EPA TRI Facility · Paper

Graphic Packaging International LLC

Carol Stream, IL · Parent: Graphic Packaging Holding Co

Total releases
46.8K lbs
Chemicals reported
1
Latest report
2023
Primary pathway
Air Releases

AIR Form-R mix

Graphic Packaging International LLC: how the 46.8K lbs splits

46.8K lbs across all reported pathways

  • Air Releases 46.8K lbs 100.0%

Graphic Packaging International LLC's 46.8K 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

Graphic Packaging International LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Carol Stream, IL, in the paper sector. It reported 13.0K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 46.8K lbs in total across its 2020-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,261 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. Graphic Packaging International LLC is pounds #251 and chemical-count #754 at 46.8K 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: Galaxy Circuits; Kns Cos Inc; Ozinga Ready-Mix Carol Stream Plant; Davies Molding LLC. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Illinois: O.a. Both Corp DBA Schlenk Metallic Pigments; Wisconsin Rapids Paper Mill; Weidmann Electrical Technology Inc; 3M Co - Hartford City. Other Graphic Packaging Holding Co sites in this extract: Graphic Packaging International LLC; Graphic Packaging International LLC; Graphic Packaging International LLC; Graphic Packaging International LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.

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Graphic Packaging International LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 46.8K lbs (2020–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include O.a. Both Corp DBA Schlenk Metallic Pigments and Wisconsin Rapids Paper Mill.

#6,261 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by total reported releases. Ranking reflects reported pounds, not toxicity or health risk.

Graphic Packaging International LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility

Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution

47K lbs Top 24% higher than 76% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities

This facility 0 lbs 20M+ lbs every reporting TRI facility, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year

Graphic Packaging International LLC: Certain glycol ethers-led volume

Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Graphic Packaging International LLC reports the 202nd-largest volume (46.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Certain glycol ethers alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include O.a. Both Corp DBA Schlenk Metallic Pigments and Wisconsin Rapids Paper Mill.

Concentrated means ≥60% of Graphic Packaging International LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Certain glycol ethers at 100%. Not a toxicity score.

Annual disclosure change

What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year

2022 → 2023
  • Graphic Packaging International LLC's total reported releases rose from 11.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 13.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Graphic Packaging International LLC's air releases rose from 11.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 13.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.

Graphic Packaging International LLC Form-R facts

Sector
Paper
LIGHT volume
46.8K lbs
AIR pathway
Air Releases
CLEAN chem count
1
Lead chemical
Certain glycol ethers

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Total reported releases
Graphic Packaging International LLC
46.8K lbs
Galaxy Circuits
2.7K lbs

17.1× more than the comparison

Chemicals reported
Graphic Packaging International LLC
1
Galaxy Circuits
1

About the same as the comparison

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 Graphic Packaging International LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 46.8K lbs.

Air Releases 46.8K lbs (100.0%)
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Emissions Trend Summary

From 2020 to 2023, total releases increased by 19% (10.9K lbs to 13.0K lbs).

Graphic Packaging International LLC: annual Form-R pounds

LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2020–2023

million lbs

What this shows Graphic Packaging International LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 19% from 2020 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.

Source EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Year Total Chemicals
2020 10.9K lbs 1
2021 11.5K lbs 1
2022 11.5K lbs 1
2023 13.0K lbs 1

Chemical Releases

Aggregated across all reporting years (2020–2023). Sorted by total release volume.

Chemical Total Flags
Certain glycol ethers 46.8K lbs -

Graphic Packaging International LLC · AIR-pathway site

Carol Stream, IL
41.9027, -88.1102
County TRI context
Dupage · 2.6% of county pounds
Parent company
Graphic Packaging Holding Co

Compare beyond Illinois

Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count

Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Graphic Packaging International LLC on cumulative reported pounds (46.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Hitchiner Countergravity Cast Operations (vco/dco/mct), As America Inc, General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems Garland. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.

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; nearby reporters include Galaxy Circuits. Graphic Packaging International LLC 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 Graphic Packaging International LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.

Graphic Packaging International LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Carol Stream, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2020–2023 (4 years). NAICS 322212 · Paper. 2.6% of Dupage TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Hitchiner Countergravity Cast Operations (vco/dco/mct) (Δ 12 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.

Graphic Packaging International LLC 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