EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville
Waynesville, NC · Parent: Evergreen Packaging Group
- Total releases
- 66.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville: how the 66.9K lbs splits
66.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 66.9K lbs 100.0%
Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville's 66.9K 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: Ozone.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Waynesville, NC, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 22.6K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 66.9K lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,475 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. Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville is pounds #186 and chemical-count #531 at 66.9K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Southern Concrete Materials-Waynesville Plant; Southern Concrete Materials-West Waynesville Plant; Applachian Sitework; Blue Ridge Paper Products LLC. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside North Carolina: Hood Manufacturing Inc; Hygenic Corp; Flexcon Co Inc.; Hess Services Inc-North Yard. Other Evergreen Packaging Group sites in this extract: Blue Ridge Paper Products LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ozone.
Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 66.9K lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Hood Manufacturing Inc and Hygenic Corp.
Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
67K 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
Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville: Ozone-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville reports the 409th-largest volume (66.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ozone alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Hood Manufacturing Inc and Hygenic Corp.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville's pounds in one chemical - here Ozone at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville's total reported releases fell from 44.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 22.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville's air releases fell from 44.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 22.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 66.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases decreased by 49% (44.2K lbs to 22.6K lbs).
Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 49% from 2022 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: Ozone.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 44.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 22.6K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ozone | 66.9K lbs | - |
Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Southern Concrete Materials-Waynesville Plant, Southern Concrete Materials-West Waynesville Plant, Applachian Sitework, ordered by distance.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville on cumulative reported pounds (66.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Merrill Iron & Steel Inc., Heytex-Usa, Itw Specialty Films. 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.
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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 Evergreen Packaging Group Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Blue Ridge Paper Products 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 Ozone; nearby reporters include Southern Concrete Materials-Waynesville Plant. Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ozone) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Waynesville, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 326112 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.6% of Haywood TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Merrill Iron & Steel Inc. (Δ 27 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Blue Ridge Paper Products - Waynesville stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ozone. 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