Westrock Co
6 facilities · 4 states · 25.5M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Westrock Co is the reported parent of 6 Form R facilities across 4 states, disclosing 25.5M lbs of toxic releases. 7 of 93 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Virginia (17.0M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Westrock Co, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Westrock Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-26.7%
4 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-26.7%
5.8 million lb → 4.2 million lb, every facility that filed
- Westrock Co's total reported releases fell from 5.8 million lb in 2022 to 4.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Westrock Co's off-site transfers fell from 771.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 428.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Westrock Co's land releases fell from 467.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 295.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Westrock Co's air releases fell from 4.3 million lb in 2022 to 3.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Westrock Co from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Westrock Virginia Corp; Kapstone Paper & Packaging Corp; Westrock Cp LLC; Westrock Tacoma Mill. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: US Department of Defense; Suncoke Energy Inc; Advansix Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Ammonia; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Manganese compounds; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Virginia; South Carolina; Washington. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Paper; Wood Products. 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: Westrock Virginia Corp; Kapstone Paper & Packaging Corp; Westrock Cp LLC; Westrock Tacoma Mill. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: US Department of Defense; Suncoke Energy Inc; Advansix Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Ammonia; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Manganese compounds; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Virginia; South Carolina; Washington. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Paper; Wood Products.
Westrock Co ranks #74 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Westrock Co files across 4 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Westrock Co's disclosed pounds are spread across 6 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Westrock Co follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (US Department of Defense; Suncoke Energy Inc; Advansix Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Westrock Co sits among TRI parents
Westrock Co sits on a disclosure ladder beside US Department of Defense and Suncoke Energy Inc and Advansix Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- US Department of Defense · rank #72 · 52.2M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Suncoke Energy Inc · rank #75 · 7.9M lbs
- Advansix Inc · rank #76 · 7.4M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Westrock Co
Methanol; Ammonia; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Manganese compounds; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Westrock Virginia Corp. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Methanol | 13.6M lbs |
| Ammonia | 2.5M lbs |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 2.4M lbs |
| Manganese compounds | 1.8M lbs |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 1.7M lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 2 | 17.0M lbs |
| South Carolina | 1 | 5.8M lbs |
| Washington | 1 | 2.7M lbs |
| North Carolina | 2 | 11.5K lbs |
Facilities (6)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Westrock Virginia Corp Covington, VA | 12.0M lbs |
| Kapstone Paper & Packaging Corp North Charleston, SC | 5.8M lbs |
| Westrock Cp LLC West Point, VA | 4.9M lbs |
| Westrock Tacoma Mill Tacoma, WA | 2.7M lbs |
| Agi Shorewood Group (multi Packagaing Solutions) East Flat Rock, NC | 11.5K lbs |
| Westrock Converting Forest City, NC | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Westrock Co on total disclosed release pounds (25.5M lbs) and reporting facility count (6). Release-volume peers include Ecobat LLC, Bunge N.a. Inc, Ppl Corp. Facility-count peers include Abbott Laboratories, Agribeef Co, Allnex USA Inc. 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 Virginia, South Carolina, Washington; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Westrock Co's TRI parent record
From Westrock Co, open Westrock Virginia Corp or compare against US Department of Defense rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Westrock Co (Westrock Virginia Corp in VA). Largest facility
- Compare against US Department of Defense, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Westrock Co sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (US Department of Defense, Suncoke Energy Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Westrock 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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