EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant
Elk Grove Village, IL
- Total releases
- 28.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant: how the 28.7K lbs splits
28.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 28.7K lbs 100.0%
Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant's 28.7K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Toluene.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Elk Grove Village, IL, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 4.1K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 28.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,414 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. Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant is pounds #302 and chemical-count #543 at 28.7K 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: Main Steel; Chem-Plate Industries Inc; Material Sciences Corp; Perfection Plating Inc.. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Illinois: Polymerics Inc; Spartech LLC; Maverick Maintenance & Supply LLC; Fiberglass Specialties Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene; Diisocyanates.
Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 28.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Polymerics Inc and Spartech LLC.
Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
29K lbs Top 29% higher than 71% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant: Toluene-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant reports the 606th-largest volume (28.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Toluene alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Polymerics Inc and Spartech LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Toluene at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant's total reported releases fell from 4.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant's air releases fell from 4.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 28.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 33% (3.1K lbs to 4.1K lbs).
Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 33% 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: Toluene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 8.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 8.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 4.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 4.1K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Toluene | 28.7K lbs | - |
| Diisocyanates | 0 lbs | - |
Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Main Steel, Chem-Plate Industries Inc, Material Sciences Corp, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Polymerics Inc, Spartech LLC, Maverick Maintenance & Supply LLC.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant on cumulative reported pounds (28.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Tokai Carbon Ge LLC, Wyman-Gordon Co, Contender Boats Fort Pierce Plant. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- Tokai Carbon Ge LLC Ozark, AR · Electrical Equipment 28.7K lbs reported
- Wyman-Gordon Co North Grafton, MA · Fabricated Metals 28.7K lbs reported
- Contender Boats Fort Pierce Plant Fort Pierce, FL · Transportation Equipment 28.7K lbs reported
- O'Connell Oil Co Merrill Road Facility Pittsfield, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 28.8K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Toluene, Diisocyanates; nearby reporters include Main Steel. Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Toluene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Elk Grove Village, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326112 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Tokai Carbon Ge LLC (Δ 9 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Toluene. 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