EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
3M Co-Greenville
Greenville, SC · Parent: 3M Co
- Total releases
- 27.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2020
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
3M Co-Greenville: how the 27.3K lbs splits
27.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 27.3K lbs 100.0%
- Off-site Transfers 1 lbs <0.1%
3M Co-Greenville's 27.3K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
3M Co-Greenville is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Greenville, SC, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 11.9K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2020, and 27.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 7,529 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In South Carolina's 574 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. 3M Co-Greenville is pounds #229 and chemical-count #429 at 27.3K lbs. Oceanagold Haile Gold Mine leads reported pounds (30.2M lbs) at 19 chemicals (chemical-count #14). Giant Cement Co leads chemical count at 90 chemicals (53.3K lbs, pounds #185). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Nippon Carbide Industries; Life Technologies Inc. (thermo Fisher Scientific); Vetroresina LLC; Tiarco Chemical. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside South Carolina: Carfair Composites USA Inc - Gillett; Duraco Specialty Tapes; Aco Polymer Products Inc; Teknor Apex Elastomers Inc.. Other 3M Co sites in this extract: 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility; 3M Co - Tonawanda; 3M Co - Little Rock; 3M Co-Hutchinson. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
3M Co-Greenville stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 27.3K lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Carfair Composites USA Inc - Gillett and Duraco Specialty Tapes.
3M Co-Greenville vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
27K lbs Top 29% higher than 71% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
3M Co-Greenville: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, 3M Co-Greenville reports the 618th-largest volume (27.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside South Carolina include Carfair Composites USA Inc - Gillett and Duraco Specialty Tapes.
Concentrated means ≥60% of 3M Co-Greenville's pounds in one chemical - here N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
3M Co-Greenville Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How 3M Co-Greenville releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 27.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases decreased by 23% (15.4K lbs to 11.9K lbs).
3M Co-Greenville: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows 3M Co-Greenville year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 23% 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: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 15.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 11.9K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 27.3K lbs | - |
3M Co-Greenville · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to 3M Co-Greenville
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including Nippon Carbide Industries, Life Technologies Inc. (thermo Fisher Scientific), Vetroresina LLC, ordered by distance.
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Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Carolina - e.g. Carfair Composites USA Inc - Gillett, Duraco Specialty Tapes, Aco Polymer Products Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest 3M Co-Greenville on cumulative reported pounds (27.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Ineos Composites US LLC, Rodda Paint Co, Rain Cii Carbon LLC. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other 3M Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility, 3M Co - Tonawanda, 3M Co - Little Rock.
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; nearby reporters include Nippon Carbide Industries. 3M Co-Greenville 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.
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This 3M Co-Greenville TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
3M Co-Greenville totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Greenville, SC, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 326113 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.6% of Greenville TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ineos Composites US LLC (Δ 26 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
3M Co-Greenville stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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