EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Ideal Tape Co
Lowell, MA · Parent: American Biltrite Inc
- Total releases
- 564.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Ideal Tape Co: how the 667.7K lbs splits
667.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 667.7K lbs 100.0%
Ideal Tape Co's 667.7K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Toluene.
MID volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Ideal Tape Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lowell, MA, in the paper sector. It reported 103.0K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 564.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 1,806 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. Ideal Tape Co is pounds #7 and chemical-count #156 at 564.7K 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: Specialty Materials Inc.; Macom Technology Solutions Inc; Avcarb Material Solutions; 3M Co Chelmsford. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Massachusetts: New-Indy Containerboard Ontario LLC; Neenah Paper Michigan Inc.; Nd Paper Inc.; Avery Dennison Corp Specialty Tape Div. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene; n-Hexane.
Ideal Tape Co stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 564.7K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include New-Indy Containerboard Ontario LLC and Neenah Paper Michigan Inc..
Ideal Tape Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
565K lbs Top 7% higher than 93% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ideal Tape Co: Toluene-led volume
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Ideal Tape Co reports the 124th-largest volume (564.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Toluene alone is 98.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Massachusetts include New-Indy Containerboard Ontario LLC and Neenah Paper Michigan Inc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Ideal Tape Co's pounds in one chemical - here Toluene at 98.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Ideal Tape Co's total reported releases rose from 111.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 116.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ideal Tape Co's air releases rose from 111.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 116.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Ideal Tape Co Form-R facts
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See how Ideal Tape Co stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
160.3× more than the comparison
33% less 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 Ideal Tape Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 667.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 2% (100.7K lbs to 103.0K lbs).
Ideal Tape Co: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Ideal Tape Co year-over-year reported totals (increased by 2% 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: Toluene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 100.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 117.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 119.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 111.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 116.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 103.0K lbs | 2 |
Ideal Tape Co · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ideal Tape Co
Closest other reporters in Massachusetts - including Specialty Materials Inc., Macom Technology Solutions Inc, Avcarb Material Solutions, 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. New-Indy Containerboard Ontario LLC, Neenah Paper Michigan Inc., Nd Paper Inc..
Compare beyond Massachusetts
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ideal Tape Co on cumulative reported pounds (564.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Aldrich Chemical Co LLC, Innovative Water Care LLC a Solenis Co, Boeing Commercial Airplanes - Auburn. 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.
- Aldrich Chemical Co LLC Sheboygan Falls, WI · Chemicals 564.4K lbs reported
- Innovative Water Care LLC a Solenis Co Charleston, TN · Chemicals 565.3K lbs reported
- Boeing Commercial Airplanes - Auburn Auburn, WA · Transportation Equipment 563.6K lbs reported
- Advanced Polymer Technology Evans City, PA · Chemicals 565.9K 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 Toluene, n-Hexane; nearby reporters include Specialty Materials Inc.. Ideal Tape Co stamps MID volume · AIR 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.
Use and verify this record
This Ideal Tape Co TRI extract (MID · AIR · CLEAN · lead Toluene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ideal Tape Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lowell, MA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 322220 · Paper. 12.2% of Middlesex TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Aldrich Chemical Co LLC (Δ 300 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ideal Tape Co stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Toluene. 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