Berkshire Hathaway
25 facilities · 12 states · 866.2K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Berkshire Hathaway is the reported parent of 25 Form R facilities across 12 states, disclosing 866.2K lbs of toxic releases. 2 of 51 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Ohio (760.4K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Berkshire Hathaway, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Berkshire Hathaway: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-40.3%
21 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-40.3%
194.2 thousand lb → 115.9 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 2 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Berkshire Hathaway's total reported releases fell from 194.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 115.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Berkshire Hathaway's off-site transfers fell from 163.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 95.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Berkshire Hathaway's air releases fell from 30.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 20.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Berkshire Hathaway's chemicals reported fell from 15 in 2022 to 14 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Berkshire Hathaway from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Johns Manville Plant 7; Lubrizol Advanced Materials; Johns Manville Plant 01; Johns Manville. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; Ineos US I Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium And Barium Compounds; Zinc compounds; Methanol; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Hydrogen fluoride. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Ohio; South Carolina; New Jersey. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Nonmetallic Mineral Product; Chemicals; Fabricated Metals; Plastics and Rubber. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Johns Manville Plant 7; Lubrizol Advanced Materials; Johns Manville Plant 01; Johns Manville. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; Ineos US I Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium And Barium Compounds; Zinc compounds; Methanol; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Hydrogen fluoride. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Ohio; South Carolina; New Jersey. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Nonmetallic Mineral Product; Chemicals; Fabricated Metals; Plastics and Rubber.
Berkshire Hathaway ranks #692 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Berkshire Hathaway spans 12 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Releases are facility-concentrated: Johns Manville Plant 7 accounts for most of Berkshire Hathaway's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Berkshire Hathaway follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; Ineos US I Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Berkshire Hathaway sits among TRI parents
Berkshire Hathaway sits on a disclosure ladder beside Cleveland-Cliffs Inc and Ineos US I Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Cleveland-Cliffs Inc · rank #690 · 64.3M lbs
- Ineos US I Inc · rank #691 · 42.4M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Berkshire Hathaway
Barium And Barium Compounds; Zinc compounds; Methanol; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Hydrogen fluoride lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Johns Manville Plant 7. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 347.7K lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 316.1K lbs |
| Methanol | 81.8K lbs |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 52.1K lbs |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 28.9K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 4 | 760.4K lbs |
| South Carolina | 1 | 81.9K lbs |
| New Jersey | 2 | 20.8K lbs |
| Texas | 4 | 2.8K lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 214 lbs |
| Oregon | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Minnesota | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Indiana | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Tennessee | 5 | 0 lbs |
| Alabama | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Georgia | 1 | 0 lbs |
| North Carolina | 3 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (25)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Johns Manville Plant 7 Waterville, OH | 715.8K lbs |
| Lubrizol Advanced Materials Spartanburg, SC | 81.9K lbs |
| Johns Manville Plant 01 Waterville, OH | 43.7K lbs |
| Johns Manville Berlin, NJ | 20.8K lbs |
| Utlx Manufacturing LLC Houston, TX | 2.8K lbs |
| Lubrizol Corp Wickliffe, OH | 949 lbs |
| Johns Manville Hazleton, PA | 214 lbs |
| Atlas Bolt & Screw Co LLC Ashland, OH | 2 lbs |
| Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc Clifton, NJ | 0 lbs |
| Clayton Hermiston Hermiston, OR | 0 lbs |
| Clayton Waco 1 Waco, TX | 0 lbs |
| Clayton Sulphur Springs Sulphur Springs, TX | 0 lbs |
| Clayton Bonham Bonham, TX | 0 lbs |
| Schult Redwood Falls Redwood Falls, MN | 0 lbs |
| Clayton Middlebury Middlebury, IN | 0 lbs |
| Clayton Savannah Savannah, TN | 0 lbs |
| Tru White Pine White Pine, TN | 0 lbs |
| Clayton Rutledge Rutledge, TN | 0 lbs |
| Clayton Bean Station Bean Station, TN | 0 lbs |
| Clayton Appalachia Andersonville, TN | 0 lbs |
| Southern Estates Addison, AL | 0 lbs |
| Clayton Waycross Waycross, GA | 0 lbs |
| Schult Rockwell Rockwell, NC | 0 lbs |
| Schult Richfield Richfield, NC | 0 lbs |
| Clayton Oxford Oxford, NC | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Berkshire Hathaway on total disclosed release pounds (866.2K lbs) and reporting facility count (25). Release-volume peers include Americas Styrenics LLC, Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC, Matheson Tri-Gas Inc. Facility-count peers include Ametek Inc, Arkema Delaware Inc, Duke Energy Corp. 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 Ohio, South Carolina, New Jersey; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Berkshire Hathaway's TRI parent record
From Berkshire Hathaway, open Johns Manville Plant 7 or compare against Cleveland-Cliffs Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Berkshire Hathaway (Johns Manville Plant 7 in OH). Largest facility
- Compare against Ineos US I Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Berkshire Hathaway sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, Ineos US I Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
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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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