Lanxess Corp
13 facilities · 8 states · 8.1M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Lanxess Corp is the reported parent of 13 Form R facilities across 8 states, disclosing 8.1M lbs of toxic releases. 9 of 74 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Arkansas (7.9M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Lanxess Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Lanxess Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-17.1%
12 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-17.1%
1.5 million lb → 1.3 million lb, every facility that filed
- Lanxess Corp's total reported releases fell from 1.5 million lb in 2022 to 1.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lanxess Corp's water releases rose from 62 lb in 2022 to 85 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lanxess Corp's land releases fell from 1.2 million lb in 2022 to 901.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lanxess Corp's air releases rose from 244.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 307.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Lanxess Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Lanxess - Central; Lanxess - West Plant; Lanxess - South Plant; Lanxess Corp. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Clean Harbors Inc; Suzano Packaging LLC; Nucor Corp; Plum Point Energy Associates LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Dichloromethane; Methanol; Hydrogen sulfide; Bromine. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Arkansas; Illinois; Ohio. 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.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Lanxess - Central; Lanxess - West Plant; Lanxess - South Plant; Lanxess Corp. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Clean Harbors Inc; Suzano Packaging LLC; Nucor Corp; Plum Point Energy Associates LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Dichloromethane; Methanol; Hydrogen sulfide; Bromine. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Arkansas; Illinois; Ohio. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Plastics and Rubber.
Lanxess Corp ranks #186 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Lanxess Corp spans 8 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Lanxess Corp's disclosed pounds are spread across 13 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Lanxess Corp follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Clean Harbors Inc; Suzano Packaging LLC; Nucor Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Lanxess Corp sits among TRI parents
Lanxess Corp sits on a disclosure ladder beside Clean Harbors Inc and Suzano Packaging LLC and Nucor Corp and Plum Point Energy Associates LLC. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Clean Harbors Inc · rank #184 · 16.6M lbs
- Suzano Packaging LLC · rank #185 · 15.3M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Nucor Corp · rank #187 · 7.6M lbs
- Plum Point Energy Associates LLC · rank #188 · 7.5M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Lanxess Corp
Ammonia; Dichloromethane; Methanol; Hydrogen sulfide; Bromine lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Lanxess - Central. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Ammonia | 5.2M lbs |
| Dichloromethane | 1.4M lbs |
| Methanol | 436.2K lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 269.2K lbs |
| Bromine | 147.8K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 3 | 7.9M lbs |
| Illinois | 1 | 111.5K lbs |
| Ohio | 2 | 43.6K lbs |
| South Carolina | 1 | 25.0K lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 19.2K lbs |
| New Jersey | 2 | 7.3K lbs |
| Texas | 1 | 6.2K lbs |
| West Virginia | 1 | 5.2K lbs |
Facilities (13)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Lanxess - Central El Dorado, AR | 3.4M lbs |
| Lanxess - West Plant Magnolia, AR | 2.4M lbs |
| Lanxess - South Plant El Dorado, AR | 2.1M lbs |
| Lanxess Corp Mapleton, IL | 111.5K lbs |
| Lanxess Corp Plant 2 Chardon, OH | 35.4K lbs |
| Lanxess Corp Bushy Park Plant Goose Creek, SC | 25.0K lbs |
| Lanxess Corp Neville Island Pittsburgh, PA | 19.2K lbs |
| Lanxess Corp Plant 1 Chardon, OH | 8.2K lbs |
| Lanxess Corp Perth Amboy, NJ | 7.3K lbs |
| Lanxess Corp-Baytown Baytown, TX | 6.2K lbs |
| Lanxess Corp Dunbar, WV | 5.2K lbs |
| Lanxess Corp Burgettstown, PA | 0 lbs |
| Lanxess Corp Fords, NJ | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Lanxess Corp on total disclosed release pounds (8.1M lbs) and reporting facility count (13). Release-volume peers include Billerud Americas Corp, Steel Dynamics Inc, Azz Inc. Facility-count peers include Abb Inc, Ati Inc, Axalta Coating Systems LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
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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 Arkansas, Illinois, Ohio; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Lanxess Corp's TRI parent record
From Lanxess Corp, open Lanxess - Central or compare against Clean Harbors Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Lanxess Corp (Lanxess - Central in AR). Largest facility
- Compare against Suzano Packaging LLC, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Lanxess Corp sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Clean Harbors Inc, Suzano Packaging LLC) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Lanxess 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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