EPA TRI Facility · Hazardous Waste
Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility
Joliet, IL · Parent: Waste Management Inc
- Total releases
- 3.0M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 15
- Carcinogens
- 6
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility: how the 3.0M lbs splits
3.0M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 3.0M lbs 100.0%
- Water Discharges 257 lbs <0.1%
Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility's 3.0M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
HEAVY volume LAND pathway CARC-MID
Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Joliet, IL, in the hazardous waste sector. It reported 294.3K lbs of releases across 11 chemicals in 2023, and 3.0M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 632 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. Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility is pounds #26 and chemical-count #40 at 3.0M 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Ecolab Inc.; Apollo Colors Inc.; Chrome Crankshaft Co LLC; Seating Concepts. Similar-scale Hazardous Waste peers outside Illinois: Allied Waste Niagara Falls Landfill; Elemental Environmental Solutions LLC; Ross Incineration Services Inc; US Ecology Tulsa Inc. Other Waste Management Inc sites in this extract: Chemical Waste Management; Vickery Environmental Inc.; Chemical Waste Management - la Ke Charles Facility; Chemical Waste Management Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead; Manganese; Barium; Zinc compounds.
Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (100.0% land disposal) across 15 chemicals · 6 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.0M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Allied Waste Niagara Falls Landfill and Elemental Environmental Solutions LLC.
Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.0M lbs Top 2% higher than 98% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility in the Hazardous Waste sector extract
Among the 261 Hazardous Waste facilities in this database, Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility reports the 37th-largest volume, placing it in the top 14.2% of its sector. Scale peers outside Illinois include Allied Waste Niagara Falls Landfill and Elemental Environmental Solutions 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
- Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility's total reported releases fell from 600.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 294.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility's land releases fell from 600.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 294.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility's water releases fell from 73 lb in 2022 to 54 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility Form-R facts
Compare this facility
See how Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
13.7× more than the comparison
2.1× more than 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 Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.0M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 34% (442.9K lbs to 294.3K lbs).
Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023 0
What this shows Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 34% 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: Lead.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 442.9K lbs | 11 |
| 2020 | 914.0K lbs | 11 |
| 2021 | 786.7K lbs | 13 |
| 2022 | 600.4K lbs | 11 |
| 2023 | 294.3K lbs | 11 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 6 of 15 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 941.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Manganese | 590.6K lbs | - |
| Barium | 579.5K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 296.6K lbs | - |
| Copper | 221.0K lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 130.2K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chromium | 112.4K lbs | - |
| Arsenic | 79.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Phenanthrene | 27.9K lbs | - |
| Polychlorinated biphenyls | 14.8K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 12.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cyanide compounds | 11.7K lbs | - |
| Nickel | 10.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 8.3K lbs | - |
| Mercury | 1.9K lbs | - |
Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility · LAND-pathway site
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Similar Hazardous Waste Facilities
Other Hazardous Waste facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Allied Waste Niagara Falls Landfill, Elemental Environmental Solutions LLC, Ross Incineration Services Inc.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility on cumulative reported pounds (3.0M lbs) and distinct chemical count (15). Release-pound peers include Century Aluminum of Kentucky, Tesla Inc, Dow Silicones Corp. Chemical-count peers include Port Hamilton Refining & Transportation Lllp, Clean Harbors of Connecticut Inc, Infineum USA Lp-Bayway Chemical Plant. 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).
- Port Hamilton Refining & Transportation Lllp Christiansted, VI · Petroleum 15 chemicals
- Clean Harbors of Connecticut Inc Bristol, CT · Hazardous Waste 15 chemicals
- Infineum USA Lp-Bayway Chemical Plant Linden, NJ · Chemicals 15 chemicals
- Global Cos LLC Albany Terminal Albany, NY · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 15 chemicals
Other Waste Management Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Chemical Waste Management, Vickery Environmental Inc., Chemical Waste Management - la Ke Charles Facility.
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 Lead, Manganese, Barium, Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Ecolab Inc.. Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · CARC-MID 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 Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility TRI extract (HEAVY · LAND · CARC-MID · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Joliet, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 562212 · Hazardous Waste. 19.5% of Will TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Century Aluminum of Kentucky (Δ 54 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · CARC-MID · lead Lead. 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