EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC
Bristol, RI · Parent: Berry Global Inc
- Total releases
- 6.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC: how the 12.9K lbs splits
12.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 12.9K lbs 100.0%
Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC's 12.9K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Toluene.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bristol, RI, in the paper sector. It reported 6.5K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2024, and 6.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 10,724 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Rhode Island's 75 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC is pounds #32 and chemical-count #43 at 6.4K lbs. Technic Inc Engineered Powders Div leads reported pounds (641.4K lbs) at 7 chemicals (chemical-count #8). Gannon & Scott leads chemical count at 17 chemicals (35 lbs, pounds #61). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Saint-Gobain; Tpi Composites Inc.; Global East Providence Terminal; Nordsonefd. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Rhode Island: Dunn Paper - Ladysmith; Abet USA Inc. - Ashippun; Itw Shinemark; Impressions Inc. Other Berry Global Inc sites in this extract: Covalence Adhesives; Berry Global Films LLC; Covalence Adhesives; Covalence Coated Products. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene; Xylene (mixed isomers).
Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 6.4K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Dunn Paper - Ladysmith and Abet USA Inc. - Ashippun.
Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
6.4K 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
Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC: Toluene-led volume
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC reports the 261st-largest volume (6.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Toluene alone is 99.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Rhode Island include Dunn Paper - Ladysmith and Abet USA Inc. - Ashippun.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Toluene at 99.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC's total reported releases rose from 37 lb in 2022 to 6.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC's air releases rose from 37 lb in 2022 to 6.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 12.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 10099% (64 lbs to 6.5K lbs).
Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 10099% 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: Toluene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 64 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 45 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 59 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 37 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 6.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 6.5K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Toluene | 12.8K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 34 lbs | - |
Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC
Closest other reporters in Rhode Island - including Saint-Gobain, Tpi Composites Inc., Global East Providence Terminal, ordered by distance.
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Similar Paper Facilities
Other Paper facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Rhode Island - e.g. Dunn Paper - Ladysmith, Abet USA Inc. - Ashippun, Itw Shinemark.
Compare beyond Rhode Island
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC on cumulative reported pounds (6.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes, Calumet Brass Foundry Inc., Dyno Nobel Inc. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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 Berry Global Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Covalence Adhesives, Berry Global Films LLC, Covalence Adhesives.
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 Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers); nearby reporters include Saint-Gobain. Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Toluene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bristol, RI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 322220 · Paper. 4.6% of Bristol TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Toluene. 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