Evergreen Packaging Group
3 facilities · 2 states · 10.8M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Evergreen Packaging Group is the reported parent of 3 Form R facilities across 2 states, disclosing 10.8M lbs of toxic releases. 6 of 31 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is North Carolina (10.8M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Evergreen Packaging Group, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Evergreen Packaging Group: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-62.3%
2 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-62.3%
2.4 million lb → 887.6 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Evergreen Packaging Group's total reported releases fell from 2.4 million lb in 2022 to 887.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Evergreen Packaging Group's land releases fell from 229.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 77.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Evergreen Packaging Group's air releases fell from 2.0 million lb in 2022 to 748.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Evergreen Packaging Group's water releases fell from 102.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 62.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Evergreen Packaging Group from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Blue Ridge Paper Products LLC; Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville; Blue Ridge Paper Products DBA Evergreen Packaging. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp; Corex; US Department of Defense. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Manganese compounds; Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Carolina; Tennessee. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Paper; Plastics and Rubber; Wood Products. 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: Blue Ridge Paper Products LLC; Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville; Blue Ridge Paper Products DBA Evergreen Packaging. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp; Corex; US Department of Defense. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Manganese compounds; Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Carolina; Tennessee. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Paper; Plastics and Rubber; Wood Products.
Evergreen Packaging Group ranks #152 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Evergreen Packaging Group files across 2 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Blue Ridge Paper Products LLC accounts for most of Evergreen Packaging Group's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Evergreen Packaging Group follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp; Corex) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Evergreen Packaging Group sits among TRI parents
Evergreen Packaging Group sits on a disclosure ladder beside Befesa Zinc US Inc. and Duke Energy Corp and Corex and US Department of Defense. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Befesa Zinc US Inc. · rank #150 · 43.1M lbs
- Duke Energy Corp · rank #151 · 24.1M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Corex · rank #153 · 7.0M lbs
- US Department of Defense · rank #154 · 6.6M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Evergreen Packaging Group
Methanol; Manganese compounds; Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Blue Ridge Paper Products LLC. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Methanol | 5.7M lbs |
| Manganese compounds | 771.0K lbs |
| Ammonia | 716.3K lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 703.7K lbs |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 478.1K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 2 | 10.8M lbs |
| Tennessee | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (3)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Blue Ridge Paper Products LLC Canton, NC | 10.7M lbs |
| Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville Waynesville, NC | 66.9K lbs |
| Blue Ridge Paper Products DBA Evergreen Packaging Pioneer, TN | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Evergreen Packaging Group on total disclosed release pounds (10.8M lbs) and reporting facility count (3). Release-volume peers include Sasol (usa) Corp, Crown Holdings Inc, Si Group 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 North Carolina, Tennessee; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Evergreen Packaging Group's TRI parent record
From Evergreen Packaging Group, open Blue Ridge Paper Products LLC or compare against Befesa Zinc US Inc. rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Evergreen Packaging Group (Blue Ridge Paper Products LLC in NC). Largest facility
- Compare against Duke Energy Corp, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Evergreen Packaging Group sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Befesa Zinc US Inc., Duke Energy Corp) 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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