EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant
Lexington, NC · Parent: Aurora Plastics
- Total releases
- 5.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant: how the 5.5K lbs splits
5.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 5.5K lbs 99.2%
- Air Releases 42 lbs 0.8%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant's 5.5K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Antimony compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lexington, NC, in the chemicals sector. It reported 1.8K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 5.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,996 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In North Carolina's 787 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant is pounds #354 and chemical-count #85 at 5.5K lbs. Befesa Zinc Metal LLC leads reported pounds (43.1M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #158). Pcs Phosphate Co Inc leads chemical count at 29 chemicals (22.9M lbs, pounds #2). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Mw Manufacturers Inc.; Asco Power Technologies; Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc - Plant #06; Foley Products Co - Winston-Salem. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside North Carolina: Carbit Paint Co; Strem Chemicals Inc.; Puretech Scientific LLC; Brulin Holding Co Inc.. Other Aurora Plastics sites in this extract: Aurora Plastics Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Antimony compounds; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Antimony And Antimony Compounds.
Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.2% off-site transfers) across 7 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5.5K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Carbit Paint Co and Strem Chemicals Inc..
Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5.5K lbs Top 42% higher than 58% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant reports the 2,275th-largest volume (5.5K lbs). Scale peers outside North Carolina include Carbit Paint Co and Strem Chemicals Inc..
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
- Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant's total reported releases rose from 1.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant's off-site transfers rose from 1.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant Form-R facts
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See how Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
29.5× more than the comparison
7.0× more than the comparison
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 Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 5.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 72890% (2 lbs to 1.8K lbs).
Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant: 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 Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 72890% 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: Antimony compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 1.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 1.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 1.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 1.8K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Antimony compounds | 2.7K lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 1.7K lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 616 lbs | - |
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 484 lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Mw Manufacturers Inc., Asco Power Technologies, Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc - Plant #06, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Carbit Paint Co, Strem Chemicals Inc., Puretech Scientific LLC.
Compare beyond North Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant on cumulative reported pounds (5.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include US Naval Air Station Fallon Bravo 17, Land O Lakes-Spencer Dairy, Lunday-Thagard Co DBA World Oil Refining. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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.
- US Naval Air Station Fallon Bravo 17 Fallon, NV · Other 5.5K lbs reported
- Land O Lakes-Spencer Dairy Spencer, WI · Food 5.6K lbs reported
- Lunday-Thagard Co DBA World Oil Refining South Gate, CA · Petroleum 5.5K lbs reported
- Molson Coors USA Llc-Milwaukee Brewery Milwaukee, WI · Beverages 5.5K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Aurora Plastics Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Aurora Plastics Inc.
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 Antimony compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Antimony And Antimony Compounds; nearby reporters include Mw Manufacturers Inc.. Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Antimony compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lexington, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325991 · Chemicals. 0.7% of Davidson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: US Naval Air Station Fallon Bravo 17 (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Aurora Plastics - Welcome Plant stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Antimony 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