EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Better Way Products
New Paris, IN · Parent: Patrick Industries Inc
- Total releases
- 1.6M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Better Way Products: how the 1.6M lbs splits
1.6M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.6M lbs 100.0%
Better Way Products's 1.6M 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: Styrene.
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.
HEAVY volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Better Way Products is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in New Paris, IN, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 269.4K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 1.6M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,000 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. Better Way Products is pounds #45 and chemical-count #348 at 1.6M 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Smart LLC; Merchants Metals; Smoker Craft Inc.; Brock Grain Systems. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Indiana: Kohler Co; Eastman Performance Films LLC - Plant II; Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC; Hamilton Bathware. Other Patrick Industries Inc sites in this extract: Better Way Products; Patrick Industries Inc,dba Baymont Inc Belmont Facility; Prestige Painting Belmont; Baymont Composites South (bu 244). Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Styrene; Methyl methacrylate; Toluene.
Better Way Products stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.6M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Kohler Co and Eastman Performance Films LLC - Plant II.
Better Way Products vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.6M lbs Top 4% higher than 96% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Better Way Products: Styrene-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Better Way Products reports the 16th-largest volume, placing it in the top 1.1% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Styrene alone is 92.1% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 92.1% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Indiana include Kohler Co and Eastman Performance Films LLC - Plant II.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Better Way Products's pounds in one chemical - here Styrene at 92.1%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Better Way Products's total reported releases fell from 336.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 269.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Better Way Products's chemicals reported rose from 2 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Better Way Products's air releases fell from 336.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 269.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Better Way Products Form-R facts
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See how Better Way Products stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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3.0× more than the comparison
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 Better Way Products releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.6M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 18% (328.5K lbs to 269.4K lbs).
Better Way Products: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Better Way Products year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 18% 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: Styrene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 328.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 256.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 384.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 336.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 269.4K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Styrene | 1.5M lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methyl methacrylate | 114.7K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 10.4K lbs | - |
Better Way Products · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Better Way Products
Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Smart LLC, Merchants Metals, Smoker Craft Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 870 other reporting facilities in Indiana.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Indiana - e.g. Kohler Co, Eastman Performance Films LLC - Plant II, Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC.
Compare beyond Indiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Better Way Products on cumulative reported pounds (1.6M lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Swagelok Manufacturing Co LLC, Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center, Equistar Chemicals LP. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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.
- Swagelok Manufacturing Co LLC Solon, OH · Machinery 1.6M lbs reported
- Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center Saint Paul, VA · Electric Utilities 1.6M lbs reported
- Equistar Chemicals LP La Porte, TX · Chemicals 1.6M lbs reported
- Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC - Waxahachie Waxahachie, TX · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 1.6M lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Patrick Industries Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Better Way Products, Patrick Industries Inc,dba Baymont Inc Belmont Facility, Prestige Painting Belmont.
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 Styrene, Methyl methacrylate, Toluene; nearby reporters include Smart LLC. Better Way Products stamps HEAVY 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 Better Way Products TRI extract (HEAVY · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Better Way Products totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for New Paris, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326199 · Plastics and Rubber. 8.7% of Elkhart TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Swagelok Manufacturing Co LLC (Δ 603 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Better Way Products stamps HEAVY volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene. 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