EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp
Rochelle, IL · Parent: Silgan Holdings Inc
- Total releases
- 144.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp: how the 144.6K lbs splits
144.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 144.4K lbs 99.9%
- Off-site Transfers 133 lbs 0.1%
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp's 144.6K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.
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 AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Rochelle, IL, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 26.8K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 144.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,810 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. Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp is pounds #156 and chemical-count #151 at 144.6K 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: Rochelle Foods LLC; Forge Group Cardinal LLC DBA Cardinal Forge Co; Wheatland Tube Western Tube; Chs Rochelle. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Illinois: Altenloh Brinck & Co. U.S. Inc; Beacon Industries Inc; Gates Corp; Gleco Plating Inc.. Other Silgan Holdings Inc sites in this extract: Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp; Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp; Silgan White Cap Corp; Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; n-Butyl alcohol; Xylene (mixed isomers); 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene.
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.9% air releases) across 7 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 144.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Altenloh Brinck & Co. U.S. Inc and Beacon Industries Inc.
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
145K lbs Top 15% higher than 85% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp: Certain glycol ethers-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp reports the 340th-largest volume, placing it in the top 9.9% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Certain glycol ethers alone is 63.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Altenloh Brinck & Co. U.S. Inc and Beacon Industries Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp's pounds in one chemical - here Certain glycol ethers at 63.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp's total reported releases fell from 43.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 26.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp's air releases fell from 43.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 26.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp's chemicals reported fell from 6 in 2022 to 5 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 144.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 8% (24.9K lbs to 26.8K lbs).
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp year-over-year reported totals (increased by 8% 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: Certain glycol ethers.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 24.9K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 27.1K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 21.9K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 43.7K lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 26.8K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 91.7K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 21.1K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 14.9K lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 14.0K lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 1.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | 964 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Aluminum (fume or dust) | 260 lbs | - |
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Rochelle Foods LLC, Forge Group Cardinal LLC DBA Cardinal Forge Co, Wheatland Tube Western Tube, ordered by distance.
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Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Altenloh Brinck & Co. U.S. Inc, Beacon Industries Inc, Gates Corp.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp on cumulative reported pounds (144.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Suzuki Garphyttan Corp, Al-Corn Clean Fuel, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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 Silgan Holdings Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp, Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp, Silgan White Cap Corp.
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, n-Butyl alcohol, Xylene (mixed isomers), 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; nearby reporters include Rochelle Foods LLC. Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp stamps MID volume · AIR 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 Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Rochelle, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332431 · Fabricated Metals. 12.3% of Ogle TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Suzuki Garphyttan Corp (Δ 23 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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