EPA TRI Facility · Hazardous Waste
Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg)
Elgin, IL · Parent: Clean Harbors Inc
- Total releases
- 18 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg): how the 18 lbs splits
18 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 13 lbs 72.5%
- Air Releases 5 lbs 27.5%
Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg)'s 18 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 72.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 27.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-HEAVY
Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg) is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Elgin, IL, in the hazardous waste sector. It reported 6 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 18 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 18,067 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. Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg) is pounds #810 and chemical-count #280 at 18 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: Oldcastle Precast Inc; Henkel US Operations Corp.; Rana Meal Solutions LLC; Marbleworks Inc. Similar-scale Hazardous Waste peers outside Illinois: Safety-Kleen Systems Fairfield (fai); Safety-Kleen Systems Amityville (any); Safety-Kleen Systems; Safety-Kleen Systems Wichita (wib). Other Clean Harbors Inc sites in this extract: Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC; Clean Harbors Grassy Mountain LLC; Clean Harbors el Dorado LLC; Clean Harbors Lone Mountain LLC Lone Mountain Facility. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Ethylene glycol; Benzo[g,h,i]perylene; Lead.
Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg) stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (72.5% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 18 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Safety-Kleen Systems Fairfield (fai) and Safety-Kleen Systems Amityville (any).
Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg) vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
18 lbs 30th percentile higher than 30% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg) in the Hazardous Waste sector extract
Among the 261 Hazardous Waste facilities in this database, Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg) reports the 222nd-largest volume (18 lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include Safety-Kleen Systems Fairfield (fai) and Safety-Kleen Systems Amityville (any).
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg) Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg) releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 18 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 490% (1 lbs to 6 lbs).
Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg): annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg) year-over-year reported totals (increased by 490% 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: Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 7 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 6 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 13 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylene glycol | 5 lbs | - |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
| Lead | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Zinc compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg) · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg)
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Oldcastle Precast Inc, Henkel US Operations Corp., Rana Meal Solutions LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Hazardous Waste Facilities
Other Hazardous Waste facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Safety-Kleen Systems Fairfield (fai), Safety-Kleen Systems Amityville (any), Safety-Kleen Systems.
Other Clean Harbors Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC, Clean Harbors Grassy Mountain LLC, Clean Harbors el Dorado LLC.
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 Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Ethylene glycol, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene, Lead; nearby reporters include Oldcastle Precast Inc. Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg) stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg) TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Polycyclic aromatic compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg) totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Elgin, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 562112 · Hazardous Waste. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Steele Solutions Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg) stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Polycyclic aromatic compounds. 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