EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Westrock Co
Battle Creek, MI · Parent: Smurfit Westrock U.S. Holding Co
- Total releases
- 677 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Westrock Co: how the 677 lbs splits
677 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 675 lbs 99.7%
- Air Releases 2 lbs 0.3%
Westrock Co's 677 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Westrock Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Battle Creek, MI, in the paper sector. It reported 130 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 677 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,404 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. Westrock Co is pounds #553 and chemical-count #299 at 677 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Transcontinental (battle Creek); Graphic Packaging International LLC; Ac Foundry Inc; II Stanley Co Inc. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Michigan: Amcor Flexibles; Jackson Paper Manufacturing; US Paper Mills Corp; Sonoco Wisconsin Rapids. Other Smurfit Westrock U.S. Holding Co sites in this extract: Westrock Coated Board LLC; Westrock Texas LP; Westrock Southeast LLC; Westrock Cp LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds; Mercury compounds; Polybrominated biphenyls.
Westrock Co stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.7% off-site transfers) across 4 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 677 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Amcor Flexibles and Jackson Paper Manufacturing.
Westrock Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
677 lbs 45th percentile higher than 45% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Westrock Co in the Paper sector extract
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Westrock Co reports the 298th-largest volume (677 lbs). Scale peers outside Michigan include Amcor Flexibles and Jackson Paper Manufacturing.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Westrock Co's total reported releases fell from 157 lb in 2022 to 130 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Westrock Co's chemicals reported fell from 3 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Westrock Co's off-site transfers fell from 157 lb in 2022 to 129 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Westrock Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Westrock Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 677 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 24% (104 lbs to 130 lbs).
Westrock Co: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Westrock Co year-over-year reported totals (increased by 24% 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: Lead And Lead Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 104 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 151 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 135 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 157 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 130 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 4 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 571 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 104 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 2 lbs | - |
| Polybrominated biphenyls | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Westrock Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Westrock Co
Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Transcontinental (battle Creek), Graphic Packaging International LLC, Ac Foundry Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Paper Facilities
Other Paper facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Amcor Flexibles, Jackson Paper Manufacturing, US Paper Mills Corp.
Other Smurfit Westrock U.S. Holding Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Westrock Coated Board LLC, Westrock Texas LP, Westrock Southeast 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 Lead And Lead Compounds, Lead compounds, Mercury compounds, Polybrominated biphenyls; nearby reporters include Transcontinental (battle Creek). Westrock Co stamps TRACE 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.
Use and verify this record
This Westrock Co TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Lead And Lead Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Westrock Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Battle Creek, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 322130 · Paper. 0.0% of Calhoun TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sandvik Machining Solutions USA LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Westrock Co stamps TRACE 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