EPA TRI Facility · Hazardous Waste
Safety-Kleen Systems
Dolton, IL · Parent: Clean Harbors Inc
- Total releases
- 201.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 17
- Carcinogens
- 7
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Safety-Kleen Systems: how the 201.9K lbs splits
201.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 143.4K lbs 71.0%
- Air Releases 58.6K lbs 29.0%
Safety-Kleen Systems's 201.9K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 71.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 29.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ethylene glycol.
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.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Safety-Kleen Systems is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Dolton, IL, in the hazardous waste sector. It reported 64.2K lbs of releases across 12 chemicals in 2023, and 201.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,229 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 is pounds #129 and chemical-count #31 at 201.9K 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: Ardagh Glass Inc; Polychemie Inc; Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC; Calumet Brass Foundry Inc.. Similar-scale Hazardous Waste peers outside Illinois: Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC; Clean Harbors of Braintree Inc.; Safety-Kleen Systems Romulus (rom); Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Bridgeport LLC. 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: Ethylene glycol; Toluene; N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone; Lead.
Safety-Kleen Systems stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (71.0% off-site transfers) across 17 chemicals · 7 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 201.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC and Clean Harbors of Braintree Inc..
Safety-Kleen Systems vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
202K lbs Top 12% higher than 88% 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 in the Hazardous Waste sector extract
Among the 261 Hazardous Waste facilities in this database, Safety-Kleen Systems reports the 77th-largest volume (201.9K lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC and Clean Harbors of Braintree Inc..
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
- Safety-Kleen Systems's total reported releases fell from 69.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 64.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Safety-Kleen Systems's chemicals reported fell from 15 in 2022 to 12 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Safety-Kleen Systems's off-site transfers fell from 58.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 53.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Safety-Kleen Systems's air releases fell from 11.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 10.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Safety-Kleen Systems 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 Safety-Kleen Systems releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 201.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 380% (13.4K lbs to 64.2K lbs).
Safety-Kleen Systems: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Safety-Kleen Systems year-over-year reported totals (increased by 380% 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: Ethylene glycol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 13.4K lbs | 14 |
| 2020 | 34.7K lbs | 13 |
| 2021 | 20.2K lbs | 15 |
| 2022 | 69.5K lbs | 15 |
| 2023 | 64.2K lbs | 12 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 7 of 17 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene glycol | 51.8K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 35.2K lbs | - |
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 32.5K lbs | - |
| Lead | 28.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cyclohexane | 14.1K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 11.7K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 11.1K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 8.6K lbs | - |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | 2.5K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylbenzene | 2.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 1.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| n-Hexane | 847 lbs | - |
| N-Nitrosodimethylamine | 585 lbs | Carcinogen |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 220 lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 136 lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 21 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Hexachlorobenzene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Safety-Kleen Systems · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Safety-Kleen Systems
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Ardagh Glass Inc, Polychemie Inc, Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Hazardous Waste Facilities
Other Hazardous Waste facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC, Clean Harbors of Braintree Inc., Safety-Kleen Systems Romulus (rom).
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Safety-Kleen Systems on cumulative reported pounds (201.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (17). Release-pound peers include Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp, US Army Fort Riley-Garrison, E R Carpenter LP. Chemical-count peers include Astro Chemicals Inc, Doremus Terminal LLC, Rq Resins 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 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 Ethylene glycol, Toluene, N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Lead; nearby reporters include Ardagh Glass Inc. Safety-Kleen Systems stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Ethylene glycol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Safety-Kleen Systems totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Dolton, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 562211 · Hazardous Waste. 0.3% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp (Δ 120 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Safety-Kleen Systems stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Ethylene glycol. 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