EPA TRI Facility · Furniture
Bertch Cabinet LLC
Waterloo, IA · Parent: Masterbrand Inc
- Total releases
- 117.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Bertch Cabinet LLC: how the 117.3K lbs splits
117.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 116.5K lbs 99.3%
- Off-site Transfers 793 lbs 0.7%
Bertch Cabinet LLC's 117.3K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.3% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Xylene (mixed isomers).
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.
MID volume AIR pathway CARC-MID
Bertch Cabinet LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Waterloo, IA, in the furniture sector. It reported 10.0K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 117.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,257 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Iowa's 460 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Bertch Cabinet LLC is pounds #109 and chemical-count #250 at 117.3K lbs. Climax Molybdenum Co leads reported pounds (16.4M lbs) at 5 chemicals (chemical-count #117). Helena Industries LLC leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (9.4K lbs, pounds #247). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Crown Group Waterloo Plant; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc Waterloo Iowa; John Deere Waterloo Works Drivetrain Operations and Foundry; Kcng Iowa LLC. Similar-scale Furniture peers outside Iowa: Cabinetworks Group Mt. Sterling; Masterbrand Cabinets LLC - Kinston Operations; Wf Cabinetry; Mastercraft Industries Inc. Other Masterbrand Inc sites in this extract: Masterbrand Cabinets Llc-Decora; Masterbrand Cabinets LLC; Masterbrand Cabinets Llc-Grants Pass Operations; Masterbrand Cabinets Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Xylene (mixed isomers); Styrene.
Bertch Cabinet LLC stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.3% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 117.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cabinetworks Group Mt. Sterling and Masterbrand Cabinets LLC - Kinston Operations.
Bertch Cabinet LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
117K lbs Top 16% higher than 84% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Bertch Cabinet LLC in the Furniture sector extract
Among the 185 Furniture facilities in this database, Bertch Cabinet LLC reports the 48th-largest volume (117.3K lbs). Scale peers outside Iowa include Cabinetworks Group Mt. Sterling and Masterbrand Cabinets LLC - Kinston Operations.
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
- Bertch Cabinet LLC's total reported releases fell from 18.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 10.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Bertch Cabinet LLC's chemicals reported fell from 2 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Bertch Cabinet LLC's air releases fell from 18.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 10.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Bertch Cabinet LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Bertch Cabinet LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 117.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 68% (31.1K lbs to 10.0K lbs).
Bertch Cabinet LLC: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Bertch Cabinet LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 68% 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: Xylene (mixed isomers).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 31.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 31.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 25.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 18.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 10.0K 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 70.4K lbs | - |
| Styrene | 46.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
Bertch Cabinet LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Bertch Cabinet LLC
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Crown Group Waterloo Plant, Tyson Fresh Meats Inc Waterloo Iowa, John Deere Waterloo Works Drivetrain Operations and Foundry, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 459 other reporting facilities in Iowa.
Similar Furniture Facilities
Other Furniture facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. Cabinetworks Group Mt. Sterling, Masterbrand Cabinets LLC - Kinston Operations, Wf Cabinetry.
Compare beyond Iowa
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Bertch Cabinet LLC on cumulative reported pounds (117.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Rocknel Fastener Inc., Bath Iron Works, Puget Sound Coatings. 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).
Other Masterbrand Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Masterbrand Cabinets Llc-Decora, Masterbrand Cabinets LLC, Masterbrand Cabinets Llc-Grants Pass Operations.
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 Xylene (mixed isomers), Styrene; nearby reporters include Crown Group Waterloo Plant. Bertch Cabinet LLC stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID 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 Bertch Cabinet LLC TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-MID · lead Xylene (mixed isomers)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Bertch Cabinet LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Waterloo, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 337110 · Furniture. 5.2% of Black Hawk TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Rocknel Fastener Inc. (Δ 31 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Bertch Cabinet LLC stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID · lead Xylene (mixed isomers). 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