EPA TRI Facility · Hazardous Waste
Giant Resource Recovery-Attalla Inc.
Attalla, AL · Parent: Fortaleza USA LLC
- Total releases
- 827 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Giant Resource Recovery-Attalla Inc.: how the 827 lbs splits
827 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 827 lbs 100.0%
Giant Resource Recovery-Attalla Inc.'s 827 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Giant Resource Recovery-Attalla Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Attalla, AL, in the hazardous waste sector. It reported 827 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023. That ranks 14,124 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Alabama's 559 reporting TRI sites, Chemical Waste Management leads both reported pounds (95.6M lbs) and chemical count (98 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co; Fehrer Automotive N.a. LLC; Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg LLC - Rainbow City Plant; Inteva Products. Similar-scale Hazardous Waste peers outside Alabama: Safety-Kleen Systems Greenwood (gre); Safety-Kleen Systems Orange Park (opf); Wm Waste Inc; Evoqua Water Technologies LLC. Other Fortaleza USA LLC sites in this extract: Keystone Cement Co; Giant Cement Co; Dragon Products Co; Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene.
Giant Resource Recovery-Attalla Inc. stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 827 lbs (2023–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Safety-Kleen Systems Greenwood (gre) and Safety-Kleen Systems Orange Park (opf).
Giant Resource Recovery-Attalla Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
827 lbs 46th percentile higher than 46% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Giant Resource Recovery-Attalla Inc. in the Hazardous Waste sector extract
Among the 261 Hazardous Waste facilities in this database, Giant Resource Recovery-Attalla Inc. reports the 151st-largest volume (827 lbs). Scale peers outside Alabama include Safety-Kleen Systems Greenwood (gre) and Safety-Kleen Systems Orange Park (opf).
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Giant Resource Recovery-Attalla Inc. Form-R facts
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Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Giant Resource Recovery-Attalla Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 827 lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2023–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 827 lbs | - |
Giant Resource Recovery-Attalla Inc. · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Giant Resource Recovery-Attalla Inc.
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, Fehrer Automotive N.a. LLC, Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg LLC - Rainbow City Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 558 other reporting facilities in Alabama.
Similar Hazardous Waste Facilities
Other Hazardous Waste facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Alabama - e.g. Safety-Kleen Systems Greenwood (gre), Safety-Kleen Systems Orange Park (opf), Wm Waste Inc.
Other Fortaleza USA LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Keystone Cement Co, Giant Cement Co, Dragon Products Co.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; nearby reporters include The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Giant Resource Recovery-Attalla Inc. stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Giant Resource Recovery-Attalla Inc. TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Giant Resource Recovery-Attalla Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Attalla, AL, latest year 2023. NAICS 562211 · Hazardous Waste. 0.0% of Etowah TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Wells Concrete (architectural Plant) (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Giant Resource Recovery-Attalla Inc. stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov