EPA TRI Facility · Food
Gelita USA - Chicago (formerly Dynagel Inc)
Calumet City, IL · Parent: Gelita USA Inc
- Total releases
- 5 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Gelita USA - Chicago (formerly Dynagel Inc): how the 5 lbs splits
5 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 5 lbs 100.0%
Gelita USA - Chicago (formerly Dynagel Inc)'s 5 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: Ammonia.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Gelita USA - Chicago (formerly Dynagel Inc) is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Calumet City, IL, in the food sector. It reported 5 lbs of releases across 1 chemical, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 18,954 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. Gelita USA - Chicago (formerly Dynagel Inc) is pounds #853 and chemical-count #919 at 5 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: Bostik Inc; Chroma Color Corp (formerly Plastic Color Corp; Cid Recycling & Disposal Facility; Nb Coatings Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside Illinois: Steuben Foods Inc; Safeway Inc- Milk Plant; Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Swiss Premium; Dakota Turkey Growers. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Gelita USA - Chicago (formerly Dynagel Inc) stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Steuben Foods Inc and Safeway Inc- Milk Plant.
Gelita USA - Chicago (formerly Dynagel Inc) vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5 lbs 27th percentile higher than 27% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gelita USA - Chicago (formerly Dynagel Inc) in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Gelita USA - Chicago (formerly Dynagel Inc) reports the 1,337th-largest volume (5 lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include Steuben Foods Inc and Safeway Inc- Milk Plant.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Gelita USA - Chicago (formerly Dynagel Inc) 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 Gelita USA - Chicago (formerly Dynagel Inc) releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 5 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (5 lbs to 0 lbs).
Gelita USA - Chicago (formerly Dynagel Inc): annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Gelita USA - Chicago (formerly Dynagel Inc) 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 5 lbs | - |
Gelita USA - Chicago (formerly Dynagel Inc) · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Gelita USA - Chicago (formerly Dynagel Inc)
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Bostik Inc, Chroma Color Corp (formerly Plastic Color Corp, Cid Recycling & Disposal Facility, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Steuben Foods Inc, Safeway Inc- Milk Plant, Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Swiss Premium.
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 Ammonia; nearby reporters include Bostik Inc. Gelita USA - Chicago (formerly Dynagel Inc) stamps TRACE 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 Gelita USA - Chicago (formerly Dynagel Inc) TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gelita USA - Chicago (formerly Dynagel Inc) totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Calumet City, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311999 · Food. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: A Stucki Co D/b/a Seco Machine (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gelita USA - Chicago (formerly Dynagel Inc) stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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