EPA TRI Facility · Hazardous Waste

Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC

East Chicago, IN · Parent: Tradebe Gp

Total releases
11.9M lbs
Chemicals reported
98
Carcinogens
32
Primary pathway
Off-site Transfers

OFFSITE Form-R mix

Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC: how the 11.9M lbs splits

11.9M lbs across all reported pathways

  • Off-site Transfers 11.8M lbs 99.0%
  • Air Releases 117.8K lbs 1.0%

Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC's 11.9M lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ethylene glycol.

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 OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN

Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in East Chicago, IN, in the hazardous waste sector. It reported 2.8M lbs of releases across 55 chemicals in 2023, and 11.9M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 171 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. 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: Kemira Water Solutions Inc; Electric Coating Technologies LLC D/b/a Material Sciences Co; Hoist Material Handling Inc.; Grace Davison East Chicago. Similar-scale Hazardous Waste peers outside Indiana: Clean Harbors Aragonite LLC; US Ecology Idaho Inc.; Energysolutions LLC; Ecw Landfill Corp.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene glycol; Zinc compounds; Urethane; Diisocyanates.

In-state chemical count is not the pounds ranking

Indiana TRI reporters with pounds > 0 and chemicals > 0 (n=871)

chemicals

What this shows Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC leads Indiana chemical count. Uss Gary Works leads reported pounds and sits at chemical-count #9. Chemical count is a disclosure mix, not toxicity or health risk.

Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory As of 2023 reporting year
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Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.0% off-site transfers) across 98 chemicals · 32 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 11.9M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Clean Harbors Aragonite LLC and US Ecology Idaho Inc..

#171 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by total reported releases - among the top 0.7% of reporting sites by volume. Ranking reflects reported pounds, not toxicity or health risk.

Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility

Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution

12M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities

This facility 0 lbs 20M+ lbs every reporting TRI facility, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year

Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC in the Hazardous Waste sector extract

Among the 261 Hazardous Waste facilities in this database, Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC reports the 21st-largest volume, placing it in the top 8% of its sector. Scale peers outside Indiana include Clean Harbors Aragonite LLC and US Ecology Idaho Inc..

Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.

Annual disclosure change

What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year

2022 → 2023
  • Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC's total reported releases fell from 3.0 million lb in 2022 to 2.8 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC's air releases rose from 11.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 26.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC's chemicals reported rose from 49 in 2022 to 55 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC's off-site transfers fell from 3.0 million lb in 2022 to 2.8 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.

Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC Form-R facts

Sector
Hazardous Waste
HEAVY volume
11.9M lbs
OFFSITE pathway
Off-site Transfers
CARC-LEAN chem count
98 · 32 carc.
Lead chemical
Ethylene glycol

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See how Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.

Total reported releases
Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC
11.9M lbs
Kemira Water Solutions Inc
530 lbs

22461.4× more than the comparison

Chemicals reported
Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC
98
Kemira Water Solutions Inc
3

32.7× 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 Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 11.9M lbs.

Off-site Transfers 11.8M lbs (99.0%)
Air Releases 117.8K lbs (1.0%)
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Emissions Trend Summary

From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 14% (2.5M lbs to 2.8M lbs).

Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC: annual Form-R pounds

HEAVY site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023

million lbs

What this shows Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 14% 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: Ethylene glycol.

Source EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Year Total Chemicals
2019 2.5M lbs 49
2020 2.0M lbs 54
2021 1.7M lbs 69
2022 3.0M lbs 49
2023 2.8M lbs 55

Chemical Releases

Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 32 of 98 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.

Chemical Total Flags
Ethylene glycol 3.1M lbs -
Zinc compounds 1.6M lbs -
Urethane 767.0K lbs Carcinogen
Diisocyanates 647.6K lbs -
Styrene 312.5K lbs Carcinogen
n-Butyl alcohol 285.5K lbs -
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 266.3K lbs -
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 246.5K lbs -
Phenol 233.0K lbs -
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 206.1K lbs -
Atrazine 199.0K lbs -
Epichlorohydrin 194.3K lbs Carcinogen
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates 180.6K lbs -
Chromium 176.3K lbs -
Diethanolamine 158.8K lbs -
Barium And Barium Compounds 158.1K lbs -
Vinylidene chloride 155.7K lbs Carcinogen
Chlorsulfuron 152.3K lbs -
Dicamba 150.1K lbs -
Toluene 141.7K lbs -
Lead And Lead Compounds 138.3K lbs -
Nonylphenol 118.2K lbs -
Certain glycol ethers 117.5K lbs -
Xylene (mixed isomers) 97.3K lbs -
Nickel And Nickel Compounds 91.2K lbs Carcinogen
Chlorimuron-ethyl 88.5K lbs -
Ethyl acrylate 84.5K lbs Carcinogen
Pendimethalin 81.7K lbs -
Tribenuron-methyl 80.2K lbs -
Triethylamine 75.1K lbs -
Formaldehyde 71.4K lbs Carcinogen
1-Bromopropane 68.2K lbs Carcinogen
Methanol 67.6K lbs -
Nickel compounds 64.8K lbs Carcinogen
Vinyl acetate 64.5K lbs Carcinogen
Copper And Copper Compounds 62.6K lbs -
Lead 62.2K lbs Carcinogen
Ethylene 61.3K lbs -
Barium 58.4K lbs -
Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds 58.2K lbs Carcinogen
C.I. Solvent Yellow 14 51.1K lbs -
Cyclohexane 50.2K lbs -
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 49.1K lbs -
Ammonia 45.0K lbs -
2-Phenylphenol 39.4K lbs -
Dichloromethane 38.5K lbs Carcinogen
sec-Butyl alcohol 37.9K lbs -
Dibutyl phthalate 34.7K lbs -
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 34.6K lbs -
Arsenic 33.5K lbs Carcinogen
Prometryn 33.4K lbs -
Ethylbenzene 29.3K lbs Carcinogen
Chloroform 28.0K lbs Carcinogen
Manganese compounds 26.3K lbs -
Lead compounds 25.6K lbs -
Trifluralin 25.1K lbs -
Sodium dicamba 24.9K lbs -
Methyl isobutyl ketone 24.4K lbs Carcinogen
Ametryn 23.6K lbs -
Metribuzin 20.7K lbs -
Diuron 20.5K lbs -
Norflurazon 20.4K lbs -
Terbacil 20.1K lbs -
N,N-Dimethylformamide 20.0K lbs Carcinogen
Tebuthiuron 20.0K lbs -
Acrylamide 19.6K lbs Carcinogen
Copper compounds 19.2K lbs -
Hexazinone 19.2K lbs -
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloro-2-fluoroethane (HCFC-121a) 17.8K lbs -
Chlorothalonil 17.8K lbs Carcinogen
2-Ethoxyethanol 15.7K lbs -
Paraquat dichloride 15.7K lbs -
Linuron 12.7K lbs -
Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) 12.2K lbs -
Biphenyl 11.0K lbs -
n-Hexane 9.5K lbs -
Naphthalene 7.9K lbs Carcinogen
Tetrachloroethylene 5.4K lbs Carcinogen
p-Xylene 5.2K lbs -
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 3.5K lbs Carcinogen
Methyl methacrylate 2.3K lbs -
Trichloroethylene 1.9K lbs Carcinogen
Acetonitrile 1.7K lbs -
Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), α-hydro-ω-hydroxy-, ether with α-fluoro-ω-(2-hydroxyethyl)poly(difluoromethylene) (1:1) 878 lbs -
Chlorobenzene 248 lbs -
Mercury 221 lbs -
Benzene 155 lbs Carcinogen
o-Cresol 143 lbs -
Pyridine 61 lbs Carcinogen
Polychlorinated biphenyls 61 lbs Carcinogen
tert-Butyl alcohol 51 lbs -
Toxaphene 14 lbs Carcinogen
Tetrabromobisphenol A 7 lbs -
Hexachlorobenzene 3 lbs Carcinogen
1,2-Dichlorobenzene 2 lbs -
2,4-D 2 lbs Carcinogen
Chlordane 0 lbs Carcinogen
Heptachlor 0 lbs Carcinogen

Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site

East Chicago, IN
41.6344, -87.4616
County TRI context
Lake · 9.2% of county pounds
Parent company
Tradebe Gp

Compare beyond Indiana

Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count

Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC on cumulative reported pounds (11.9M lbs) and distinct chemical count (98). Release-pound peers include Boswell Energy Center, Terra Nitrogen L.P. Verdigris Plant, Koch Fertilizer Dodge City LLC. Chemical-count peers include Chemical Waste Management, US Ecology Texas Inc, Elemental Environmental Solutions LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.

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 Ethylene glycol, Zinc compounds, Urethane, Diisocyanates; nearby reporters include Kemira Water Solutions Inc. Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC TRI extract (HEAVY · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Ethylene glycol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.

Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for East Chicago, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 562211 · Hazardous Waste. 9.2% of Lake TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Boswell Energy Center (Δ 2.2K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.

Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Ethylene glycol. 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