Ball Corp
21 facilities · 15 states · 14.5M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Ball Corp is the reported parent of 21 Form R facilities across 15 states, disclosing 14.5M lbs of toxic releases. 2 of 101 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Virginia (3.1M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Ball Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Ball Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-7.6%
19 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-11.3%
2.5 million lb → 2.2 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 2 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Ball Corp's total reported releases fell from 2.4 million lb in 2022 to 2.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ball Corp's air releases fell from 2.4 million lb in 2022 to 2.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Ball Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp; Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp; Rexam Beverage Can Co Re: Kent Wa Facility; Ball Container LLC - Rome Can Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: US Department of Defense; Westrock Co; Suncoke Energy Inc; Advansix Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; n-Butyl alcohol; Aluminum (fume or dust); Formaldehyde; Hydrogen fluoride. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Virginia; Ohio; Georgia. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Fabricated Metals; Primary Metals. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp; Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp; Rexam Beverage Can Co Re: Kent Wa Facility; Ball Container LLC - Rome Can Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: US Department of Defense; Westrock Co; Suncoke Energy Inc; Advansix Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; n-Butyl alcohol; Aluminum (fume or dust); Formaldehyde; Hydrogen fluoride. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Virginia; Ohio; Georgia. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Fabricated Metals; Primary Metals.
Ball Corp ranks #122 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Ball Corp spans 15 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Ball Corp's disclosed pounds are spread across 21 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Ball Corp follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (US Department of Defense; Westrock Co; Suncoke Energy Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Ball Corp sits among TRI parents
Ball Corp sits on a disclosure ladder beside US Department of Defense and Westrock Co and Suncoke Energy Inc and Advansix Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- US Department of Defense · rank #120 · 52.2M lbs
- Westrock Co · rank #121 · 17.0M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Suncoke Energy Inc · rank #123 · 7.9M lbs
- Advansix Inc · rank #124 · 7.4M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Ball Corp
Certain glycol ethers; n-Butyl alcohol; Aluminum (fume or dust); Formaldehyde; Hydrogen fluoride lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 9.0M lbs |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 5.8M lbs |
| Aluminum (fume or dust) | 175.5K lbs |
| Formaldehyde | 92.9K lbs |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 5.1K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 2 | 3.1M lbs |
| Ohio | 1 | 2.0M lbs |
| Georgia | 2 | 1.3M lbs |
| Washington | 1 | 1.2M lbs |
| Arizona | 3 | 1.1M lbs |
| New York | 2 | 1.0M lbs |
| Indiana | 1 | 960.4K lbs |
| Minnesota | 1 | 919.5K lbs |
| Texas | 2 | 739.3K lbs |
| Colorado | 1 | 552.1K lbs |
| California | 1 | 506.5K lbs |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 389.9K lbs |
| Florida | 1 | 375.7K lbs |
| Hawaii | 1 | 292.5K lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 39.9K lbs |
Facilities (21)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Ball Corp on total disclosed release pounds (14.5M lbs) and reporting facility count (21). Release-volume peers include Gerdau Group, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc, McWane Inc. Facility-count peers include Bcd Parent Inc, Deere & Co, Emerson Electric Co. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Virginia, Ohio, Georgia; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Ball Corp's TRI parent record
From Ball Corp, open Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp or compare against US Department of Defense rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Ball Corp (Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp in VA). Largest facility
- Compare against Westrock Co, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Ball Corp sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (US Department of Defense, Westrock Co) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Ball Corp's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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