EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Frit Industries
Walnut Ridge, AR · Parent: Frit Industries Inc
- Total releases
- 10.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Frit Industries: how the 10.5K lbs splits
10.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 10.4K lbs 98.9%
- Water Discharges 120 lbs 1.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Frit Industries's 10.5K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 98.9% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 1.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Frit Industries is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Walnut Ridge, AR, in the chemicals sector. It reported 2.3K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 10.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,716 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Arkansas's 350 reporting TRI sites, Clean Harbors el Dorado LLC leads both reported pounds (16.6M lbs) and chemical count (251 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Peco Foods Inc - Pocahontas Processing; Esna Arkansas; Acme Brick Co Jonesboro; Riceland Foods Inc. - Jonesboro Div. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Arkansas: Vertrauen Chemie Solutions Inc.; Pharma Tech Industries; Tcc Materials - Kansas City; Agilent Technologies Inc. - Newport Site. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Manganese compounds; Copper compounds; Lead compounds.
Frit Industries stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (98.9% air releases) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 10.5K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Vertrauen Chemie Solutions Inc. and Pharma Tech Industries.
Frit Industries vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
11K lbs Top 37% higher than 63% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Frit Industries inside Lawrence's TRI pounds
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Frit Industries reports the 2,035th-largest volume (10.5K lbs). This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in Lawrence. Scale peers outside Arkansas include Vertrauen Chemie Solutions Inc. and Pharma Tech Industries.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Lawrence's reported pounds (10.5K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Frit Industries's total reported releases rose from 2.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Frit Industries's air releases rose from 2.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Frit Industries Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Frit Industries releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 10.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 8% (2.2K lbs to 2.3K lbs).
Frit Industries: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Frit Industries year-over-year reported totals (increased by 8% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.2K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 1.8K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 2.3K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 2.0K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 2.3K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 6.3K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 2.2K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 1.9K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 95 lbs | - |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 50 lbs | - |
Frit Industries · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Frit Industries
Closest other reporters in Arkansas - including Peco Foods Inc - Pocahontas Processing, Esna Arkansas, Acme Brick Co Jonesboro, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 349 other reporting facilities in Arkansas.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Arkansas - e.g. Vertrauen Chemie Solutions Inc., Pharma Tech Industries, Tcc Materials - Kansas City.
Compare beyond Arkansas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Frit Industries on cumulative reported pounds (10.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Ahf Products, Houston Gas Plant, Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of 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.
- Ahf Products Oneida, TN · Wood Products 10.5K lbs reported
- Houston Gas Plant Washington, PA · Natural Gas Processing 10.5K lbs reported
- Benteler Automotive Hagen Facility Grand Rapids, MI · Transportation Equipment 10.6K lbs reported
- Michelin Na Inc-Starr Facility Anderson, SC · Plastics and Rubber 10.6K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Zinc compounds, Manganese compounds, Copper compounds, Lead compounds; nearby reporters include Peco Foods Inc - Pocahontas Processing. Frit Industries stamps LIGHT 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 Frit Industries TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Frit Industries totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Walnut Ridge, AR, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325314 · Chemicals. 100% of Lawrence TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ahf Products (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Frit Industries stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds. 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