EPA TRI Facility · Hazardous Waste
Safety-Kleen Systems Inc
Charlotte, NC · Parent: Clean Harbors Inc
- Total releases
- 47 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Safety-Kleen Systems Inc: how the 47 lbs splits
47 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 39 lbs 83.3%
- Off-site Transfers 8 lbs 16.7%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Safety-Kleen Systems Inc's 47 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 83.3% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 16.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ethylene glycol.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-MID
Safety-Kleen Systems Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Charlotte, NC, in the hazardous waste sector. It reported 8 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 47 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,286 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. Safety-Kleen Systems Inc is pounds #559 and chemical-count #113 at 47 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Brenntag Mid-South; Americh Corp; Igm Resins USA Inc; Harper/love Adhesives Corp. Similar-scale Hazardous Waste peers outside North Carolina: Safety-Kleen Systems Dolomite (dal); Safety-Kleen Systems Kent (koh); Kepco Inc; Safety-Kleen Systems Davenport (dav). Other Clean Harbors Inc sites in this extract: Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC; Clean Harbors Grassy Mountain LLC; Clean Harbors el Dorado LLC; Clean Harbors Lone Mountain LLC Lone Mountain Facility. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene glycol; Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Zinc compounds; Benzo[g,h,i]perylene.
Safety-Kleen Systems Inc stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (83.3% air releases) across 6 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 47 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Safety-Kleen Systems Dolomite (dal) and Safety-Kleen Systems Kent (koh).
Safety-Kleen Systems Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
47 lbs 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Safety-Kleen Systems Inc in the Hazardous Waste sector extract
Among the 261 Hazardous Waste facilities in this database, Safety-Kleen Systems Inc reports the 203rd-largest volume (47 lbs). Scale peers outside North Carolina include Safety-Kleen Systems Dolomite (dal) and Safety-Kleen Systems Kent (koh).
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Safety-Kleen Systems Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Safety-Kleen Systems Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 47 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 3345% (0 lbs to 8 lbs).
Safety-Kleen Systems Inc: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Safety-Kleen Systems Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 3345% 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: Ethylene glycol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 22 lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 13 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 8 lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 6 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene glycol | 25 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 14 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Zinc compounds | 8 lbs | - |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Safety-Kleen Systems Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Safety-Kleen Systems Inc
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Brenntag Mid-South, Americh Corp, Igm Resins USA Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Hazardous Waste Facilities
Other Hazardous Waste facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Safety-Kleen Systems Dolomite (dal), Safety-Kleen Systems Kent (koh), Kepco Inc.
Other Clean Harbors Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC, Clean Harbors Grassy Mountain LLC, Clean Harbors el Dorado 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 Ethylene glycol, Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Zinc compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene; nearby reporters include Brenntag Mid-South. Safety-Kleen Systems Inc stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID 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 Safety-Kleen Systems Inc TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-MID · lead Ethylene glycol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Safety-Kleen Systems Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Charlotte, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 562219 · Hazardous Waste. 0.0% of Mecklenburg TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: The Timken Co-Honea Path Facility (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Safety-Kleen Systems Inc stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID · lead Ethylene glycol. 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