EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Bridgestone Aiken County Plant
Graniteville, SC · Parent: Bridgestone Americas Inc
- Total releases
- 93.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Bridgestone Aiken County Plant: how the 93.8K lbs splits
93.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 66.2K lbs 70.6%
- Air Releases 27.6K lbs 29.4%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Bridgestone Aiken County Plant's 93.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 70.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 29.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc 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 OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Bridgestone Aiken County Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Graniteville, SC, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 25.6K lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2023, and 93.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,722 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. Bridgestone Aiken County Plant is pounds #150 and chemical-count #109 at 93.8K 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). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Rolls Royce Solutions N.a.; Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC Aiken County Off; Graniteville Specialty Fabrics; Generac Power Systems Trenton. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside South Carolina: Bravo Inc.; Piedmont Composites & Tooling LLC; Titan Tire Corp of Union City; McClarin Plastics LLC Oklahoma Div. Other Bridgestone Americas Inc sites in this extract: Firestone Polymers LLC; Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC; Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC; Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC Aiken County Off. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Cobalt compounds; Phenol; Lead compounds.
Bridgestone Aiken County Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (70.6% off-site transfers) across 6 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 93.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Bravo Inc. and Piedmont Composites & Tooling LLC.
Bridgestone Aiken County Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
94K lbs Top 18% higher than 82% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Bridgestone Aiken County Plant: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Bridgestone Aiken County Plant reports the 331st-largest volume, placing it in the top 22% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 96.9% of the total. Scale peers outside South Carolina include Bravo Inc. and Piedmont Composites & Tooling LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Bridgestone Aiken County Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 96.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Bridgestone Aiken County Plant's total reported releases rose from 15.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 25.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Bridgestone Aiken County Plant's off-site transfers rose from 10.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 20.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Bridgestone Aiken County Plant's air releases fell from 5.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Bridgestone Aiken County Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Bridgestone Aiken County Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 93.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 39% (18.4K lbs to 25.6K lbs).
Bridgestone Aiken County Plant: 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 Bridgestone Aiken County Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 39% from 2019 to 2023). 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 18.4K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 19.4K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 14.9K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 15.5K lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 25.6K lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 6 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 90.9K lbs | - |
| Cobalt compounds | 1.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Phenol | 1.2K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 342 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 43 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 7 lbs | - |
Bridgestone Aiken County Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Bridgestone Aiken County Plant
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including Rolls Royce Solutions N.a., Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC Aiken County Off, Graniteville Specialty Fabrics, ordered by distance.
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Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Carolina - e.g. Bravo Inc., Piedmont Composites & Tooling LLC, Titan Tire Corp of Union City.
Compare beyond South Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Bridgestone Aiken County Plant on cumulative reported pounds (93.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include Twin State Inc, Bravo Inc., Continuous Coating Corp. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. 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 Bridgestone Americas Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Firestone Polymers LLC, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC.
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 Zinc compounds, Cobalt compounds, Phenol, Lead compounds; nearby reporters include Rolls Royce Solutions N.a.. Bridgestone Aiken County Plant stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Bridgestone Aiken County Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Bridgestone Aiken County Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Graniteville, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326211 · Plastics and Rubber. 2.4% of Aiken TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Twin State Inc (Δ 33 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Bridgestone Aiken County Plant stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc 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