EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Avient Corp
Kennesaw, GA · Parent: Avient Corp
- Total releases
- 28.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Avient Corp: how the 28.0K lbs splits
28.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 23.2K lbs 83.0%
- Air Releases 4.8K lbs 17.0%
Avient Corp's 28.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 83.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 17.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Avient Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kennesaw, GA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 5.1K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 28.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,477 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Georgia's 705 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Avient Corp is pounds #228 and chemical-count #90 at 28.0K lbs. Rayonier Performance Fibers Jesup Mill leads reported pounds (22.6M lbs) at 26 chemicals (chemical-count #4). Bowen Steam Electric Generating Plant leads chemical count at 30 chemicals (3.3M lbs, pounds #18). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Illinois Tool Works Contamination Control Electronics; Thomas Concrete - Kennesaw; Prc-Desoto International Inc.; Kemira Water Solutions Inc.. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Georgia: Vanguard Paints & Finishes Inc; Chroma Color Corp (formerly Plastic Color Corp; Access Business Group LLC; Halliburton Fort Lupton Field Camp. Other Avient Corp sites in this extract: Avient Corp; Glasforms Inc; Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden Facility; Avient Colorants USA LLC - Albion Facility. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Antimony And Antimony Compounds; Sodium nitrite; Certain glycol ethers.
Avient Corp stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (83.0% off-site transfers) across 8 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 28.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Vanguard Paints & Finishes Inc and Chroma Color Corp (formerly Plastic Color Corp.
Avient Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
28K lbs Top 29% higher than 71% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Avient Corp in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Avient Corp reports the 1,579th-largest volume (28.0K lbs). Scale peers outside Georgia include Vanguard Paints & Finishes Inc and Chroma Color Corp (formerly Plastic Color Corp.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Avient Corp's total reported releases rose from 3.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Avient Corp's air releases rose from 886 lb in 2022 to 3.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Avient Corp's chemicals reported rose from 3 in 2022 to 5 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Avient Corp's off-site transfers fell from 2.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Avient Corp Form-R facts
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See how Avient Corp stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
437.0× more than the comparison
20% less than the comparison
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 Avient Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 28.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 58% (12.3K lbs to 5.1K lbs).
Avient Corp: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Avient Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 58% 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 | 12.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 5.4K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 1.8K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 3.3K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 5.1K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 15.2K lbs | - |
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 5.2K lbs | - |
| Sodium nitrite | 2.8K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 2.7K lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 1.9K lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 186 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Antimony compounds | 5 lbs | - |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Avient Corp · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Avient Corp
Closest other reporters in Georgia - including Illinois Tool Works Contamination Control Electronics, Thomas Concrete - Kennesaw, Prc-Desoto International Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 704 other reporting facilities in Georgia.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Georgia - e.g. Vanguard Paints & Finishes Inc, Chroma Color Corp (formerly Plastic Color Corp, Access Business Group LLC.
Compare beyond Georgia
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Avient Corp on cumulative reported pounds (28.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include New England Union Co. Inc., Arclin Surfaces - East Longmeadow Co., Morganfield Adhesive Plant. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive 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.
- New England Union Co. Inc. West Warwick, RI · Primary Metals 28.0K lbs reported
- Arclin Surfaces - East Longmeadow Co. East Longmeadow, MA · Paper 28.0K lbs reported
- Morganfield Adhesive Plant Morganfield, KY · Fabricated Metals 28.0K lbs reported
- Alabama Pellets LLC Demopolis, AL · Wood Products 28.0K 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, Glasforms Inc, Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden 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 Zinc compounds, Antimony And Antimony Compounds, Sodium nitrite, Certain glycol ethers; nearby reporters include Illinois Tool Works Contamination Control Electronics. Avient Corp stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Avient Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Avient Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Kennesaw, GA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325991 · Chemicals. 0.8% of Cobb TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: New England Union Co. Inc. (Δ 5 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Avient Corp stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · 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