Polymer Additives Inc
5 facilities · 3 states · 600.5K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Polymer Additives Inc is the reported parent of 5 Form R facilities across 3 states, disclosing 600.5K lbs of toxic releases. 6 of 36 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Ohio (344.6K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Polymer Additives Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Polymer Additives Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-51.2%
4 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-40.3%
148.3 thousand lb → 88.6 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Polymer Additives Inc's total reported releases fell from 148.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 72.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Polymer Additives Inc's water releases rose from 195 lb in 2022 to 369 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Polymer Additives Inc's off-site transfers fell from 105.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 36.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Polymer Additives Inc's air releases fell from 42.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 35.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Polymer Additives Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Valtris Specialty Chemicals-Delaware River Plant; Polymer Additives Inc DBA Valtris Specialty Chemicals; Polymer Additives-Cleveland Plant; Valtris Specialty Chemicals. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Phillips 66; Clean Earth LLC; Avantor Performance Materials Inc; Johnson Matthey US 2 LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Toluene; Chloroethane; Phenol. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Ohio; New Jersey; Texas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals. 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: Valtris Specialty Chemicals-Delaware River Plant; Polymer Additives Inc DBA Valtris Specialty Chemicals; Polymer Additives-Cleveland Plant; Valtris Specialty Chemicals. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Phillips 66; Clean Earth LLC; Avantor Performance Materials Inc; Johnson Matthey US 2 LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Toluene; Chloroethane; Phenol. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Ohio; New Jersey; Texas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals.
Polymer Additives Inc ranks #829 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Polymer Additives Inc files across 3 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Polymer Additives Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 5 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Polymer Additives Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Phillips 66; Clean Earth LLC; Avantor Performance Materials Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Polymer Additives Inc sits among TRI parents
Polymer Additives Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Phillips 66 and Clean Earth LLC and Avantor Performance Materials Inc and Johnson Matthey US 2 LLC. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Phillips 66 · rank #827 · 16.1M lbs
- Clean Earth LLC · rank #828 · 5.0M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Avantor Performance Materials Inc · rank #830 · 490.3K lbs
- Johnson Matthey US 2 LLC · rank #831 · 408.1K lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Polymer Additives Inc
Zinc compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Toluene; Chloroethane; Phenol lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Valtris Specialty Chemicals-Delaware River Plant. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 169.9K lbs |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 106.7K lbs |
| Toluene | 72.2K lbs |
| Chloroethane | 70.1K lbs |
| Phenol | 50.0K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 3 | 344.6K lbs |
| New Jersey | 1 | 223.8K lbs |
| Texas | 1 | 32.1K lbs |
Facilities (5)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Valtris Specialty Chemicals-Delaware River Plant Bridgeport, NJ | 223.8K lbs |
| Polymer Additives Inc DBA Valtris Specialty Chemicals Walton Hills, OH | 205.0K lbs |
| Polymer Additives-Cleveland Plant Cleveland, OH | 123.4K lbs |
| Valtris Specialty Chemicals Fort Worth, TX | 32.1K lbs |
| Polymer Additives - Cleveland Plant Cleveland, OH | 16.2K lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Polymer Additives Inc on total disclosed release pounds (600.5K lbs) and reporting facility count (5). Release-volume peers include Andersen Corp, Wacker Chemical Corp, Frazier Industrial Co. Facility-count peers include Abb Motors & Mechanical Inc, Advansix Inc, Aes Corp. 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 Ohio, New Jersey, Texas; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Polymer Additives Inc's TRI parent record
From Polymer Additives Inc, open Valtris Specialty Chemicals-Delaware River Plant or compare against Phillips 66 rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Polymer Additives Inc (Valtris Specialty Chemicals-Delaware River Plant in NJ). Largest facility
- Compare against Clean Earth LLC, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Polymer Additives Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Phillips 66, Clean Earth LLC) 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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