EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC
Des Moines, IA · Parent: Bridgestone Americas Inc
- Total releases
- 82.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC: how the 82.8K lbs splits
82.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 75.2K lbs 90.8%
- Air Releases 7.5K lbs 9.0%
- Water Discharges 168 lbs 0.2%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC's 82.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 90.8% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 9.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
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 TRACE-CARC
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Des Moines, IA, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 8.7K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 82.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,988 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. Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC is pounds #138 and chemical-count #196 at 82.8K 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: Construction Products Inc; Barton Solvents Inc Des Moines; Safety-Kleen Systems Des Moines (des); Liberty Ready Mix. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Iowa: Evolve Stone LLC; V-Rod USA Inc DBA Fiberglass Innovations; Timken Smo LLC; J.p. Inc. DBA Jasper Plastic Solutions. Other Bridgestone Americas Inc sites in this extract: Firestone Polymers LLC; Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC; Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC; Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC Aiken County Off. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Benzo[g,h,i]perylene.
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (90.8% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 82.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Evolve Stone LLC and V-Rod USA Inc DBA Fiberglass Innovations.
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
83K lbs Top 19% higher than 81% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC reports the 363rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 24.1% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 99.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Iowa include Evolve Stone LLC and V-Rod USA Inc DBA Fiberglass Innovations.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 99.6%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC's total reported releases fell from 14.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC's off-site transfers fell from 13.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 7.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC's air releases fell from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 82.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 64% (24.0K lbs to 8.7K lbs).
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC: 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 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 64% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 24.0K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 20.2K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 15.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 14.9K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 8.7K 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 82.5K lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 261 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 46 lbs | - |
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Construction Products Inc, Barton Solvents Inc Des Moines, Safety-Kleen Systems Des Moines (des), ordered by distance.
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Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. Evolve Stone LLC, V-Rod USA Inc DBA Fiberglass Innovations, Timken Smo LLC.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC on cumulative reported pounds (82.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Evolve Stone LLC, Darigold-Boise, Clean Harbors Wilmington LLC. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Bridgestone Americas Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Firestone Polymers LLC, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC.
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 Zinc compounds, Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene; nearby reporters include Construction Products Inc. Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Des Moines, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326211 · Plastics and Rubber. 2.3% of Polk TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Evolve Stone LLC (Δ 62 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc compounds. 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