EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Avery Dennison
Fort Wayne, IN · Parent: Avery Dennison Corp
- Total releases
- 61.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Avery Dennison: how the 61.7K lbs splits
61.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 61.7K lbs 100.0%
Avery Dennison's 61.7K 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: Vinyl acetate.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Avery Dennison is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fort Wayne, IN, in the paper sector. It reported 13.7K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2021, and 61.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2021 reporting years. That ranks 5,664 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Indiana's 871 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Avery Dennison is pounds #269 and chemical-count #697 at 61.7K lbs. Uss Gary Works leads reported pounds (77.4M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #9). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC leads chemical count at 98 chemicals (11.9M lbs, pounds #12). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Ottenweller Co; Press-Seal Corp; Dana Light Axle Products LLC; Safety-Kleen Systems Fort Wayne (fwi). Similar-scale Paper peers outside Indiana: Augusta Newsprint Co LLC; New-Indy Oxnard LLC; Graphic Packaging International LLC; American Biltrite Inc.. Other Avery Dennison Corp sites in this extract: Avery Dennison Corp Specialty Tape Div; Avery Dennison Fasson Roll Na; Avery Dennison Building 7; Cff of Avery Dennison (0243081207). Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Vinyl acetate.
Avery Dennison stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 61.7K lbs (2019–2021). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Augusta Newsprint Co LLC and New-Indy Oxnard LLC.
Avery Dennison vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
62K lbs Top 22% higher than 78% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Avery Dennison: Vinyl acetate-led volume
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Avery Dennison reports the 193rd-largest volume (61.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Vinyl acetate alone is 100% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 100% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Indiana include Augusta Newsprint Co LLC and New-Indy Oxnard LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Avery Dennison's pounds in one chemical - here Vinyl acetate at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Avery Dennison Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Avery Dennison releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 61.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2021, total releases decreased by 43% (24.2K lbs to 13.7K lbs).
Avery Dennison: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2021
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
What this shows Avery Dennison year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 43% from 2019 to 2021). 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: Vinyl acetate.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 24.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 23.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 13.7K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2021). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Vinyl acetate | 61.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
Avery Dennison · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Avery Dennison
Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Ottenweller Co, Press-Seal Corp, Dana Light Axle Products LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 870 other reporting facilities in Indiana.
Similar Paper Facilities
Other Paper facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Indiana - e.g. Augusta Newsprint Co LLC, New-Indy Oxnard LLC, Graphic Packaging International LLC.
Compare beyond Indiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Avery Dennison on cumulative reported pounds (61.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Chemours el Dorado, Stratford Metal Finishing Inc, Conagra Foods Packaged Foods LLC Marshall. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico 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.
- Chemours el Dorado El Dorado, AR · Chemicals 61.7K lbs reported
- Stratford Metal Finishing Inc Winston Salem, NC · Fabricated Metals 61.8K lbs reported
- Conagra Foods Packaged Foods LLC Marshall Marshall, MO · Food 61.8K lbs reported
- Carbon Green Bioenergy Lake Odessa, MI · Chemicals 61.8K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Avery Dennison Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Avery Dennison Corp Specialty Tape Div, Avery Dennison Fasson Roll Na, Avery Dennison Building 7.
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 Vinyl acetate; nearby reporters include Ottenweller Co. Avery Dennison stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Avery Dennison TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Vinyl acetate) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Avery Dennison totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fort Wayne, IN, latest year 2021. Form-R rows span 2019–2021 (3 years). NAICS 322299 · Paper. 0.6% of Allen TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Chemours el Dorado (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Avery Dennison stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Vinyl acetate. 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