About Hazmat, Inc.

Who We Are

Hazmat, Inc. has been handling hazardous materials since 1989 — before most of today's compliance frameworks existed. We helped write some of the standards the industry now operates under, and we have spent three decades building the permits, certifications, infrastructure, and field expertise to handle what other companies cannot.

Today we operate licensed Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities in California and Kansas City, with field teams serving California, Texas, and the Kansas City region. Our services cover the full hazardous waste lifecycle: ITAR compliant destruction, certified product destruction, laboratory chemical disposal, and 24/7 emergency spill response. We manage millions of pounds of regulated materials annually for defense contractors, universities, municipalities, manufacturers, and federal agencies.

Our History

The company started in 1989 by developing the first oil filter collection and recycling process used nationally — a process still in use today. The following year, we became California Interim TSDF Series A Permitted. Between 1991 and 1993, we contributed directly to developing used oil filter recycling regulations across multiple states.

Through the 1990s, we ran door-to-door household hazardous waste collection programs in 17 California cities. We became the first permitted shredder and recycler for hazardous waste in California in 1998, and the first state-permitted appliance collector and recycler in 1999. By 2000, we operated the largest permitted Transportation Treatment Unit for contaminated soil and water in California.

The Kansas City facility came online in 2004, and our Dallas, Texas operations expanded in 2013. We established our current RCRA TSDF operations in 2014. At peak, we have managed over 55.7 million pounds of materials in a single year.

Emergency Response — Domestic and International

Emergency response is not a side service for us. It has been central to what we do since our earliest years. On the domestic side, we have responded to Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Harvey, and FEMA-coordinated wildfire response operations. We hold OSPR certification for over-water transfer operations.

Internationally, our teams have deployed to some of the most demanding disaster response operations of the last two decades: the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the 2011 Fukushima nuclear incident, emergency operations in Turkey, the Philippines, Nepal, and Ecuador. Since 2018, we have been involved in Yemen emergency fuel relief operations.

This breadth of experience — from domestic manufacturing spills to international disaster zones — shapes how we approach every project. Our field teams have worked in conditions that stress-test every procedure and piece of equipment. When a client calls us for an industrial spill at 2 a.m., they are getting a team that has responded to Fukushima.

Permits, Certifications & Regulatory Standing

Hazmat, Inc. holds the full range of permits and certifications required to legally handle the widest scope of hazardous materials:

• California and Kansas City licensed Treatment, Storage & Disposal Facilities (TSDF)
• RCRA hazardous waste generator, transporter, and disposal permits
• EPA licensed hazardous waste handler
• DOT certified hazardous materials transport
• ITAR registered — U.S. State Department DDTC authorization
• OSPR certified over-water transfer operations
• Certified infectious and medical waste handler
• HAZWOPER certified field response teams
• GSA Schedule pricing available for federal agency customers

How We Operate

We do not broker work to third parties. When you hire Hazmat, Inc., our personnel handle your materials. Our drivers hold DOT endorsements. Our technicians are HAZWOPER certified. Our facilities are our own permitted TSDFs. The documentation we provide reflects what actually happened to your waste — not a summary of what a subcontractor may have done.

Every project produces a complete documentation package: chain of custody records from collection through final disposition, signed manifests, certificates of destruction, and facility permit documentation. These records are retained and retrievable in our secure client portal — available if an agency audits you five years from now.

Service Areas

Our primary service regions are California (San Diego, Orange County, Riverside County, Los Angeles, Bay Area, Sacramento, and the Central Valley), Texas (Dallas and a 200-mile service radius), and Kansas City (Missouri and Kansas, 200-mile radius). For federal agency clients and large-scale emergency response, we deploy nationally and internationally.

Work With Us

Whether you need a scheduled lab pack, a one-time ITAR destruction project, ongoing certified product destruction, or a 24/7 emergency response contractor on retainer, we can structure a service arrangement that fits your operation.

Call (855) 242-9628 or use the form to start the conversation.