EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling
Wickliffe, OH · Parent: Umicore USA Inc
- Total releases
- 1.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling: how the 1.6K lbs splits
1.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.6K lbs 95.9%
- Water Discharges 67 lbs 4.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling's 1.6K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 95.9% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 4.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nickel And Nickel 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 AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Wickliffe, OH, in the chemicals sector. It reported 462 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2020, and 1.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 13,128 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. Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling is pounds #878 and chemical-count #397 at 1.6K 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: Lubrizol Corp; Pcc Airfoils Llc/smp; Consolidated Precision Products Euclid; Universal Metal Products. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Ohio: Kingsford Manufacturing Co; Rpm Industrial Coatings Group Inc. DBA Finishworks; Tdc LLC - Westlake Plant; Abc Compounding Co. Inc.. Other Umicore USA Inc sites in this extract: Palm Commodities International LLC; Umicore Specialty Chemicals-Arab; Umicore Autocat USA Inc; Umicore Pmc USA Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nickel And Nickel Compounds; Nickel compounds; Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds; Cobalt compounds.
Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (95.9% air releases) across 5 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.6K lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Kingsford Manufacturing Co and Rpm Industrial Coatings Group Inc. DBA Finishworks.
Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.6K lbs 49th percentile higher than 49% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling: Nickel And Nickel Compounds-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling reports the 2,700th-largest volume (1.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nickel And Nickel Compounds alone is 67.3% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 99.5% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Ohio include Kingsford Manufacturing Co and Rpm Industrial Coatings Group Inc. DBA Finishworks.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling's pounds in one chemical - here Nickel And Nickel Compounds at 67.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling Form-R facts
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71% more than the comparison
About the same as the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases decreased by 60% (1.2K lbs to 462 lbs).
Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 60% from 2019 to 2020). 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: Nickel And Nickel Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.2K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 462 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). 4 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 1.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel compounds | 452 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds | 60 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cobalt compounds | 10 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Copper | 9 lbs | - |
Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling
Closest other reporters in Ohio - including Lubrizol Corp, Pcc Airfoils Llc/smp, Consolidated Precision Products Euclid, 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. Kingsford Manufacturing Co, Rpm Industrial Coatings Group Inc. DBA Finishworks, Tdc LLC - Westlake Plant.
Compare beyond Ohio
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling on cumulative reported pounds (1.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include US Doj Fcc Allenwood, Hexpol Kennedale, Whiting Door Manufacturing 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Umicore USA Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Palm Commodities International LLC, Umicore Specialty Chemicals-Arab, Umicore Autocat USA 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 Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Nickel compounds, Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds, Cobalt compounds; nearby reporters include Lubrizol Corp. Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel And Nickel Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Wickliffe, OH, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 325180 · Chemicals. 0.0% of Lake TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: US Doj Fcc Allenwood (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel And Nickel 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