Sonoco Products Co
27 facilities · 13 states · 2.4M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Sonoco Products Co is the reported parent of 27 Form R facilities across 13 states, disclosing 2.4M lbs of toxic releases. 7 of 64 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is South Carolina (1.4M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Sonoco Products Co, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Sonoco Products Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-29.7%
23 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-30.0%
512.0 thousand lb → 358.6 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 2 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Sonoco Products Co's total reported releases fell from 510.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 358.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sonoco Products Co's off-site transfers fell from 165.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sonoco Products Co's land releases fell from 5.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 921 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sonoco Products Co's water releases fell from 6.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Sonoco Products Co from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Sonoco Products Co; Sonoco Metal Packaging LLC; Sonoco Metal Packaging LLC; Sonoco Metal Packaging LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Nucor Corp; International Paper Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Certain glycol ethers; Methanol; n-Butyl alcohol; Copper And Copper Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: South Carolina; Ohio; Tennessee. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Paper; Fabricated Metals; Printing; 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: Sonoco Products Co; Sonoco Metal Packaging LLC; Sonoco Metal Packaging LLC; Sonoco Metal Packaging LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Nucor Corp; International Paper Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Certain glycol ethers; Methanol; n-Butyl alcohol; Copper And Copper Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: South Carolina; Ohio; Tennessee. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Paper; Fabricated Metals; Printing; Plastics and Rubber.
Sonoco Products Co ranks #410 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Sonoco Products Co spans 13 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Sonoco Products Co's disclosed pounds are spread across 27 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Sonoco Products Co follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Nucor Corp; International Paper Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Sonoco Products Co sits among TRI parents
Sonoco Products Co sits on a disclosure ladder beside Nucor Corp and International Paper Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Nucor Corp · rank #408 · 15.8M lbs
- International Paper Co · rank #409 · 13.0M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Sonoco Products Co
Ammonia; Certain glycol ethers; Methanol; n-Butyl alcohol; Copper And Copper Compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Sonoco Products Co. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Ammonia | 1.1M lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | 358.2K lbs |
| Methanol | 348.7K lbs |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 228.7K lbs |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 123.4K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 1 | 1.4M lbs |
| Ohio | 4 | 344.5K lbs |
| Tennessee | 3 | 242.2K lbs |
| Wisconsin | 4 | 144.4K lbs |
| North Carolina | 2 | 104.8K lbs |
| Virginia | 2 | 82.6K lbs |
| Illinois | 2 | 53.8K lbs |
| California | 3 | 30.8K lbs |
| Washington | 1 | 2.4K lbs |
| Kansas | 1 | 346 lbs |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 241 lbs |
| Kentucky | 2 | 0 lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (27)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Sonoco Products Co on total disclosed release pounds (2.4M lbs) and reporting facility count (27). Release-volume peers include Transit Holdings Inc, Western Sugar Cooperative, Deere & Co. Facility-count peers include Dover Corp, Saputo Inc, Tms International Corp. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
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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 South Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Sonoco Products Co's TRI parent record
From Sonoco Products Co, open Sonoco Products Co or compare against Nucor Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Sonoco Products Co (Sonoco Products Co in SC). Largest facility
- Compare against International Paper Co, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Sonoco Products Co sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Nucor Corp, International Paper Co) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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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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