Greif Inc
25 facilities · 17 states · 3.0M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Greif Inc is the reported parent of 25 Form R facilities across 17 states, disclosing 3.0M lbs of toxic releases. 5 of 44 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Virginia (1.8M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Greif Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Greif Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-9.3%
20 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-9.1%
613.4 thousand lb → 557.4 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Greif Inc's total reported releases fell from 613.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 556.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Greif Inc's off-site transfers fell from 44.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 18.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Greif Inc's chemicals reported fell from 12 in 2022 to 11 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Greif Inc's water releases fell from 2.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Greif Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Greif Packaging LLC; Greif Packaging LLC; Greif Packaging LLC; Greif Packaging LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: US Department of Defense; Westrock Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Certain glycol ethers; Acetaldehyde; n-Butyl alcohol; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Virginia; Illinois; Kentucky. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Paper; Fabricated Metals; Chemical Wholesalers. 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: Greif Packaging LLC; Greif Packaging LLC; Greif Packaging LLC; Greif Packaging LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: US Department of Defense; Westrock Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Certain glycol ethers; Acetaldehyde; n-Butyl alcohol; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Virginia; Illinois; Kentucky. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Paper; Fabricated Metals; Chemical Wholesalers.
Greif Inc ranks #369 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Greif Inc spans 17 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Greif Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 25 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Greif Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (US Department of Defense; Westrock Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Greif Inc sits among TRI parents
Greif Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside US Department of Defense and Westrock Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- US Department of Defense · rank #367 · 52.2M lbs
- Westrock Co · rank #368 · 17.0M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Greif Inc
Methanol; Certain glycol ethers; Acetaldehyde; n-Butyl alcohol; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Greif Packaging LLC. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Methanol | 1.4M lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | 897.4K lbs |
| Acetaldehyde | 218.2K lbs |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 195.4K lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 103.1K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 1 | 1.8M lbs |
| Illinois | 1 | 352.4K lbs |
| Kentucky | 1 | 270.5K lbs |
| Florida | 1 | 220.3K lbs |
| Kansas | 1 | 131.5K lbs |
| Texas | 3 | 120.3K lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 57.3K lbs |
| California | 4 | 56.3K lbs |
| Ohio | 3 | 5.0K lbs |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 4.6K lbs |
| North Carolina | 2 | 964 lbs |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 352 lbs |
| Washington | 1 | 335 lbs |
| Georgia | 1 | 299 lbs |
| South Carolina | 1 | 66 lbs |
| Alabama | 1 | 28 lbs |
| Iowa | 1 | 5 lbs |
Facilities (25)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Greif Inc on total disclosed release pounds (3.0M lbs) and reporting facility count (25). Release-volume peers include Tessenderlo Kerley Inc, Rc Lonestar Inc, Riceland Foods Inc. Facility-count peers include Ametek Inc, Arkema Delaware Inc, Berkshire Hathaway. 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, Illinois, Kentucky; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Greif Inc's TRI parent record
From Greif Inc, open Greif Packaging LLC or compare against US Department of Defense rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Greif Inc (Greif Packaging LLC 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 Greif Inc 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
Greif Inc'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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