EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Paperworks Industries Inc
Wabash, IN · Parent: Paperworks Industries Holding Corp.
- Total releases
- 2.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Paperworks Industries Inc: how the 2.6K lbs splits
2.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 2.6K lbs 99.6%
- Air Releases 7 lbs 0.3%
- Water Discharges 4 lbs 0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Paperworks Industries Inc's 2.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead.
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 OFFSITE pathway CARC-HEAVY
Paperworks Industries Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Wabash, IN, in the paper sector. It reported 286 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 2.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 12,358 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. Paperworks Industries Inc is pounds #544 and chemical-count #572 at 2.6K 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: Bulldog Battery Corp; Metalx Aluminum Conversions; Real Alloy Recycling LLC; The Ford Meter Box Co Inc. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Indiana: Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc; St Tissue LLC; Intertape Polymer Group; Sonoco Products Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead; Mercury And Mercury Compounds.
Paperworks Industries Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.6% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc and St Tissue LLC.
Paperworks Industries Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.6K lbs Top 48% higher than 52% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Paperworks Industries Inc: Lead-led volume
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Paperworks Industries Inc reports the 276th-largest volume (2.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Lead alone is 99.8% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 99.8% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Indiana include Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc and St Tissue LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Paperworks Industries Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Lead at 99.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Paperworks Industries Inc's total reported releases fell from 870 lb in 2022 to 286 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Paperworks Industries Inc's off-site transfers fell from 867 lb in 2022 to 283 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Paperworks Industries Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Paperworks Industries Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 52% (601 lbs to 286 lbs).
Paperworks Industries Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Paperworks Industries Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 52% 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: Lead.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 601 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 418 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 423 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 870 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 286 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 2.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 4 lbs | - |
Paperworks Industries Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Paperworks Industries Inc
Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Bulldog Battery Corp, Metalx Aluminum Conversions, Real Alloy Recycling 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. Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc, St Tissue LLC, Intertape Polymer Group.
Compare beyond Indiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Paperworks Industries Inc on cumulative reported pounds (2.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Carpenter Co, Fxi Inc. - Archbald, Willow Brook Foods. 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 Lead, Mercury And Mercury Compounds; nearby reporters include Bulldog Battery Corp. Paperworks Industries Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Paperworks Industries Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Paperworks Industries Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Wabash, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 322130 · Paper. 0.1% of Wabash TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Carpenter Co (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Paperworks Industries Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead. 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