EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Transcontinental Matthews
Matthews, NC · Parent: Tc Transcontinental Packaging Inc
- Total releases
- 137.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Transcontinental Matthews: how the 137.9K lbs splits
137.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 137.9K lbs 100.0%
Transcontinental Matthews's 137.9K 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: 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
Transcontinental Matthews is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Matthews, NC, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 442 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2022, and 137.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 3,917 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. Transcontinental Matthews is pounds #131 and chemical-count #127 at 137.9K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Concrete Supply Co - Matthews; Sws Concrete-Stallings Plant; Pro-Tops Inc; Indian Trail Concrete Plant. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside North Carolina: Liberty Pultrusions; Carstens Industries Fiberglass Manufacturing; B & D Plastics; Toray Plastics (america) Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Butyl alcohol; Toluene; N,N-Dimethylformamide; Methanol.
Transcontinental Matthews stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 5 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 137.9K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Liberty Pultrusions and Carstens Industries Fiberglass Manufacturing.
Transcontinental Matthews vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
138K lbs Top 15% higher than 85% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Transcontinental Matthews in the Plastics and Rubber sector extract
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Transcontinental Matthews reports the 264th-largest volume, placing it in the top 17.6% of its sector. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Liberty Pultrusions and Carstens Industries Fiberglass Manufacturing.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Transcontinental Matthews Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Transcontinental Matthews releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 137.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 98% (27.7K lbs to 442 lbs).
Transcontinental Matthews: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Transcontinental Matthews year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 98% from 2019 to 2022). 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 | 27.7K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 103.0K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 6.6K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 442 lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). 1 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Butyl alcohol | 81.7K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 52.5K lbs | - |
| N,N-Dimethylformamide | 2.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methanol | 1.0K lbs | - |
| Diisocyanates | 2 lbs | - |
Transcontinental Matthews · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Transcontinental Matthews
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Concrete Supply Co - Matthews, Sws Concrete-Stallings Plant, Pro-Tops Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Liberty Pultrusions, Carstens Industries Fiberglass Manufacturing, B & D Plastics.
Compare beyond North Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Transcontinental Matthews on cumulative reported pounds (137.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant, Occidental - North Hobbs Unit Rcf & Wib, American Metals 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.
- Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant Hatfield, MA · Chemicals 137.8K lbs reported
- Occidental - North Hobbs Unit Rcf & Wib Hobbs, NM · Natural Gas Processing 137.9K lbs reported
- American Metals Corp Westlake, OH · Fabricated Metals 138.0K lbs reported
- Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. Cranston, RI · Hazardous Waste 137.7K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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, Toluene, N,N-Dimethylformamide, Methanol; nearby reporters include Concrete Supply Co - Matthews. Transcontinental Matthews 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 Transcontinental Matthews 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.
Transcontinental Matthews totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Matthews, NC, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 326113 · Plastics and Rubber. 1.5% of Mecklenburg TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant (Δ 46 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Transcontinental Matthews 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