EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Purforms Inc Lowell
Lowell, MI
- Total releases
- 3.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Purforms Inc Lowell: how the 3.6K lbs splits
3.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 3.6K lbs 100.0%
Purforms Inc Lowell's 3.6K 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: Diisocyanates.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Purforms Inc Lowell is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lowell, MI, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 810 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 3.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 11,772 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. Purforms Inc Lowell is pounds #453 and chemical-count #684 at 3.6K 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: Access Business Group LLC; Plastic Plate Inc. - Kraft Plater; Progressive Surface; Kendrick Plastics. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Michigan: Accent Marble Inc.; Dfa US Inc.; Sperry & Rice LLC; Davies Molding LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Diisocyanates.
Purforms Inc Lowell stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Accent Marble Inc. and Dfa US Inc..
Purforms Inc Lowell vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.6K lbs Top 45% higher than 55% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Purforms Inc Lowell: Diisocyanates-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Purforms Inc Lowell reports the 929th-largest volume (3.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Diisocyanates alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Accent Marble Inc. and Dfa US Inc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Purforms Inc Lowell's pounds in one chemical - here Diisocyanates at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Purforms Inc Lowell Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Purforms Inc Lowell releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 62% (500 lbs to 810 lbs).
Purforms Inc Lowell: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Purforms Inc Lowell year-over-year reported totals (increased by 62% 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: Diisocyanates.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 500 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 500 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 1.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 815 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 810 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Diisocyanates | 3.6K lbs | - |
Purforms Inc Lowell · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Purforms Inc Lowell
Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Access Business Group LLC, Plastic Plate Inc. - Kraft Plater, Progressive Surface, ordered by distance.
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Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Accent Marble Inc., Dfa US Inc., Sperry & Rice LLC.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Purforms Inc Lowell on cumulative reported pounds (3.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Medalcraft Mint Inc, Steel Dynamics Heartland LLC, Pharma Tech Industries. 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.
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Similar chemical count
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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 Diisocyanates; nearby reporters include Access Business Group LLC. Purforms Inc Lowell stamps LIGHT 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.
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This Purforms Inc Lowell TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Diisocyanates) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Purforms Inc Lowell totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lowell, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326150 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.1% of Kent TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Medalcraft Mint Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Purforms Inc Lowell stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Diisocyanates. 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