Waste Management Inc
8 facilities · 7 states · 186.6M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Waste Management Inc is the reported parent of 8 Form R facilities across 7 states, disclosing 186.6M lbs of toxic releases. 49 of 318 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Alabama (95.6M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Waste Management Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Waste Management Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+8.4%
7 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+8.4%
42.3 million lb → 45.9 million lb, every facility that filed
- Waste Management Inc's total reported releases rose from 42.3 million lb in 2022 to 45.9 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Waste Management Inc's off-site transfers rose from 52.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 184.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Waste Management Inc's water releases fell from 458 lb in 2022 to 155 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Waste Management Inc's chemicals reported fell from 121 in 2022 to 103 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Waste Management Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Chemical Waste Management; Vickery Environmental Inc.; Chemical Waste Management - la Ke Charles Facility; Chemical Waste Management Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Koch Inc.; International Paper Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper And Copper Compounds; Asbestos (friable); Zinc compounds; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Nitric acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Alabama; Ohio; Louisiana. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Hazardous Waste. 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: Chemical Waste Management; Vickery Environmental Inc.; Chemical Waste Management - la Ke Charles Facility; Chemical Waste Management Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Koch Inc.; International Paper Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper And Copper Compounds; Asbestos (friable); Zinc compounds; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Nitric acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Alabama; Ohio; Louisiana. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Hazardous Waste.
Among slug-merged TRI parents in this extract, Waste Management Inc sits near the top of the release list (rank #9 of 4,988). Waste Management Inc spans 7 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Waste Management Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 8 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Waste Management Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Koch Inc.; International Paper Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Waste Management Inc sits among TRI parents
Waste Management Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Koch Inc. and International Paper Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Lower disclosed volume
- Koch Inc. · rank #10 · 45.8M lbs
- International Paper Co · rank #11 · 25.8M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Waste Management Inc
Copper And Copper Compounds; Asbestos (friable); Zinc compounds; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Nitric acid lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Chemical Waste Management. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 24.8M lbs |
| Asbestos (friable) | 24.8M lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 18.4M lbs |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 10.2M lbs |
| Nitric acid | 9.5M lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 1 | 95.6M lbs |
| Ohio | 1 | 27.5M lbs |
| Louisiana | 1 | 25.7M lbs |
| California | 1 | 19.2M lbs |
| Oregon | 1 | 15.6M lbs |
| Illinois | 2 | 3.1M lbs |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 609 lbs |
Facilities (8)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Chemical Waste Management Emelle, AL | 95.6M lbs |
| Vickery Environmental Inc. Vickery, OH | 27.5M lbs |
| Chemical Waste Management - la Ke Charles Facility Sulphur, LA | 25.7M lbs |
| Chemical Waste Management Inc Kettleman City, CA | 19.2M lbs |
| Chemical Waste Management of the Northwest Inc. Arlington, OR | 15.6M lbs |
| Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility Joliet, IL | 3.0M lbs |
| Cid Recycling & Disposal Facility Calumet City, IL | 25.6K lbs |
| Wm Waste Inc Union Grove, WI | 609 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Waste Management Inc on total disclosed release pounds (186.6M lbs) and reporting facility count (8). Release-volume peers include International Paper Co, The Renco Group Inc, Clean Harbors Inc. Facility-count peers include Agropur Inc, Albemarle Corp, Allegheny Technologies 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, Ohio, Louisiana; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Waste Management Inc's TRI parent record
From Waste Management Inc, open Chemical Waste Management or compare against Koch Inc. rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Waste Management Inc (Chemical Waste Management in AL). Largest facility
- Compare against Koch Inc., the next-lower disclosed-volume parent. Lower-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Waste Management Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Koch Inc., International Paper Co) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Waste Management 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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