EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Better Way Products
Valdosta, GA · Parent: Patrick Industries
- Total releases
- 124.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Better Way Products: how the 124.3K lbs splits
124.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 124.3K lbs 100.0%
Better Way Products's 124.3K 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
Better Way Products is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Valdosta, GA, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 27.4K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 124.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,116 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. Better Way Products is pounds #126 and chemical-count #501 at 124.3K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Fineline Industries; Regal Marine Industries Inc; Cjb Industries Inc. Gh Plant; Aquatic Bath. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Georgia: Wabash National; International Ship Repair & Marine Services Inc.; Seabring Marine Industries Inc.; Forest River Inc Topeka Complex. Other Patrick Industries sites in this extract: Structural Composites of India Na Inc; Front Line Manufacturing; Charleston Corp; Carrera Custom Painting Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Styrene.
Better Way Products stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 124.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Wabash National and International Ship Repair & Marine Services Inc..
Better Way Products vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
124K lbs Top 16% higher than 84% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Better Way Products: Styrene-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Better Way Products reports the 262nd-largest volume, placing it in the top 16.3% 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 Georgia include Wabash National and International Ship Repair & Marine Services Inc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Better Way Products's pounds in one chemical - here Styrene at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Better Way Products's total reported releases fell from 33.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 27.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Better Way Products's air releases fell from 33.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 27.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Better Way Products Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Better Way Products releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 124.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 317% (6.6K lbs to 27.4K lbs).
Better Way Products: 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 Better Way Products year-over-year reported totals (increased by 317% 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 | 6.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 23.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 33.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 33.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 27.4K 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 | 124.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
Better Way Products · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Better Way Products
Closest other reporters in Georgia - including Fineline Industries, Regal Marine Industries Inc, Cjb Industries Inc. Gh Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 704 other reporting facilities in Georgia.
Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Georgia - e.g. Wabash National, International Ship Repair & Marine Services Inc., Seabring Marine Industries Inc..
Compare beyond Georgia
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Better Way Products on cumulative reported pounds (124.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Green Plains Wood River LLC, American Castings LLC, Chattem Chemicals Inc.. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Patrick Industries Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Structural Composites of India Na Inc, Front Line Manufacturing, Charleston Corp.
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 Fineline Industries. Better Way Products 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.
Use and verify this record
This Better Way Products TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Better Way Products totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Valdosta, GA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336612 · Transportation Equipment. 0.9% of Lowndes TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Green Plains Wood River LLC (Δ 78 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Better Way Products 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