EPA TRI Facility · Hazardous Waste
Drug & Laboratory Disposal Inc
Plainwell, MI
- Total releases
- 1.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2020
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Drug & Laboratory Disposal Inc: how the 1.8K lbs splits
1.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 1.8K lbs 100.0%
Drug & Laboratory Disposal Inc's 1.8K 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: Lead And Lead Compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Drug & Laboratory Disposal Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Plainwell, MI, in the hazardous waste sector. It reported 921 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2020, and 1.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 12,980 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Michigan's 791 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Drug & Laboratory Disposal Inc is pounds #499 and chemical-count #511 at 1.8K lbs. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works leads reported pounds (53.0M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #27). Eq Detroit Inc leads chemical count at 71 chemicals (14.0M lbs, pounds #5). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Jbs Plainwell; Parker Hannifin; Otsego Paper Inc.; Fema Component Manufacturing. Similar-scale Hazardous Waste peers outside Michigan: Set Environmental Inc.; Safety-Kleen Systems Denton Recycle Center; Safety-Kleen Systems Nashville (nas); Desotec US LLC Darlington Facility. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds; Mercury And Mercury Compounds.
Drug & Laboratory Disposal Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.8K lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Set Environmental Inc. and Safety-Kleen Systems Denton Recycle Center.
Drug & Laboratory Disposal Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.8K lbs Top 50% higher than 50% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Drug & Laboratory Disposal Inc: Lead And Lead Compounds-led volume
Among the 261 Hazardous Waste facilities in this database, Drug & Laboratory Disposal Inc reports the 140th-largest volume (1.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Lead And Lead Compounds alone is 94.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Set Environmental Inc. and Safety-Kleen Systems Denton Recycle Center.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Drug & Laboratory Disposal Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Lead And Lead Compounds at 94.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Drug & Laboratory Disposal Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Drug & Laboratory Disposal Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases increased by 6% (872 lbs to 921 lbs).
Drug & Laboratory Disposal Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows Drug & Laboratory Disposal Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 6% from 2019 to 2020). 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: Lead And Lead Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 872 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 921 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 1.7K lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 92 lbs | - |
Drug & Laboratory Disposal Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Similar Hazardous Waste Facilities
Other Hazardous Waste facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Set Environmental Inc., Safety-Kleen Systems Denton Recycle Center, Safety-Kleen Systems Nashville (nas).
Compare beyond Michigan
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Drug & Laboratory Disposal Inc on cumulative reported pounds (1.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Curia Massachusetts Inc., Cleaveland/price Inc, Swanson Group Mfg Springfield Plywood. 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.
- Curia Massachusetts Inc. Burlington, MA · Chemicals 1.8K lbs reported
- Cleaveland/price Inc Trafford, PA · Electrical Equipment 1.8K lbs reported
- Swanson Group Mfg Springfield Plywood Springfield, OR · Wood Products 1.8K lbs reported
- Fort Wayne Anodizing Corporati On Fort Wayne, IN · Fabricated Metals 1.8K 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 Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury And Mercury Compounds; nearby reporters include Jbs Plainwell. Drug & Laboratory Disposal 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 Drug & Laboratory Disposal Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Lead And Lead Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Drug & Laboratory Disposal Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Plainwell, MI, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 562211 · Hazardous Waste. 0.0% of Allegan TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Curia Massachusetts Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Drug & Laboratory Disposal Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Lead And Lead 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