EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Cardinal Health / Kpr
Chicopee, MA · Parent: Cardinal Health Inc
- Total releases
- 18.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Cardinal Health / Kpr: how the 21.4K lbs splits
21.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 18.5K lbs 86.6%
- Air Releases 2.9K lbs 13.4%
Cardinal Health / Kpr's 21.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 86.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 13.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Acrylic acid.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Cardinal Health / Kpr is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chicopee, MA, in the paper sector. It reported 2.5K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2024, and 18.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 8,375 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Massachusetts's 373 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cardinal Health / Kpr is pounds #113 and chemical-count #273 at 18.9K lbs. Solutia Inc leads reported pounds (2.5M lbs) at 9 chemicals (chemical-count #10). Astro Chemicals Inc leads chemical count at 17 chemicals (5.9K lbs, pounds #154). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Jain Americas - Nucedar Mills; US Tsubaki Automotive LLC; Ethos Energy Group; Randolph Products Co. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Massachusetts: Playtex Mfg.; Tekni-Plex Flexibles LLC; Avery Dennison; Flexcon Industrial LLC. Other Cardinal Health Inc sites in this extract: Kendall Patient Recovery LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Acrylic acid.
Cardinal Health / Kpr stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (86.6% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 18.9K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Playtex Mfg. and Tekni-Plex Flexibles LLC.
Cardinal Health / Kpr 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
Cardinal Health / Kpr: Acrylic acid-led volume
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Cardinal Health / Kpr reports the 235th-largest volume (18.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Acrylic acid alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Massachusetts include Playtex Mfg. and Tekni-Plex Flexibles LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cardinal Health / Kpr's pounds in one chemical - here Acrylic acid at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cardinal Health / Kpr's total reported releases rose from 2.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cardinal Health / Kpr's off-site transfers rose from 1.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cardinal Health / Kpr's air releases fell from 498 lb in 2022 to 488 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cardinal Health / Kpr Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cardinal Health / Kpr releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 21.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 55% (5.7K lbs to 2.5K lbs).
Cardinal Health / Kpr: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Cardinal Health / Kpr year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 55% from 2019 to 2024). 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: Acrylic acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 4.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 3.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 2.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 3.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 2.5K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Acrylic acid | 21.4K lbs | - |
Cardinal Health / Kpr · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cardinal Health / Kpr
Closest other reporters in Massachusetts - including Jain Americas - Nucedar Mills, US Tsubaki Automotive LLC, Ethos Energy Group, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 372 other reporting facilities in Massachusetts.
Similar Paper Facilities
Other Paper facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Massachusetts - e.g. Playtex Mfg., Tekni-Plex Flexibles LLC, Avery Dennison.
Compare beyond Massachusetts
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cardinal Health / Kpr on cumulative reported pounds (18.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Shell Kenner Terminal, Axel Royal LLC, Zeus Co LLC Gsc. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. 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 Cardinal Health Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Kendall Patient Recovery 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 Acrylic acid; nearby reporters include Jain Americas - Nucedar Mills. Cardinal Health / Kpr 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 Cardinal Health / Kpr TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Acrylic acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cardinal Health / Kpr totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chicopee, MA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 322299 · Paper. 0.3% of Hampden TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Shell Kenner Terminal (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cardinal Health / Kpr stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Acrylic acid. 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