EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant
Hickory, NC · Parent: Sonoco Products Co
- Total releases
- 2 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant: how the 2 lbs splits
2 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 2 lbs 100.0%
Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant's 2 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: Diisocyanates.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Hickory, NC, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 0 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 2 lbs in total across its 2021-2023 reporting years. That ranks 19,469 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. Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant is pounds #647 and chemical-count #674 at 2 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: Shurtape Technologies LLC - Hickory Tape Plant; Hickory Chair LLC; Argos Hickory Concrete Plant; Hickory White Casegoods Div. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside North Carolina: Chevron Phillips Chemical Co Performance Pipe Div; Dura-Line; Package Design & Manufacturing Inc; Bullfrog International L.c.. Other Sonoco Products Co sites in this extract: Sonoco Products Co; Sonoco Metal Packaging LLC; Sonoco Metal Packaging LLC; Sonoco Metal Packaging LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Diisocyanates.
Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2 lbs (2021–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Chevron Phillips Chemical Co Performance Pipe Div and Dura-Line.
Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2 lbs 25th percentile higher than 25% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant in the Plastics and Rubber sector extract
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant reports the 1,255th-largest volume (2 lbs). Scale peers outside North Carolina include Chevron Phillips Chemical Co Performance Pipe Div and Dura-Line.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2021 to 2023, total releases decreased by 42% (1 lbs to 0 lbs).
Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2021–2023
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 42% from 2021 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: Diisocyanates.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2021–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Diisocyanates | 2 lbs | - |
Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Shurtape Technologies LLC - Hickory Tape Plant, Hickory Chair LLC, Argos Hickory Concrete Plant, ordered by distance.
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Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Chevron Phillips Chemical Co Performance Pipe Div, Dura-Line, Package Design & Manufacturing Inc.
Other Sonoco Products Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Sonoco Products Co, Sonoco Metal Packaging LLC, Sonoco Metal Packaging 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 Diisocyanates; nearby reporters include Shurtape Technologies LLC - Hickory Tape Plant. Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant stamps TRACE 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.
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This Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Diisocyanates) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Hickory, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2021–2023 (3 years). NAICS 326199 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.0% of Catawba TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Whemco-Steel Castings Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Diisocyanates. 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