EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Betterway Products
Lebanon, MO · Parent: Patrick Industries
- Total releases
- 44.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Betterway Products: how the 44.5K lbs splits
44.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 44.5K lbs 100.0%
Betterway Products's 44.5K 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: Styrene.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Betterway Products is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lebanon, MO, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 10.1K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 44.5K lbs in total across its 2020-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,386 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. Betterway Products is pounds #160 and chemical-count #383 at 44.5K 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: Copeland Scroll Compressors LP; Tracker Marine Lebanon; G3 Boats; Marine Electrical Products. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Missouri: Lacks Trim Systems - 52ND Street Paint Central; Kasai Inc.; Plastic Omnium Auto Exteriors LLC; Evelands Inc. Other Patrick Industries sites in this extract: Structural Composites of India Na Inc; Front Line Manufacturing; Charleston Corp; Carrera Custom Painting Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Styrene.
Betterway Products stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 44.5K lbs (2020–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Lacks Trim Systems - 52ND Street Paint Central and Kasai Inc..
Betterway Products vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
44K lbs Top 25% higher than 75% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Betterway Products inside Laclede's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Betterway Products reports the 410th-largest volume (44.5K lbs). This one site accounts for 26.0% of every pound reported in Laclede. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Styrene alone is 100% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 100% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Missouri include Lacks Trim Systems - 52ND Street Paint Central and Kasai Inc..
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Laclede's reported pounds (171.0K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Betterway Products's total reported releases fell from 12.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 10.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Betterway Products's air releases fell from 12.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 10.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Betterway 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 Betterway Products releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 44.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2020 to 2023, total releases increased by 35% (7.5K lbs to 10.1K lbs).
Betterway Products: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2020–2023
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Betterway Products year-over-year reported totals (increased by 35% from 2020 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: Styrene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 14.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 12.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 10.1K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2020–2023). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Styrene | 44.5K lbs | Carcinogen |
Betterway Products · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Betterway Products
Closest other reporters in Missouri - including Copeland Scroll Compressors LP, Tracker Marine Lebanon, G3 Boats, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 490 other reporting facilities in Missouri.
Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Missouri - e.g. Lacks Trim Systems - 52ND Street Paint Central, Kasai Inc., Plastic Omnium Auto Exteriors LLC.
Compare beyond Missouri
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Betterway Products on cumulative reported pounds (44.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Agilent Technologies Inc, Hiland Dairy Foods LLC, Lacks Trim Systems - 52ND Street Paint Central. 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.
- Agilent Technologies Inc Folsom, CA · Computers and Electronic Products 44.5K lbs reported
- Hiland Dairy Foods LLC Austin, TX · Food 44.5K lbs reported
- Lacks Trim Systems - 52ND Street Paint Central Grand Rapids, MI · Transportation Equipment 44.4K lbs reported
- Resinall Corp Severn, NC · Chemicals 44.5K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Patrick Industries Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Structural Composites of India Na Inc, Front Line Manufacturing, Charleston Corp.
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 Styrene; nearby reporters include Copeland Scroll Compressors LP. Betterway Products stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Betterway Products TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Betterway Products totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lebanon, MO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2020–2023 (4 years). NAICS 336612 · Transportation Equipment. 26.0% of Laclede TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Agilent Technologies Inc (Δ 7 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Betterway Products stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene. 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