EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Universal Products Inc.
Goddard, KS
- Total releases
- 19.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Universal Products Inc.: how the 19.4K lbs splits
19.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 19.4K lbs 100.0%
Universal Products Inc.'s 19.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Mercury And Mercury Compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Universal Products Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Goddard, KS, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 10 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 19.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,313 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kansas's 317 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Universal Products Inc. is pounds #122 and chemical-count #186 at 19.4K lbs. Ecovyst Catalyst Technologies LLC leads reported pounds (19.3M lbs) at 9 chemicals (chemical-count #32). Ash Grove Cement Co leads chemical count at 45 chemicals (929.5K lbs, pounds #26). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: R.d. Henry & Co Inc.; Max Aerostructures LLC; Textron Aviation/west Campus; Cnh Industrial America LLC. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Kansas: Oldcastle Infrastructure Inc.; Gpi Corp; Fehrer Automotive N.a. LLC; Hutchinson Sealing Systems Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Mercury And Mercury Compounds; Mercury compounds.
Universal Products Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 19.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Oldcastle Infrastructure Inc. and Gpi Corp.
Universal Products Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
19K lbs Top 32% higher than 68% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Universal Products Inc.: Mercury And Mercury Compounds-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Universal Products Inc. reports the 695th-largest volume (19.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Mercury And Mercury Compounds alone is more than 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Kansas include Oldcastle Infrastructure Inc. and Gpi Corp.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Universal Products Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Mercury And Mercury Compounds at more than 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Universal Products Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Universal Products Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 19.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (19.4K lbs to 10 lbs).
Universal Products 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 Universal Products Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Mercury And Mercury Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 19.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 13 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 10 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 19.4K lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 13 lbs | - |
Universal Products Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Universal Products Inc.
Closest other reporters in Kansas - including R.d. Henry & Co Inc., Max Aerostructures LLC, Textron Aviation/west Campus, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 316 other reporting facilities in Kansas.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kansas - e.g. Oldcastle Infrastructure Inc., Gpi Corp, Fehrer Automotive N.a. LLC.
Compare beyond Kansas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Universal Products Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (19.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Steris Corp St Louis Operations, Schaeffler Group USA Inc - Plant I I, Rexnord Industries LLC. 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.
- Steris Corp St Louis Operations Saint Louis, MO · Chemicals 19.4K lbs reported
- Schaeffler Group USA Inc - Plant I I Cheraw, SC · Fabricated Metals 19.4K lbs reported
- Rexnord Industries LLC Stuarts Draft, VA · Machinery 19.4K lbs reported
- Oldcastle Infrastructure Inc. Madera, CA · Plastics and Rubber 19.4K lbs reported
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 Mercury And Mercury Compounds, Mercury compounds; nearby reporters include R.d. Henry & Co Inc.. Universal Products Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN 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 Universal Products Inc. TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Mercury And Mercury Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Universal Products Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Goddard, KS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326113 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.2% of Sedgwick TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Steris Corp St Louis Operations (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Universal Products Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Mercury And Mercury 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