EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Air Products
Saint Louis, MO · Parent: Air Products & Chemicals Inc
- Total releases
- 67.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Air Products: how the 67.9K lbs splits
67.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 66.6K lbs 98.1%
- Air Releases 1.3K lbs 1.9%
Air Products's 67.9K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 98.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Air Products is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Saint Louis, MO, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 15.1K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 67.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,441 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Missouri's 491 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Air Products is pounds #128 and chemical-count #377 at 67.9K lbs. Buick Mine/mill leads reported pounds (48.2M lbs) at 8 chemicals (chemical-count #66). Buzzi Unicem Usa-Cape Girardeau leads chemical count at 87 chemicals (904.5K lbs, pounds #44). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Carlisle Polyurethane Systems; Buckeye International Inc.; Azz Galvanizing Services-St. Louis; Missouri Metals a Div of Samuel Son & Co. (usa) Inc.. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Missouri: Hess Services Inc-North Yard; Elgi Rubber Co LLC; Sunrise Fiberglass of Minnesota LLC; Flexcon Co Inc.. Other Air Products & Chemicals Inc sites in this extract: Air Products Manufacturing LLC; Air Products LLC; Air Products & Chemicals Inc - Garyville Smr; Air Products Baytown 3 Facility. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
Air Products stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (98.1% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 67.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Hess Services Inc-North Yard and Elgi Rubber Co LLC.
Air Products vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
68K lbs Top 21% higher than 79% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Air Products: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Air Products reports the 406th-largest volume (67.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Missouri include Hess Services Inc-North Yard and Elgi Rubber Co LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Air Products's pounds in one chemical - here N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Air Products's total reported releases fell from 15.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 15.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Air Products's off-site transfers fell from 15.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 14.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Air Products Form-R facts
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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 Air Products releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 67.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 2% (14.8K lbs to 15.1K lbs).
Air Products: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Air Products year-over-year reported totals (increased by 2% 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: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 14.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 12.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 10.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 15.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 15.1K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 67.9K lbs | - |
Air Products · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Air Products
Closest other reporters in Missouri - including Carlisle Polyurethane Systems, Buckeye International Inc., Azz Galvanizing Services-St. Louis, ordered by distance.
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Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Missouri - e.g. Hess Services Inc-North Yard, Elgi Rubber Co LLC, Sunrise Fiberglass of Minnesota LLC.
Compare beyond Missouri
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Air Products on cumulative reported pounds (67.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Gm Components Holdings LLC, Royal Chemical Co, US Naval Air Station Fallon Bravo 16. 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 Air Products & Chemicals Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Air Products Manufacturing LLC, Air Products LLC, Air Products & Chemicals Inc - Garyville Smr.
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 N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone; nearby reporters include Carlisle Polyurethane Systems. Air Products 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.
Use and verify this record
This Air Products TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Air Products totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Saint Louis, MO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326199 · Plastics and Rubber. 1.1% of St Louis (city) TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Gm Components Holdings LLC (Δ 17 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Air Products stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone. 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