EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Glasforms Inc
Birmingham, AL · Parent: Avient Corp
- Total releases
- 255.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Glasforms Inc: how the 255.8K lbs splits
255.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 255.8K lbs 100.0%
Glasforms Inc's 255.8K 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: Styrene.
MID volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Glasforms Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Birmingham, AL, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 55.0K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 255.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,836 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. Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc.; Kamtek Inc.; Alabama Copper & Bronze Co Inc; Astralloy Steel Products Inc. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Alabama: Belding Tank Technologies; Midwest Cooling Towers Inc; Virginia Marble Manufacturers Inc; A-1 Fiberglass. Other Avient Corp sites in this extract: Avient Corp; Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden Facility; Avient Colorants USA LLC - Albion Facility; Avient Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Styrene.
Glasforms Inc stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 255.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Belding Tank Technologies and Midwest Cooling Towers Inc.
Glasforms Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
256K lbs Top 11% higher than 89% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Glasforms Inc: Styrene-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Glasforms Inc reports the 159th-largest volume, placing it in the top 10.6% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Styrene alone is 100% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 100% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Alabama include Belding Tank Technologies and Midwest Cooling Towers Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Glasforms Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Styrene at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Glasforms Inc's total reported releases fell from 56.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 55.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Glasforms Inc's air releases fell from 56.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 55.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Glasforms Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Glasforms Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 255.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 12% (49.0K lbs to 55.0K lbs).
Glasforms Inc: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Glasforms Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 12% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Styrene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 49.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 48.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 46.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 56.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 55.0K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Styrene | 255.8K lbs | Carcinogen |
Glasforms Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Glasforms Inc
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc., Kamtek Inc., Alabama Copper & Bronze Co Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Alabama - e.g. Belding Tank Technologies, Midwest Cooling Towers Inc, Virginia Marble Manufacturers Inc.
Compare beyond Alabama
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Glasforms Inc on cumulative reported pounds (255.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant, National Ctr for Toxicological Research, Poet Biorefining - Shell Rock LLC. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant Denver City, TX · Natural Gas Processing 255.8K lbs reported
- National Ctr for Toxicological Research Jefferson, AR · Other 255.8K lbs reported
- Poet Biorefining - Shell Rock LLC Shell Rock, IA · Chemicals 256.2K lbs reported
- Cabot Corp Pampa Plant Pampa, TX · Chemicals 255.4K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Avient Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Avient Corp, Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden Facility, Avient Colorants USA LLC - Albion Facility.
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 Styrene; nearby reporters include Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc.. Glasforms Inc stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This Glasforms Inc TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Glasforms Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Birmingham, AL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326199 · Plastics and Rubber. 1.1% of Jefferson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Oxy Permian - Wasson CO2 Removal Plant (Δ 23 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Glasforms Inc stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene. 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