EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Ds Containers
Batavia, IL
- Total releases
- 24.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Ds Containers: how the 24.0K lbs splits
24.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 24.0K lbs 100.0%
Ds Containers's 24.0K 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: Certain glycol ethers.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Ds Containers is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Batavia, IL, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 9.1K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 24.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,838 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. Ds Containers is pounds #324 and chemical-count #550 at 24.0K 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). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Hentzen Coatings,inc Batavia Facility; Varn International Inc a Flint Group Co; Tegrant Alloyd Brands Inc (dba Sonoco Alloyd); Osi Industries LLC. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Illinois: Nucor Building Systems-Texas; Valmont Newmark; Custom Blast Services Inc; Container Life Cycle Management LLC DBA Drumco. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; n-Butyl alcohol.
Ds Containers stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 24.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Nucor Building Systems-Texas and Valmont Newmark.
Ds Containers vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
24K lbs Top 30% higher than 70% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ds Containers: Certain glycol ethers-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Ds Containers reports the 906th-largest volume (24.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Certain glycol ethers alone is 93.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Nucor Building Systems-Texas and Valmont Newmark.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Ds Containers's pounds in one chemical - here Certain glycol ethers at 93.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Ds Containers's total reported releases rose from 3.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 9.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ds Containers's air releases rose from 3.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 9.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ds Containers's chemicals reported rose from 1 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Ds Containers Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ds Containers releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 24.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 226% (2.8K lbs to 9.1K lbs).
Ds Containers: 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 Ds Containers year-over-year reported totals (increased by 226% 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: Certain glycol ethers.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 3.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 5.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 3.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 9.1K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 22.4K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 1.6K lbs | - |
Ds Containers · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ds Containers
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Hentzen Coatings,inc Batavia Facility, Varn International Inc a Flint Group Co, Tegrant Alloyd Brands Inc (dba Sonoco Alloyd), ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Nucor Building Systems-Texas, Valmont Newmark, Custom Blast Services Inc.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ds Containers on cumulative reported pounds (24.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Coca-Cola N.a., Electric Glass Fiber America LLC, Axel Royal LLC. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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).
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 Certain glycol ethers, n-Butyl alcohol; nearby reporters include Hentzen Coatings,inc Batavia Facility. Ds Containers 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.
Use and verify this record
This Ds Containers TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ds Containers totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Batavia, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332431 · Fabricated Metals. 2.4% of Kane TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Coca-Cola N.a. (Δ 14 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ds Containers stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers. 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