment                                                           6.9
Water Treatment                                                                    3.5

Very-Small-Quantity Generator

Hazardous Waste 0.2

Waste Tires                                                                         240 million tires
Infectious Waste                                                                              2.1
Agricultural Waste                                                                      Unknown
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Approximate Total                                                                      >11,387
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Source: EPA Report To Congress, Solid Waste Disposal in the
United States, Volume I,