EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Polymerics Inc
Kent, OH · Parent: Polymerics Inc
- Total releases
- 23.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Polymerics Inc: how the 23.5K lbs splits
23.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 23.4K lbs 99.7%
- Air Releases 73 lbs 0.3%
Polymerics Inc's 23.5K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
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.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Polymerics Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kent, OH, in the chemicals sector. It reported 3.0K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 23.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,879 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. Polymerics Inc is pounds #520 and chemical-count #612 at 23.5K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Smithers-Oasis Na; Dermamed Coating Co-Plant 2; Safety-Kleen Systems Kent (koh); Schneller LLC. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Ohio: Interplastic Corp; Ampac Fine Chemicals LLC; H.b. Fuller Co; Milamar Coatings LLC. Other Polymerics Inc sites in this extract: Polymerics Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Thiram; 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole.
Polymerics Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.7% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 23.5K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Interplastic Corp and Ampac Fine Chemicals LLC.
Polymerics Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
23K lbs Top 30% higher than 70% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Polymerics Inc: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Polymerics Inc reports the 1,661st-largest volume (23.5K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 93.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Ohio include Interplastic Corp and Ampac Fine Chemicals LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Polymerics Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 93.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Polymerics Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Polymerics Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 23.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 45% (5.4K lbs to 3.0K lbs).
Polymerics Inc: 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 Polymerics Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 45% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 8.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 4.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 3.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 3.0K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 22.0K lbs | - |
| Thiram | 1.1K lbs | - |
| 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole | 387 lbs | Carcinogen |
Polymerics Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Polymerics Inc
Closest other reporters in Ohio - including Smithers-Oasis Na, Dermamed Coating Co-Plant 2, Safety-Kleen Systems Kent (koh), ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,298 other reporting facilities in Ohio.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Ohio - e.g. Interplastic Corp, Ampac Fine Chemicals LLC, H.b. Fuller Co.
Compare beyond Ohio
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Polymerics Inc on cumulative reported pounds (23.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Monroe Auto Equipment Co., Bestolife Corp, Actus Nutrition - Mountain Lake. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Polymerics Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Polymerics 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 Zinc compounds, Thiram, 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole; nearby reporters include Smithers-Oasis Na. Polymerics Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Polymerics Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Polymerics Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Kent, OH, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325998 · Chemicals. 2.1% of Portage TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Monroe Auto Equipment Co. (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Polymerics Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds. 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