EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Real Alloy Recycling LLC
Chicago Heights, IL · Parent: Real Alloy Holding LLC
- Total releases
- 1.6M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Real Alloy Recycling LLC: how the 1.6M lbs splits
1.6M lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 1.5M lbs 91.5%
- Air Releases 138.5K lbs 8.5%
- Water Discharges 223 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Real Alloy Recycling LLC's 1.6M lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 91.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 8.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Aluminum (fume or dust).
HEAVY volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Real Alloy Recycling LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chicago Heights, IL, in the primary metals sector. It reported 268.0K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 1.6M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 975 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. Real Alloy Recycling LLC is pounds #38 and chemical-count #116 at 1.6M 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: Gerresheimer Glass Inc; Mid-West Mfg LLC; Essential Chemicals USA LLC; Nufarm Americas Inc (dba Riverdale Chemical). Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Illinois: Scepter Inc; Nucor-Yamato Steel Co; Pcc Structurals Inc Large Parts Campus; Nucor Steel Memphis Inc. Other Real Alloy Holding LLC sites in this extract: Real Alloy Recycling LLC; Real Alloy Recycling LLC; Imsamet of Arizona; Real Alloy Recycling LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Aluminum (fume or dust); Copper And Copper Compounds; Copper compounds; Zinc compounds.
Real Alloy Recycling LLC stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (91.5% off-site transfers) across 8 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.6M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Scepter Inc and Nucor-Yamato Steel Co.
Real Alloy Recycling LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.6M lbs Top 4% higher than 96% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Real Alloy Recycling LLC: Aluminum (fume or dust)-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Real Alloy Recycling LLC reports the 120th-largest volume, placing it in the top 7.5% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Aluminum (fume or dust) alone is 93.2% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Scepter Inc and Nucor-Yamato Steel Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Real Alloy Recycling LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Aluminum (fume or dust) at 93.2%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Real Alloy Recycling LLC's total reported releases fell from 336.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 268.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Real Alloy Recycling LLC's water releases rose from 36 lb in 2022 to 48 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Real Alloy Recycling LLC's chemicals reported fell from 6 in 2022 to 4 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Real Alloy Recycling LLC's air releases fell from 30.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 23.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Real Alloy Recycling LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Real Alloy Recycling LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.6M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 32% (391.8K lbs to 268.0K lbs).
Real Alloy Recycling LLC: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Real Alloy Recycling LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 32% 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: Aluminum (fume or dust).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 391.8K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 315.9K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 324.2K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 336.7K lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 268.0K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Aluminum (fume or dust) | 1.5M lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 37.8K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 32.6K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 31.6K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 6.9K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 1.0K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 904 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Real Alloy Recycling LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Scepter Inc, Nucor-Yamato Steel Co, Pcc Structurals Inc Large Parts Campus.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Real Alloy Recycling LLC on cumulative reported pounds (1.6M lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Missouri Cobalt, Mpm Silicones LLC, Cargill Inc. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive LLC. 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).
Other Real Alloy Holding LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Real Alloy Recycling LLC, Real Alloy Recycling LLC, Imsamet of Arizona.
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 Aluminum (fume or dust), Copper And Copper Compounds, Copper compounds, Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Gerresheimer Glass Inc. Real Alloy Recycling LLC stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Real Alloy Recycling LLC TRI extract (HEAVY · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Aluminum (fume or dust)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Real Alloy Recycling LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chicago Heights, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331314 · Primary Metals. 2.4% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Missouri Cobalt (Δ 2.3K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Real Alloy Recycling LLC stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Aluminum (fume or dust). 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