EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Playtex Mfg.
Sidney, OH · Parent: Edgewell Personal Care Co
- Total releases
- 18.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Playtex Mfg.: how the 18.7K lbs splits
18.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 18.7K lbs 99.9%
- Air Releases 23 lbs 0.1%
Playtex Mfg.'s 18.7K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Playtex Mfg. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Sidney, OH, in the paper sector. It reported 4.0K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 18.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,395 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Ohio's 1,299 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Playtex Mfg. is pounds #565 and chemical-count #1040 at 18.7K lbs. Ineos Nitriles USA LLC leads reported pounds (42.4M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #10). Heritage Thermal Services leads chemical count at 217 chemicals (431.4K lbs, pounds #116). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Hexa Americas Inc; Copeland Scroll Compressors LP; Cargill Inc; Coperion Food Equipment LLC. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Ohio: Tekni-Plex Flexibles LLC; Cardinal Health / Kpr; Avery Dennison; Flexcon Industrial LLC. Other Edgewell Personal Care Co sites in this extract: Schick Manufacturing Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.
Playtex Mfg. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 18.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tekni-Plex Flexibles LLC and Cardinal Health / Kpr.
Playtex Mfg. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
19K lbs Top 32% higher than 68% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Playtex Mfg.: Certain glycol ethers-led volume
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Playtex Mfg. reports the 236th-largest volume (18.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Certain glycol ethers alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Ohio include Tekni-Plex Flexibles LLC and Cardinal Health / Kpr.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Playtex Mfg.'s pounds in one chemical - here Certain glycol ethers at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Playtex Mfg.'s total reported releases rose from 3.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Playtex Mfg.'s off-site transfers rose from 3.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Playtex Mfg. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Playtex Mfg. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 18.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 95% (2.0K lbs to 4.0K lbs).
Playtex Mfg.: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Playtex Mfg. year-over-year reported totals (increased by 95% 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: Certain glycol ethers.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 4.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 4.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 3.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 4.0K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 18.7K lbs | - |
Playtex Mfg. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Playtex Mfg.
Closest other reporters in Ohio - including Hexa Americas Inc, Copeland Scroll Compressors LP, Cargill Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,298 other reporting facilities in Ohio.
Similar Paper Facilities
Other Paper facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Ohio - e.g. Tekni-Plex Flexibles LLC, Cardinal Health / Kpr, Avery Dennison.
Compare beyond Ohio
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Playtex Mfg. on cumulative reported pounds (18.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Symmetry Medical Inc Lansing, Howard Industries Inc, The Imagine Group LLC. 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
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Other Edgewell Personal Care Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Schick Manufacturing Inc.
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 Certain glycol ethers; nearby reporters include Hexa Americas Inc. Playtex Mfg. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Playtex Mfg. TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Playtex Mfg. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Sidney, OH, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 322291 · Paper. 0.6% of Shelby TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Symmetry Medical Inc Lansing (Δ 4 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Playtex Mfg. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers. 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