Dart Container Corp
3 facilities · 3 states · 339.4K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Dart Container Corp is the reported parent of 3 Form R facilities across 3 states, disclosing 339.4K lbs of toxic releases. 3 of 8 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Kentucky (259.8K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Dart Container Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Dart Container Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-18.5%
3 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-18.5%
65.7 thousand lb → 53.5 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Dart Container Corp's total reported releases fell from 65.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 53.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dart Container Corp's off-site transfers rose from 419 lb in 2022 to 1.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dart Container Corp's air releases fell from 65.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 52.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Dart Container Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Dart Polymers Inc; Dart Container Corp of Pennsylvania; Dart Container of Michigan LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Ppl Corp; Big Rivers Electric Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Styrene; Ethylbenzene; Copper; Zinc compounds; Benzoyl peroxide. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Kentucky; Pennsylvania; Michigan. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; 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: Dart Polymers Inc; Dart Container Corp of Pennsylvania; Dart Container of Michigan LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Ppl Corp; Big Rivers Electric Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Styrene; Ethylbenzene; Copper; Zinc compounds; Benzoyl peroxide. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Kentucky; Pennsylvania; Michigan. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Plastics and Rubber.
Dart Container Corp ranks #1,049 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Dart Container Corp files across 3 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Dart Polymers Inc accounts for most of Dart Container Corp's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Dart Container Corp follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Ppl Corp; Big Rivers Electric Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Dart Container Corp sits among TRI parents
Dart Container Corp sits on a disclosure ladder beside Ppl Corp and Big Rivers Electric Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Ppl Corp · rank #1,047 · 25.6M lbs
- Big Rivers Electric Corp · rank #1,048 · 12.8M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Dart Container Corp
Styrene; Ethylbenzene; Copper; Zinc compounds; Benzoyl peroxide lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Dart Polymers Inc. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Styrene | 342.3K lbs |
| Ethylbenzene | 8.5K lbs |
| Copper | 117 lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 30 lbs |
| Benzoyl peroxide | 28 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 1 | 259.8K lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 79.4K lbs |
| Michigan | 1 | 125 lbs |
Facilities (3)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Dart Polymers Inc Owensboro, KY | 259.8K lbs |
| Dart Container Corp of Pennsylvania Leola, PA | 79.4K lbs |
| Dart Container of Michigan LLC Mason, MI | 125 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Dart Container Corp on total disclosed release pounds (339.4K lbs) and reporting facility count (3). Release-volume peers include Schneider Electric USA Inc, Grande Cheese Co, Trinseo US Holding Inc. Facility-count peers include A-Gas US Holdings Inc, Abb Holdings Inc, Adams Resources & Energy Inc. 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 Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Michigan; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Dart Container Corp's TRI parent record
From Dart Container Corp, open Dart Polymers Inc or compare against Ppl Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Dart Container Corp (Dart Polymers Inc in KY). Largest facility
- Compare against Big Rivers Electric Corp, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Dart Container Corp sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Ppl Corp, Big Rivers Electric Corp) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Dart Container 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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