EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Cutting Edge Composites
Summerville, SC
- Total releases
- 123.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Cutting Edge Composites: how the 123.6K lbs splits
123.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 123.6K lbs 100.0%
Cutting Edge Composites's 123.6K 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: Styrene.
MID volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Cutting Edge Composites is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Summerville, SC, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 22.5K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 123.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,126 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. Cutting Edge Composites is pounds #133 and chemical-count #409 at 123.6K 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: Everris Na Inc. Summerville Site; Sportsman Boat Manufacturing Inc.; Knight Redi-Mix Inc. - Plant 4; James Hardie Building Products Summerville. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside South Carolina: Die Molding Corp; Jetta Corp; Midwestern Fabricators Inc; Monosol-Lebanon Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Styrene.
Cutting Edge Composites stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 123.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Die Molding Corp and Jetta Corp.
Cutting Edge Composites vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
124K lbs Top 16% higher than 84% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cutting Edge Composites: Styrene-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Cutting Edge Composites reports the 288th-largest volume, placing it in the top 19.1% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Styrene alone is 100% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 100% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside South Carolina include Die Molding Corp and Jetta Corp.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cutting Edge Composites's pounds in one chemical - here Styrene at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cutting Edge Composites's total reported releases fell from 29.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 22.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cutting Edge Composites's air releases fell from 29.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 22.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cutting Edge Composites Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cutting Edge Composites releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 123.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 14% (19.7K lbs to 22.5K lbs).
Cutting Edge Composites: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Cutting Edge Composites year-over-year reported totals (increased by 14% 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: Styrene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 19.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 20.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 30.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 29.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 22.5K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Styrene | 123.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
Cutting Edge Composites · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cutting Edge Composites
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including Everris Na Inc. Summerville Site, Sportsman Boat Manufacturing Inc., Knight Redi-Mix Inc. - Plant 4, 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. Die Molding Corp, Jetta Corp, Midwestern Fabricators Inc.
Compare beyond South Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cutting Edge Composites on cumulative reported pounds (123.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Hermann Oak Leather Co, US Dod Usaf Nellis Afb, Chs Rochelle. 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).
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 Styrene; nearby reporters include Everris Na Inc. Summerville Site. Cutting Edge Composites stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Cutting Edge Composites TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cutting Edge Composites totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Summerville, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326199 · Plastics and Rubber. 4.9% of Dorchester TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Hermann Oak Leather Co (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cutting Edge Composites stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene. 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