EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
West Pharmaceutical Services
Kearney, NE · Parent: West Pharmaceutical Services
- Total releases
- 255 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2019
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
West Pharmaceutical Services: how the 255 lbs splits
255 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 255 lbs 100.0%
West Pharmaceutical Services's 255 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: Zinc compounds.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
West Pharmaceutical Services is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kearney, NE, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 255 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2019. That ranks 15,547 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Nebraska's 183 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. West Pharmaceutical Services is pounds #141 and chemical-count #155 at 255 lbs. Tyson Fresh Meats Inc leads reported pounds (11.5M lbs) at 8 chemicals (chemical-count #30). Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc leads chemical count at 150 chemicals (5.7M lbs, pounds #5). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Baldwin Filters Inc; Eaton Corp; The Andersons Inc. - Gibbon; Gibbon Packing LLC. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Nebraska: Microdyn-Nadir Corp; Texstars LLC Plant 2; Certainteed Corp; Ace Elastomer. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds.
West Pharmaceutical Services stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 255 lbs (2019–2019). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Microdyn-Nadir Corp and Texstars LLC Plant 2.
West Pharmaceutical Services vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
255 lbs 40th percentile higher than 40% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
West Pharmaceutical Services in the Plastics and Rubber sector extract
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, West Pharmaceutical Services reports the 1,108th-largest volume (255 lbs). Scale peers outside Nebraska include Microdyn-Nadir Corp and Texstars LLC Plant 2.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
West Pharmaceutical Services 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 West Pharmaceutical Services releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 255 lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2019). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 255 lbs | - |
West Pharmaceutical Services · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to West Pharmaceutical Services
Closest other reporters in Nebraska - including Baldwin Filters Inc, Eaton Corp, The Andersons Inc. - Gibbon, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 182 other reporting facilities in Nebraska.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Nebraska - e.g. Microdyn-Nadir Corp, Texstars LLC Plant 2, Certainteed 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 Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Baldwin Filters Inc. West Pharmaceutical Services 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.
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This West Pharmaceutical Services TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
West Pharmaceutical Services totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Kearney, NE, latest year 2019. NAICS 326299 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.0% of Buffalo TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Kolpak LLC (parsons) (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
West Pharmaceutical Services stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc 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