The Clorox Co
9 facilities · 7 states · 10.8K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, The Clorox Co is the reported parent of 9 Form R facilities across 7 states, disclosing 10.8K lbs of toxic releases. 20 chemicals are reported; none carry a carcinogen classification in this extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Kentucky (4.3K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds across The Clorox Co's multi-state Form R set, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for The Clorox Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-1.4%
9 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-1.4%
1.7 thousand lb → 1.6 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- The Clorox Co's total reported releases fell from 1.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- The Clorox Co's chemicals reported fell from 4 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- The Clorox Co's air releases fell from 1.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read The Clorox Co from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Kingsford Manufacturing Co; Kingsford Manufacturing Co; Kingsford Manufacturing Co; Kingsford Manufacturing Co. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Ppl Corp; Big Rivers Electric Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Lead compounds; Certain glycol ethers; Lead And Lead Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Kentucky; West Virginia; Oregon. 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: Kingsford Manufacturing Co; Kingsford Manufacturing Co; Kingsford Manufacturing Co; Kingsford Manufacturing Co. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Ppl Corp; Big Rivers Electric Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Lead compounds; Certain glycol ethers; Lead And Lead Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Kentucky; West Virginia; Oregon. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals.
The Clorox Co ranks #2,762 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. The Clorox Co spans 7 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. The Clorox Co's disclosed pounds are spread across 9 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for The Clorox Co follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Ppl Corp; Big Rivers Electric Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where The Clorox Co sits among TRI parents
The Clorox Co sits on a disclosure ladder beside Ppl Corp and Big Rivers Electric Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Ppl Corp · rank #2,760 · 25.6M lbs
- Big Rivers Electric Corp · rank #2,761 · 12.8M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by The Clorox Co
Methanol; Lead compounds; Certain glycol ethers; Lead And Lead Compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Kingsford Manufacturing Co. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Methanol | 10.0K lbs |
| Lead compounds | 413 lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | 204 lbs |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 140 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 2 | 4.3K lbs |
| West Virginia | 2 | 2.2K lbs |
| Oregon | 1 | 1.6K lbs |
| Missouri | 1 | 1.4K lbs |
| Mississippi | 1 | 1.1K lbs |
| Georgia | 1 | 137 lbs |
| California | 1 | 67 lbs |
Facilities (9)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Kingsford Manufacturing Co Burnside, KY | 3.0K lbs |
| Kingsford Manufacturing Co Springfield, OR | 1.6K lbs |
| Kingsford Manufacturing Co Belle, MO | 1.4K lbs |
| Kingsford Manufacturing Co Parsons, WV | 1.3K lbs |
| Kingsford Manufacturing Co Summer Shade, KY | 1.3K lbs |
| Kingsford Manufacturing Co Glen, MS | 1.1K lbs |
| Kingsford Manufacturing Co Keyser, WV | 848 lbs |
| Clorox Products Manufacturing Co Forest Park, GA | 137 lbs |
| Clorox Manufacturing Co Fairfield, CA | 67 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest The Clorox Co on total disclosed release pounds (10.8K lbs) and reporting facility count (9). Release-volume peers include Wilbur-Ellis Co LLC, Helm America Corp, Tcc Materials. Facility-count peers include Akzo Nobel Inc, Allied Aviation Holding Co, American Honda Motor Co 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 Kentucky, West Virginia, Oregon; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with The Clorox Co's TRI parent record
From The Clorox Co, open Kingsford Manufacturing Co or compare against Ppl Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for The Clorox Co (Kingsford Manufacturing Co in KY). Largest facility
- Compare against Big Rivers Electric Corp, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where The Clorox Co sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Ppl Corp, Big Rivers Electric Corp) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
The Clorox Co'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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