EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills
Austell, GA · Parent: Greif Inc
- Total releases
- 299 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills: how the 299 lbs splits
299 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 295 lbs 98.5%
- Air Releases 5 lbs 1.5%
Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills's 299 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 98.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead compounds.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Austell, GA, in the paper sector. It reported 53 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 299 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,367 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. Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills is pounds #481 and chemical-count #420 at 299 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: Ajay Na LLC; Custom Building Products; Mplx Terminals LLC - Powder Springs Ga Terminal; Craig Wire Products LLC. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Georgia: Westrock Converting Co (dallas Mill); Neenah Inc Neenah Mill; International Paper - Henderson Mill; Gold Bond Building Products - Pryor. Other Greif Inc sites in this extract: Greif Packaging LLC; Greif Packaging LLC; Greif Packaging LLC; Greif Packaging LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds.
Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (98.5% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 299 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Westrock Converting Co (dallas Mill) and Neenah Inc Neenah Mill.
Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
299 lbs 41st percentile higher than 41% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills in the Paper sector extract
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills reports the 315th-largest volume (299 lbs). Scale peers outside Georgia include Westrock Converting Co (dallas Mill) and Neenah Inc Neenah Mill.
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
- Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills's total reported releases fell from 70 lb in 2022 to 53 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills's off-site transfers fell from 69 lb in 2022 to 52 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 299 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 11% (48 lbs to 53 lbs).
Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills year-over-year reported totals (increased by 11% 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: Lead compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 48 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 72 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 56 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 70 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 53 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead compounds | 229 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 70 lbs | - |
Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Similar Paper Facilities
Other Paper facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Georgia - e.g. Westrock Converting Co (dallas Mill), Neenah Inc Neenah Mill, International Paper - Henderson Mill.
Other Greif Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Greif Packaging LLC, Greif Packaging LLC, Greif Packaging LLC.
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 Lead compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include Ajay Na LLC. Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE 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.
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This Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Lead compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Austell, GA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 322130 · Paper. 0.0% of Cobb TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: US Navy Naval Air Station Meridian (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Caraustar Mill Group Inc Austell Boxboard Mills stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Lead 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