EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Scotts Co
Orrville, OH · Parent: The Scotts Miracle Gro Co LLC
- Total releases
- 6.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Scotts Co: how the 6.3K lbs splits
6.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 6.2K lbs 99.4%
- Water Discharges 38 lbs 0.6%
Scotts Co's 6.3K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.4% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 0.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Scotts Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Orrville, OH, in the chemicals sector. It reported 2.5K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 6.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,758 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. Scotts Co is pounds #732 and chemical-count #635 at 6.3K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Smithfoods Orrville Inc.; Morgan Truck Body LLC; Quality Castings Co; Axalta Coating Systems USA LLC. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Ohio: Syn-Mar Products Inc.; Hemmelrath Coatings; Coatex Inc; Ethos Biosciences Inc.. Other The Scotts Miracle Gro Co LLC sites in this extract: Scotts Co; Scotts Co Fort Madison Iowa. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone; Zinc compounds; 2,4-D 2-ethylhexyl ester.
Scotts Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.4% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 6.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Syn-Mar Products Inc. and Hemmelrath Coatings.
Scotts Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
6.3K lbs Top 41% higher than 59% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Scotts Co in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Scotts Co reports the 2,237th-largest volume (6.3K lbs). Scale peers outside Ohio include Syn-Mar Products Inc. and Hemmelrath Coatings.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Scotts Co's total reported releases fell from 3.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Scotts Co's water releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 38 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Scotts Co's chemicals reported rose from 2 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Scotts Co's off-site transfers fell from 3.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Scotts Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Scotts Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 6.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Scotts Co: 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 Scotts Co year-over-year reported totals. 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-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 3.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 2.5K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 3.3K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 3.0K lbs | - |
| 2,4-D 2-ethylhexyl ester | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Scotts Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Scotts Co
Closest other reporters in Ohio - including Smithfoods Orrville Inc., Morgan Truck Body LLC, Quality Castings Co, 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. Syn-Mar Products Inc., Hemmelrath Coatings, Coatex Inc.
Compare beyond Ohio
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Scotts Co on cumulative reported pounds (6.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Hartchrom Inc, Royal Circuit Solutions Inc., Ge Co. 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.
- Hartchrom Inc Watervliet, NY · Fabricated Metals 6.3K lbs reported
- Royal Circuit Solutions Inc. Hollister, CA · Computers and Electronic Products 6.3K lbs reported
- Ge Co Hooksett, NH · Transportation Equipment 6.3K lbs reported
- U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow Nebo Range Barstow, CA · Other 6.3K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other The Scotts Miracle Gro Co LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Scotts Co, Scotts Co Fort Madison Iowa.
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-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Zinc compounds, 2,4-D 2-ethylhexyl ester; nearby reporters include Smithfoods Orrville Inc.. Scotts Co 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 Scotts Co TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Scotts Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Orrville, OH, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325314 · Chemicals. 0.9% of Wayne TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Hartchrom Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Scotts Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone. 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