EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Glasmasters
Sweetwater, TN · Parent: Petroleum Containment Inc
- Total releases
- 25.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Glasmasters: how the 25.0K lbs splits
25.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 25.0K lbs 100.0%
Glasmasters's 25.0K 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.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Glasmasters is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Sweetwater, TN, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 25.0K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023. That ranks 7,740 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Tennessee's 595 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Glasmasters is pounds #234 and chemical-count #488 at 25.0K lbs. Nyrstar Clarksville Inc leads reported pounds (72.9M lbs) at 13 chemicals (chemical-count #31). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Tn leads chemical count at 75 chemicals (6.3M lbs, pounds #13). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Gemtron Corp; Ngk Metals Corp; Culpeper of Sweetwater LLC; Merritt Precision LLC. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Tennessee: Lexamar Corp; Royal Spa Corp; Jason International Inc; Oliver Rubber Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Styrene.
Glasmasters stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 25.0K lbs (2023–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Lexamar Corp and Royal Spa Corp.
Glasmasters vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
25K lbs Top 30% higher than 70% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Glasmasters: Styrene-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Glasmasters reports the 638th-largest volume (25.0K lbs). 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 Tennessee include Lexamar Corp and Royal Spa Corp.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Glasmasters's pounds in one chemical - here Styrene at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Glasmasters 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 Glasmasters releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 25.0K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2023–2023). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Styrene | 25.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
Glasmasters · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Glasmasters
Closest other reporters in Tennessee - including Gemtron Corp, Ngk Metals Corp, Culpeper of Sweetwater LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 594 other reporting facilities in Tennessee.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Tennessee - e.g. Lexamar Corp, Royal Spa Corp, Jason International Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Glasmasters on cumulative reported pounds (25.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Remuriate Delta LLC, Kawneer Co Inc, Cooley Inc. 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
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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 Styrene; nearby reporters include Gemtron Corp. Glasmasters stamps LIGHT 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 Glasmasters TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Glasmasters totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Sweetwater, TN, latest year 2023. NAICS 326199 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.4% of Monroe TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Remuriate Delta LLC (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Glasmasters stamps LIGHT 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