EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Continental Tire the Americas LLC
Sumter, SC · Parent: Continental Tire the Americas LLC
- Total releases
- 7.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Continental Tire the Americas LLC: how the 7.2K lbs splits
7.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 6.8K lbs 94.3%
- Off-site Transfers 405 lbs 5.7%
Continental Tire the Americas LLC's 7.2K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 94.3% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 5.7%. 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 AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Continental Tire the Americas LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Sumter, SC, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 59 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 7.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,507 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. Continental Tire the Americas LLC is pounds #312 and chemical-count #121 at 7.2K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Nova Molecular Recovery Qozb Holdings LLC; Pilgrim's Pride Sumter Processing Plant; Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter Inc; Nova Molecular Sumter LLC. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside South Carolina: Nishikawa Cooper LLC; Manstone LLC; Te Connectivity; Concept Plastics Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
Continental Tire the Americas LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (94.3% air releases) across 6 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 7.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Nishikawa Cooper LLC and Manstone LLC.
Continental Tire the Americas LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
7.2K lbs Top 40% higher than 60% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Continental Tire the Americas LLC: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Continental Tire the Americas LLC reports the 851st-largest volume (7.2K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 99.4% of the total. Scale peers outside South Carolina include Nishikawa Cooper LLC and Manstone LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Continental Tire the Americas LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 99.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Continental Tire the Americas LLC's total reported releases fell from 486 lb in 2022 to 59 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Continental Tire the Americas LLC's air releases fell from 403 lb in 2022 to 25 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Continental Tire the Americas LLC's off-site transfers fell from 83 lb in 2022 to 34 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Continental Tire the Americas LLC Form-R facts
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Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Continental Tire the Americas LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 7.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 98% (3.5K lbs to 59 lbs).
Continental Tire the Americas LLC: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Continental Tire the Americas LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 98% 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 | 3.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 1.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 1.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 486 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 59 lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 6 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 7.1K lbs | - |
| Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds | 34 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 6 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 3 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead compounds | 1 lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Continental Tire the Americas LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Continental Tire the Americas LLC
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including Nova Molecular Recovery Qozb Holdings LLC, Pilgrim's Pride Sumter Processing Plant, Giant Resource Recovery-Sumter Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 573 other reporting facilities in South Carolina.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Carolina - e.g. Nishikawa Cooper LLC, Manstone LLC, Te Connectivity.
Compare beyond South Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Continental Tire the Americas LLC on cumulative reported pounds (7.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include U.S. Army National Guard Camp Navajo Range, Wireco Worldgroup Chillicothe Facility, Nishikawa Cooper LLC. 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.
- U.S. Army National Guard Camp Navajo Range Bellemont, AZ · Other 7.2K lbs reported
- Wireco Worldgroup Chillicothe Facility Chillicothe, MO · Primary Metals 7.2K lbs reported
- Nishikawa Cooper LLC Topeka, IN · Plastics and Rubber 7.2K lbs reported
- Integrity Biofuels Morristown, IN · Chemicals 7.2K 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 Zinc compounds, Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds, Polycyclic aromatic compounds; nearby reporters include Nova Molecular Recovery Qozb Holdings LLC. Continental Tire the Americas LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Continental Tire the Americas LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Continental Tire the Americas LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Sumter, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326211 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.4% of Sumter TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: U.S. Army National Guard Camp Navajo Range (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Continental Tire the Americas LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · 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