EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Pleiger Plastics Co
Washington, PA · Parent: Paul Pleiger Maschinfabrik
- Total releases
- 24.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Pleiger Plastics Co: how the 30.3K lbs splits
30.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 30.1K lbs 99.4%
- Air Releases 194 lbs 0.6%
Pleiger Plastics Co's 30.3K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Diisocyanates.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Pleiger Plastics Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Washington, PA, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 5.7K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2024, and 24.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 7,776 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Pennsylvania's 1,010 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Pleiger Plastics Co is pounds #328 and chemical-count #821 at 24.6K lbs. Max Environmental -- Yukon Facility leads reported pounds (34.8M lbs) at 18 chemicals (chemical-count #24). Keystone Cement Co leads chemical count at 53 chemicals (155.4K lbs, pounds #149). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Dynamet Inc; X-Mark/belden; Ferro Corp; Ppc Lubricants LLC. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Pennsylvania: Microfoam Inc; Beetle Plastics LLC a Midwest Cooling Tower Co; Henniges Automotive North Carolina Inc; American Acrylic Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Diisocyanates.
Pleiger Plastics Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.4% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 24.6K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Microfoam Inc and Beetle Plastics LLC a Midwest Cooling Tower Co.
Pleiger Plastics Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
25K 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
Pleiger Plastics Co: Diisocyanates-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Pleiger Plastics Co reports the 645th-largest volume (24.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Diisocyanates alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Microfoam Inc and Beetle Plastics LLC a Midwest Cooling Tower Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Pleiger Plastics Co's pounds in one chemical - here Diisocyanates at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Pleiger Plastics Co's total reported releases fell from 5.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pleiger Plastics Co's off-site transfers fell from 5.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Pleiger Plastics Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Pleiger Plastics Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 30.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 2% (5.5K lbs to 5.7K lbs).
Pleiger Plastics Co: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Pleiger Plastics Co year-over-year reported totals (increased by 2% from 2019 to 2024). 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: Diisocyanates.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 4.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 5.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 5.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 4.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 5.7K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Diisocyanates | 30.3K lbs | - |
Pleiger Plastics Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Dynamet Inc, X-Mark/belden, Ferro Corp, ordered by distance.
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Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Microfoam Inc, Beetle Plastics LLC a Midwest Cooling Tower Co, Henniges Automotive North Carolina Inc.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Pleiger Plastics Co on cumulative reported pounds (24.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Reddy Ice-Phoenix (203), Bend Research Manufacturing, Western Digital Technologies Inc. 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.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Reddy Ice-Phoenix (203) Phoenix, AZ · Beverages 24.6K lbs reported
- Bend Research Manufacturing Bend, OR · Chemicals 24.6K lbs reported
- Western Digital Technologies Inc San Jose, CA · Computers and Electronic Products 24.6K lbs reported
- Thacker Casket Manufacturing Inc Florence, AL · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 24.6K 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 Diisocyanates; nearby reporters include Dynamet Inc. Pleiger Plastics 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.
Use and verify this record
This Pleiger Plastics Co TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Diisocyanates) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Pleiger Plastics Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Washington, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 326121 · Plastics and Rubber. 1.1% of Washington TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Reddy Ice-Phoenix (203) (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Pleiger Plastics Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Diisocyanates. 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