EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Colgate Palmolive Co
Hodges, SC · Parent: Colgate-Palmolive Co
- Total releases
- 482 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Colgate Palmolive Co: how the 482 lbs splits
482 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 394 lbs 81.7%
- Air Releases 88 lbs 18.3%
Colgate Palmolive Co's 482 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 81.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 18.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ethylene glycol.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Colgate Palmolive Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Hodges, SC, in the chemicals sector. It reported 33 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 482 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,872 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. Colgate Palmolive Co is pounds #393 and chemical-count #257 at 482 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: Caterpillar Inc; Eaton Corp - Hodges; Concrete Supply Co. LLC - Greenwood; Eaton Electrical Inc. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside South Carolina: K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products &; Chroma Color Corp; Nalas Engineering Services Inc; Rf Holdings Inc (formerly Technical Industries Inc). Other Colgate-Palmolive Co sites in this extract: Colgate-Palmolive Co Cambridge Plant; Colgate Palmolive Co; Tom's of Maine Inc; Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene glycol; 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran; Mixture.
Colgate Palmolive Co stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (81.7% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 482 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products & and Chroma Color Corp.
Colgate Palmolive Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
482 lbs 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Colgate Palmolive Co in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Colgate Palmolive Co reports the 2,972nd-largest volume (482 lbs). Scale peers outside South Carolina include K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products & and Chroma Color Corp.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Colgate Palmolive Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Colgate Palmolive Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 482 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 38% (53 lbs to 33 lbs).
Colgate Palmolive Co: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Colgate Palmolive Co year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 38% 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: Ethylene glycol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 53 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 344 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 20 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 31 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 33 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene glycol | 482 lbs | - |
| 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran | 0 lbs | - |
| Mixture | 0 lbs | - |
Colgate Palmolive Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Other Colgate-Palmolive Co Facilities
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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 Ethylene glycol, 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran, Mixture; nearby reporters include Caterpillar Inc. Colgate Palmolive Co stamps TRACE 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 Colgate Palmolive Co TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Ethylene glycol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Colgate Palmolive Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Hodges, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325620 · Chemicals. 0.0% of Greenwood TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Holcim Wcr Inc Castle Rock Ready Mix Plant (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Colgate Palmolive Co stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Ethylene glycol. 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