EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Kadant Unaflex
Anderson, SC · Parent: Kadant Inc
- Total releases
- 34.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Kadant Unaflex: how the 34.4K lbs splits
34.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 34.4K lbs 100.0%
Kadant Unaflex's 34.4K 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: Toluene.
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
Kadant Unaflex is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Anderson, SC, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 7 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2022, and 34.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 7,001 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. Kadant Unaflex is pounds #216 and chemical-count #231 at 34.4K 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: First Quality Tissue SE; Electrolux Consumer Products Inc.; Michelin Na Inc US10; Michelin Na Inc-Starr Facility. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside South Carolina: O'Sullivan Films Inc; Danfoss-Mountain Home; Evercompounds LLC; Armorcast Products Co. Other Kadant Inc sites in this extract: Kadant Solutions Div; Syntron Material Handling LLC; Kadant Johnson Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene; Chromium; Nickel.
Kadant Unaflex stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 34.4K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include O'Sullivan Films Inc and Danfoss-Mountain Home.
Kadant Unaflex vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
34K lbs Top 27% higher than 73% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Kadant Unaflex: Toluene-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Kadant Unaflex reports the 565th-largest volume (34.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Toluene alone is more than 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside South Carolina include O'Sullivan Films Inc and Danfoss-Mountain Home.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Kadant Unaflex's pounds in one chemical - here Toluene at more than 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Kadant Unaflex Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Kadant Unaflex releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 34.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 100% (19.0K lbs to 7 lbs).
Kadant Unaflex: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Kadant Unaflex year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% from 2019 to 2022). 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: Toluene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 19.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 15.4K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 7 lbs | 1 |
Kadant Unaflex · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Kadant Unaflex
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including First Quality Tissue SE, Electrolux Consumer Products Inc., Michelin Na Inc US10, 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. O'Sullivan Films Inc, Danfoss-Mountain Home, Evercompounds LLC.
Compare beyond South Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Kadant Unaflex on cumulative reported pounds (34.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Alltech Inc, Trinity Heads Inc. Plt 56, Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Tg Lee Dairy. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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 Kadant Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Kadant Solutions Div, Syntron Material Handling LLC, Kadant Johnson Inc.
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 Toluene, Chromium, Nickel; nearby reporters include First Quality Tissue SE. Kadant Unaflex 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 Kadant Unaflex TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Toluene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Kadant Unaflex totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Anderson, SC, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (3 years). NAICS 326299 · Plastics and Rubber. 2.8% of Anderson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Alltech Inc (Δ 6 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Kadant Unaflex stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Toluene. 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