Apply to generate hazardous waste at your business

You need to register your business if you generate hazardous waste.

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Learn more about hazardous waste to see if you generate or handle it.

1. Contact us

If you're opening a business that will generate hazardous materials contact us by:

Environmental Health main line

Ask for Hazardous Materials and Waste.

If you are familiar with this process, you do not need to contact us. You just need to register your business below.

2. Register online

Go to the California Environmental Reporting System to get the process started. Follow the prompts to:

  • Login or set up a profile
  • Add or update information related to hazardous waste at your business

3. Pay the fee

Write a check, cashier’s check, or money order to “San Francisco Department of Public Health”. Check the fee schedule for the exact amount. Mail the fee to:

Environmental Health

Attention: Hazardous Materials and Waste
49 South Van Ness Avenue
Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94103

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If you no longer generate hazardous waste

If you no longer generate hazardous waste

If your business has changed and you think you no longer generate hazardous waste, fill out the:

Hazardous Materials Disclaimer Form

Return it to:

San Francisco Department of Public Health
Environmental Health Branch
Attention: Hazardous Materials and Waste
49 South Van Ness Avenue, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94103

We will review your form and an inspector will visit your business to verify the information.

If your business treats hazardous waste

If your business treats hazardous waste

Depending on your operations, you might be regulated by either the:

  • City's Hazardous Materials and Waste program, or
  • California Department of Toxic Substances Control

We will let you know which level of regulation applies to your business.

Learn more about the tiers with the State tiered permitting flowchart.

If your business only generates universal waste

If your business only generates universal waste

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Phone

Environmental Health main line

Ask for Hazardous Materials and Waste

Last updated April 16, 2024