Lee County · Mississippi service area
Hazardous waste disposal in Tupelo, MS
Furniture and manufacturing. Disposal, recycling and transport handled by Certified Hazardous Materials Managers, with the paperwork done right on every load.
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- Certified Hazardous Materials Managers on staff
- ISO 14001 registered
- Licensed hazardous waste transporter
- Licensed medical waste transporter
- Serving the Southeast since 2001
Greer Enterprises provides hazardous waste disposal, recycling and transport for generators in Tupelo, MS. We characterize the stream, assign waste codes, manifest the shipment and route it to a permitted facility, under MDEQ and federal RCRA rules.
Serving Tupelo, MS
Local service for Tupelo and Lee County
Tupelo is the center of northeast Mississippi's upholstered furniture industry, one of the largest in the country. Automotive suppliers serving the Toyota plant in nearby Blue Springs add to the base. Finishing solvents, spray booth waste and foam chemicals are the usual streams.
Typical generators in the Tupelo area: Furniture manufacturing, automotive supply, appliance and metal fabrication, healthcare. That mix decides which waste codes show up and which treatment capacity matters, so a Tupelo quote is built from your process, not a rate card.
What we handle
Waste streams we see most in Tupelo
Each stream has its own treatment route. Here is where the ones that come up most often locally actually go.
Furniture finishing lacquers, stains and thinners
Booth sludge, waste coatings and resins are usually ignitable (D001) and often carry F-listed solvents. Liquids with fuel value go to fuels blending. Fully cured resin and dried coatings are separated out, since they are often non-hazardous.
Paint and coating wasteSpray booth waste and overspray
Booth sludge, waste coatings and resins are usually ignitable (D001) and often carry F-listed solvents. Liquids with fuel value go to fuels blending. Fully cured resin and dried coatings are separated out, since they are often non-hazardous.
Paint and coating wasteMetal fabrication and plating waste
Plating wastewater sludge is often F006 listed, and spent baths can carry cyanide or hexavalent chromium. Metals are recovered where concentrations justify it; otherwise the waste is stabilized and sent to a permitted landfill.
Plating and metal finishing wasteAdhesives and foam chemicals
Booth sludge, waste coatings and resins are usually ignitable (D001) and often carry F-listed solvents. Liquids with fuel value go to fuels blending. Fully cured resin and dried coatings are separated out, since they are often non-hazardous.
Paint and coating wasteOne company, every service line
Everything Greer handles in Tupelo
Most sites generate more than one kind of regulated waste. One company covers all of it, so there is one contact and one set of records.
Hazardous waste
RCRA and non-RCRA waste, lab packs, profiling and manifests, with incineration, fuels blending, stabilization and landfill options.
Waste management servicesMedical waste
Sharps, red bag, pathological and pharmaceutical waste through Bio Med Solutions, Greer's medical waste division. Containers, manifests and proof of destruction included.
Medical waste disposalRecycling
Beneficial reuse for surplus and expired chemicals, petroleum product recycling, and recycling programs for paper, cardboard, plastics, metals and glass.
Recycling servicesTransportation
Roll-off boxes, box trucks, flatbeds, end dumps, dry vans and vacuum trucks. Every Greer vehicle carries real-time fleet monitoring.
Transportation servicesEmergency response
Spill response, on-site containment and time-sensitive dispatch when something goes wrong outside the regular schedule.
Emergency response transportOnline compliance training
An online OSHA compliance program with employee training, SDS management, a safety plan builder and facility self-audits.
Online trainingMississippi regulations
The rules that apply to Tupelo sites
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) runs the hazardous waste program in Mississippi through its Office of Pollution Control, Environmental Permits Division. EPA has authorized the state program, so Mississippi Administrative Code Title 11, Part 3 is the rulebook your site is inspected against. It adopts the federal RCRA framework and adds requirements of its own.
Where Mississippi goes beyond the federal baseline
- Mississippi charges annual hazardous waste generator fees scaled to generator category
- The state has limited in state commercial treatment capacity, so most hazardous waste is shipped out of state
- MDEQ coordinates closely with Gulf Coast emergency response for hurricane season contingency
How it works
From first call to closed record in Tupelo
Northeast Mississippi. Furniture finishing solvent is the dominant local stream and a strong recovery candidate.
Tell us what you have
Send an SDS, an old manifest, a process description or photos of the containers. A technical professional reviews it, not a call center.
Characterize and profile
Process knowledge, backed by lab analysis where it is needed, sets the federal and Mississippi waste codes and builds the waste profile.
Name the treatment path
Before anything is scheduled you see where each stream is going and why: recovery, fuels blending, incineration, stabilization or injection.
Package and label
Containers, labels and markings meet DOT and RCRA rules. Our crews can pack on site, including lab packs and unknowns.
Pickup and transport
Greer's licensed transport carries the load under a signed manifest, with the right placards and shipping papers for every hazard class.
Close the record
The signed manifest comes back from the receiving facility, followed by the certificate of treatment. Your file is ready for MDEQ.
Generator status
What your generator category means in Tupelo
Your obligations depend on how much hazardous waste the site generates in a calendar month. Most of the cost and paperwork follows from this one number.
Very small quantity generator
100 kg or less a month, and no more than 1 kg of acute hazardous waste. The lightest rules, but the waste still has to reach a facility authorized to take it.
VSQG requirementsSmall quantity generator
More than 100 kg and less than 1,000 kg a month. Up to 180 days on site (270 if the nearest treatment facility is over 200 miles away), and re-notification every four years.
SQG requirementsLarge quantity generator
1,000 kg or more a month, or over 1 kg of acute hazardous waste. A 90-day accumulation limit, a contingency plan, annual training records and periodic reporting.
LQG requirementsAn episodic event such as a cleanout or a turnaround can push a site into a higher category for a month. Tell us before it happens and we will plan the paperwork with you.
The paperwork
What every Tupelo shipment leaves behind
The record is the deliverable. Every shipment produces:
- Signed Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest, EPA Form 8700-22
- Land disposal restriction notification for every regulated stream
- Waste profile with assigned codes and the supporting basis
- Certificate of destruction or treatment from the receiving facility
- Documentation that holds up to a MDEQ inspection
Keep these for at least three years. Manifests, LDR notices and test results are the first things an inspector asks for, and the retention clock is extended while an enforcement action is open.
Industries
Industries we serve in Tupelo
Sector pages with the streams, codes and treatment routes for each:
Straight answers
Tupelo questions
Do you actually service Tupelo?
Yes. Northeast Mississippi. Furniture finishing solvent is the dominant local stream and a strong recovery candidate. Greer holds hazardous waste transporter authorization in Mississippi and has operated across the Southeast since 2001.
Which agency regulates my Tupelo site?
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, through the Office of Pollution Control, Environmental Permits Division. Mississippi is authorized by EPA to run the RCRA program, so state rules at Mississippi Administrative Code Title 11, Part 3 apply in place of the federal regulations.
How is a quote put together?
Per stream, not per site. Volume, container type, water content, BTU value and the distance to the receiving facility all move the number. You get the treatment path named, plus the recovery option where one exists.
We only generate a few drums a year. Is Tupelo still worth a stop?
Yes. Small and very small quantity generators are scheduled onto consolidated routes, so a few drums share a truck instead of paying for a dedicated run.
Can one company take our hazardous and medical waste?
Yes. Greer is a licensed hazardous waste and medical waste transporter, and medical waste runs through Bio Med Solutions, our medical division. The two travel on separate paperwork, as the rules require, but you deal with one company.
What if something spills or goes wrong at our Tupelo site?
Call. An urgent situation is a phone call to a technical professional, not a ticket in a queue. We will tell you what to do first and what we can send.
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Send a profile, an old manifest, or photographs of the drums. A technical professional reviews every request.
Service availability and routing are described in general terms. Confirm current coverage and scheduling for your site when you request pricing. Last reviewed September 2026.