EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Porex Corp
Fairburn, GA
- Total releases
- 150 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Porex Corp: how the 150 lbs splits
150 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 150 lbs 100.0%
Porex Corp's 150 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Mercury.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Porex Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fairburn, GA, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 40 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 150 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 16,158 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. Porex Corp is pounds #511 and chemical-count #607 at 150 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: Best Block - Georgia Plant; Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC Fairburn Ga; Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg LLC - Fairburn Plant; Nestle Purina Petcare Co. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Georgia: Vibracoustic USA Inc. - Sandusky; Smith & Wesson Precision Components Plastics LLC; Johns Manville Jacksonville; Royal Tech-Cullman. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Mercury.
Porex Corp stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 150 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Vibracoustic USA Inc. - Sandusky and Smith & Wesson Precision Components Plastics LLC.
Porex Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
150 lbs 38th percentile higher than 38% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Porex Corp in the Plastics and Rubber sector extract
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Porex Corp reports the 1,137th-largest volume (150 lbs). Scale peers outside Georgia include Vibracoustic USA Inc. - Sandusky and Smith & Wesson Precision Components Plastics LLC.
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
- Porex Corp's total reported releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 40 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Porex Corp's off-site transfers rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 40 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Porex Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Porex Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 150 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 64% (110 lbs to 40 lbs).
Porex Corp: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Porex Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 64% 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: Mercury.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 110 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 40 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 150 lbs | - |
Porex Corp · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Porex Corp
Closest other reporters in Georgia - including Best Block - Georgia Plant, Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC Fairburn Ga, Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg LLC - Fairburn Plant, ordered by distance.
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Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Georgia - e.g. Vibracoustic USA Inc. - Sandusky, Smith & Wesson Precision Components Plastics LLC, Johns Manville Jacksonville.
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 Mercury; nearby reporters include Best Block - Georgia Plant. Porex Corp 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 Porex Corp TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Mercury) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Porex Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fairburn, GA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (4 years). NAICS 326121 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.0% of Fulton TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Agility Manufacturing Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Porex Corp stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Mercury. 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