EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Ecolab Inc
Mc Donough, GA · Parent: Ecolab Inc
- Total releases
- 2.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Ecolab Inc: how the 2.0K lbs splits
2.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 2.0K lbs 100.0%
Ecolab Inc's 2.0K 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: Nitric acid.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Ecolab Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mc Donough, GA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 374 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 2.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 12,776 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. Ecolab Inc is pounds #406 and chemical-count #184 at 2.0K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Zinus USA Inc.; Toppan Interamerica Inc; Behr Process LLC - Atlanta; Luxottica Atlanta Service Center. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Georgia: Hi-Tech Color Inc; The Euclid Chemical Co; Halox Div of Icl Specialty Products Inc.; Safety Rail Co LLC. Other Ecolab Inc sites in this extract: Nalco Fresno Facility; Ecolab Inc.; Nalco Co; Purolite LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Ammonia; Formic acid; Certain glycol ethers.
Ecolab Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Hi-Tech Color Inc and The Euclid Chemical Co.
Ecolab Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.0K lbs Top 49% higher than 51% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ecolab Inc: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Ecolab Inc reports the 2,643rd-largest volume (2.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 64.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Georgia include Hi-Tech Color Inc and The Euclid Chemical Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Ecolab Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 64.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Ecolab Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ecolab Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 55% (836 lbs to 374 lbs).
Ecolab Inc: 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 Ecolab Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 55% 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 836 lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 248 lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 217 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 372 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 374 lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 370 lbs | - |
| Formic acid | 224 lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 97 lbs | - |
| Sodium nitrite | 35 lbs | - |
Ecolab Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ecolab Inc
Closest other reporters in Georgia - including Zinus USA Inc., Toppan Interamerica Inc, Behr Process LLC - Atlanta, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Georgia - e.g. Hi-Tech Color Inc, The Euclid Chemical Co, Halox Div of Icl Specialty Products Inc..
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ecolab Inc on cumulative reported pounds (2.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Peterson Farms Inc., VV9000 LLC, Specialty Fabrication & Powder Coating LLC. 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
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Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Ecolab Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Nalco Fresno Facility, Ecolab Inc., Nalco Co.
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 Nitric acid, Ammonia, Formic acid, Certain glycol ethers; nearby reporters include Zinus USA Inc.. Ecolab Inc 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.
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This Ecolab Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ecolab Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Mc Donough, GA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325611 · Chemicals. 4.4% of Henry TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Peterson Farms Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ecolab Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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