EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Big Dog Adhesives LLC
Elkhart, IN
- Total releases
- 26.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Big Dog Adhesives LLC: how the 26.9K lbs splits
26.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 26.9K lbs 100.0%
Big Dog Adhesives LLC's 26.9K 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.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Big Dog Adhesives LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Elkhart, IN, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 5.0K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 26.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,561 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. Big Dog Adhesives LLC is pounds #342 and chemical-count #533 at 26.9K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: American Electronic Components; Elkhart Plating Corp; Fiber Tron Corp; Franklin-Bay LLC. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Indiana: Bedford Reinforced Plastics Inc; Edon Composites; Hubbell Lenoir City Inc.; Aco Polymer Products Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Styrene; Methyl methacrylate.
Big Dog Adhesives LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 26.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Bedford Reinforced Plastics Inc and Edon Composites.
Big Dog Adhesives LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
27K 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
Big Dog Adhesives LLC: Styrene-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Big Dog Adhesives LLC reports the 620th-largest volume (26.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Styrene alone is 62.6% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 62.6% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Indiana include Bedford Reinforced Plastics Inc and Edon Composites.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Big Dog Adhesives LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Styrene at 62.6%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Big Dog Adhesives LLC's total reported releases rose from 4.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Big Dog Adhesives LLC's air releases rose from 4.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Big Dog Adhesives LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Big Dog Adhesives LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 26.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 57% (11.5K lbs to 5.0K lbs).
Big Dog Adhesives LLC: 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 Big Dog Adhesives LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 57% 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 | 11.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 5.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 1.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 4.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 5.0K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Styrene | 16.8K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methyl methacrylate | 10.1K lbs | - |
Big Dog Adhesives LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Big Dog Adhesives LLC
Closest other reporters in Indiana - including American Electronic Components, Elkhart Plating Corp, Fiber Tron Corp, 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. Bedford Reinforced Plastics Inc, Edon Composites, Hubbell Lenoir City Inc..
Compare beyond Indiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Big Dog Adhesives LLC on cumulative reported pounds (26.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include American Snuff Co LLC, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Raytheon Co. 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.
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 Styrene, Methyl methacrylate; nearby reporters include American Electronic Components. Big Dog Adhesives LLC 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 Big Dog Adhesives LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Big Dog Adhesives LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Elkhart, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326199 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.1% of Elkhart TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: American Snuff Co LLC (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Big Dog Adhesives LLC stamps LIGHT 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