EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Ace Midwest
Chicago, IL
- Total releases
- 965 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Ace Midwest: how the 965 lbs splits
965 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 932 lbs 96.6%
- Air Releases 33 lbs 3.4%
Ace Midwest's 965 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 96.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 3.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Ace Midwest is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chicago, IL, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 965 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 13,924 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Illinois's 951 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Ace Midwest is pounds #631 and chemical-count #628 at 965 lbs. Prairie State Generating Co leads reported pounds (37.9M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #8). Veolia N.a. Inc. leads chemical count at 141 chemicals (1.9M lbs, pounds #34). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Rr Street & Co Inc; Ferrara 31ST Street; Vcna Prairie LLC - Yard 1033; Empire Hard Chrome Inc.. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Illinois: Elite Comfort Solutions - Americus; Future Foam Inc; Westlake Royal Building Products; Royal Tech-Highland. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate.
Ace Midwest stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (96.6% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 965 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Elite Comfort Solutions - Americus and Future Foam Inc.
Ace Midwest vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
965 lbs 46th percentile higher than 46% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ace Midwest in the Plastics and Rubber sector extract
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Ace Midwest reports the 1,042nd-largest volume (965 lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include Elite Comfort Solutions - Americus and Future Foam Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Ace Midwest Form-R facts
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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 Ace Midwest releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 965 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (465 lbs to 0 lbs).
Ace Midwest: 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 Ace Midwest year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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 | 465 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 250 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 250 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 941 lbs | - |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | 23 lbs | Carcinogen |
Ace Midwest · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ace Midwest
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Rr Street & Co Inc, Ferrara 31ST Street, Vcna Prairie LLC - Yard 1033, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Elite Comfort Solutions - Americus, Future Foam Inc, Westlake Royal Building Products.
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, Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate; nearby reporters include Rr Street & Co Inc. Ace Midwest stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Ace Midwest TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ace Midwest totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chicago, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326299 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Prizer-Painter Stove Works Inc - Blandon (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ace Midwest stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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