Brown County Hazardous Material Recovery

2024 VSQG Rates

Very Small Quantity Generator (VSQG) is defined as:

Any person who generates in a calendar month:

Any person who stores or accumulates:

Hazardous Material Includes Materials Which Are:

Ignitable - such as paint wastes, certain degreasers and solvents, adhesives, thinners, mixed with solvents and mineral spirits
Corrosive - such as rust removers, acid or alkaline cleaning fluids and battery acids
Reactive - such as cyanide plating wastes, sulfide containing wastes and toluene diisocyanate
Toxic - contains chemical such as arsenic, chromium, mercury, lead, cadmium, etc and includes paints with metal pigment, paint filters and pesticides

Requirements of Very Small Quantity Generators:

- You may haul your own waste to a local approved hazardous material collection facility following any and all DOT regulations
- You may make arrangements with a licensed hazardous material transporter to take your material to a licensed treatment, storage, recycling or disposal facility

VSQGs are not required to manifest their waste shipments
- If you choose to manifest your waste shipments, you need to obtain an EPA identification number from the Wisconsin DNR, and comply with the manifest requirements
VSQGs are invoiced for disposal of hazardous material based on the quantity and type of material brought to the Hazardous Material Recovery facility
VSQGs are responsible for their waste from the point of generation until proper recycling or disposal of their waste

For More Information, please refer to Wisconsin Administrative Code Chapter NR 600