EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp
Maxton, NC · Parent: Silgan Holdings Inc
- Total releases
- 129.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp: how the 129.3K lbs splits
129.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 129.1K lbs 99.8%
- Off-site Transfers 218 lbs 0.2%
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp's 129.3K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.8% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: n-Butyl alcohol.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
MID volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Maxton, NC, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 21.9K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 129.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,044 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. Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp is pounds #141 and chemical-count #128 at 129.3K 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: Railroad Friction Products Corp; Edwards Wood Products Inc.; Edwards Wood Products Inc. - Laurinburg East; Pilkington Na. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside North Carolina: American Galvanizing Co; Lake City Plating; Alliance Industries Waupaca; Greif Industrial Packaging & Services. Other Silgan Holdings Inc sites in this extract: Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp; Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp; Silgan White Cap Corp; Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Butyl alcohol; Xylene (mixed isomers); Certain glycol ethers; Ethylbenzene.
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.8% air releases) across 5 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 129.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include American Galvanizing Co and Lake City Plating.
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
129K lbs Top 16% higher than 84% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp: n-Butyl alcohol-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp reports the 373rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 10.9% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: n-Butyl alcohol alone is 60.5% of the total. Scale peers outside North Carolina include American Galvanizing Co and Lake City Plating.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp's pounds in one chemical - here n-Butyl alcohol at 60.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp's total reported releases fell from 24.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 21.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp's off-site transfers rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 218 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp's chemicals reported fell from 4 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp's air releases fell from 24.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 21.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 129.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 21% (27.6K lbs to 21.9K lbs).
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 21% 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: n-Butyl alcohol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 27.6K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 32.3K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 23.0K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 24.6K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 21.9K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Butyl alcohol | 78.2K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 26.7K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 19.6K lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 4.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Naphthalene | 786 lbs | Carcinogen |
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Railroad Friction Products Corp, Edwards Wood Products Inc., Edwards Wood Products Inc. - Laurinburg East, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. American Galvanizing Co, Lake City Plating, Alliance Industries Waupaca.
Compare beyond North Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp on cumulative reported pounds (129.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Air Products & Chemicals Inc - Garyville Smr, Ttm Technologies N.a. LLC, Federal-Mogul Corp. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of 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.
- Air Products & Chemicals Inc - Garyville Smr Garyville, LA · Chemicals 129.4K lbs reported
- Ttm Technologies N.a. LLC Chippewa Falls, WI · Computers and Electronic Products 129.4K lbs reported
- Federal-Mogul Corp Greenville, MI · Transportation Equipment 129.3K lbs reported
- Heartland Automotive LLC Greencastle, IN · Transportation Equipment 129.4K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Silgan Holdings Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp, Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp, Silgan White Cap 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 n-Butyl alcohol, Xylene (mixed isomers), Certain glycol ethers, Ethylbenzene; nearby reporters include Railroad Friction Products Corp. Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead n-Butyl alcohol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Maxton, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332431 · Fabricated Metals. 10.2% of Robeson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Air Products & Chemicals Inc - Garyville Smr (Δ 21 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead n-Butyl alcohol. 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