Koch Inc.
64 facilities · 26 states · 141.5M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Koch Inc. is the reported parent of 64 Form R facilities across 26 states, disclosing 141.5M lbs of toxic releases. 26 of 683 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Alabama (45.8M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Koch Inc., including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Koch Inc.: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-13.2%
61 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-13.2%
29.0 million lb → 25.2 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 2 facilities filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Koch Inc.'s total reported releases fell from 29.0 million lb in 2022 to 25.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Koch Inc.'s off-site transfers rose from 180.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 287.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Koch Inc.'s land releases fell from 3.6 million lb in 2022 to 2.8 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Koch Inc.'s air releases fell from 19.7 million lb in 2022 to 17.0 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Koch Inc. from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Alabama River Cellulose LLC; Georgia-Pacific Naheola LLC; Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas Victoria Site; Koch Fertilizer Dodge City LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Waste Management Inc; International Paper Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Hydrogen sulfide; Manganese compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Alabama; Texas; Georgia. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Paper; Chemicals; Petroleum; 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: Alabama River Cellulose LLC; Georgia-Pacific Naheola LLC; Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas Victoria Site; Koch Fertilizer Dodge City LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Waste Management Inc; International Paper Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Hydrogen sulfide; Manganese compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Alabama; Texas; Georgia. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Paper; Chemicals; Petroleum; Wood Products.
Among slug-merged TRI parents in this extract, Koch Inc. sits near the top of the release list (rank #14 of 4,988). Koch Inc. spans 26 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Koch Inc.'s disclosed pounds are spread across 64 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Koch Inc. follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Waste Management Inc; International Paper Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Koch Inc. sits among TRI parents
Koch Inc. sits on a disclosure ladder beside Waste Management Inc and International Paper Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Lower disclosed volume
- Waste Management Inc · rank #15 · 95.6M lbs
- International Paper Co · rank #16 · 25.8M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Koch Inc.
Methanol; Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Hydrogen sulfide; Manganese compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Alabama River Cellulose LLC. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Methanol | 50.6M lbs |
| Ammonia | 27.0M lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 23.7M lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 8.2M lbs |
| Manganese compounds | 5.4M lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 3 | 45.8M lbs |
| Texas | 13 | 19.0M lbs |
| Georgia | 4 | 14.7M lbs |
| Kansas | 3 | 11.8M lbs |
| Florida | 1 | 10.5M lbs |
| Mississippi | 1 | 8.8M lbs |
| Iowa | 5 | 7.6M lbs |
| Oregon | 3 | 7.5M lbs |
| South Carolina | 2 | 3.6M lbs |
| Nebraska | 3 | 3.6M lbs |
| Minnesota | 5 | 3.3M lbs |
| Virginia | 1 | 2.4M lbs |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 1.4M lbs |
| Louisiana | 1 | 501.8K lbs |
| Oklahoma | 2 | 359.5K lbs |
| North Carolina | 1 | 304.6K lbs |
| Tennessee | 2 | 112.5K lbs |
| Michigan | 1 | 105.7K lbs |
| New York | 1 | 28.2K lbs |
| California | 1 | 17.4K lbs |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 134 lbs |
| North Dakota | 1 | 29 lbs |
| Washington | 1 | 19 lbs |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 3 lbs |
| New Jersey | 1 | 1 lbs |
| Illinois | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (64)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Koch Inc. on total disclosed release pounds (141.5M lbs) and reporting facility count (64). Release-volume peers include Republic Services Inc, Ineos US I Inc, US Department of Defense. Facility-count peers include Jbs USA Food Co, Summit Materials LLC, Ergon 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 Alabama, Texas, Georgia; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Koch Inc.'s TRI parent record
From Koch Inc., open Alabama River Cellulose LLC or compare against Waste Management Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Koch Inc. (Alabama River Cellulose LLC in AL). Largest facility
- Compare against Waste Management Inc, the next-lower disclosed-volume parent. Lower-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Koch Inc. sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Waste Management Inc, International Paper Co) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Koch 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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