EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Polymer Industrial Products
Piney Flats, TN
- Total releases
- 16.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Polymer Industrial Products: how the 16.1K lbs splits
16.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 16.1K lbs 99.9%
- Water Discharges 21 lbs 0.1%
Polymer Industrial Products's 16.1K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Toluene.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Polymer Industrial Products is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Piney Flats, TN, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 3.0K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 16.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,732 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. Polymer Industrial Products is pounds #267 and chemical-count #287 at 16.1K 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Microporous LLC; Modern Forge Tennessee Llc.; Kps Global; Bell Helicopter Textron. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Tennessee: Md Building Products Inc; Elite Advanced Polymers Inc; Sika Corp; Hbd/thermoid Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene; Xylene (mixed isomers); Zinc compounds.
Polymer Industrial Products stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.9% air releases) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 16.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Md Building Products Inc and Elite Advanced Polymers Inc.
Polymer Industrial Products vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
16K lbs Top 34% higher than 66% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Polymer Industrial Products: Toluene-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Polymer Industrial Products reports the 728th-largest volume (16.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Toluene alone is 78.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Tennessee include Md Building Products Inc and Elite Advanced Polymers Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Polymer Industrial Products's pounds in one chemical - here Toluene at 78.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Polymer Industrial Products's total reported releases fell from 3.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Polymer Industrial Products's air releases fell from 3.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Polymer Industrial Products Form-R facts
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See how Polymer Industrial Products stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
97% less than the comparison
3.0× more than the comparison
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 Polymer Industrial Products releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 16.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 21% (3.8K lbs to 3.0K lbs).
Polymer Industrial Products: 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 Polymer Industrial Products year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 21% 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: Toluene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3.8K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 2.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 3.0K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 3.8K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 3.0K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Toluene | 12.7K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 3.4K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 21 lbs | - |
Polymer Industrial Products · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Polymer Industrial Products
Closest other reporters in Tennessee - including Microporous LLC, Modern Forge Tennessee Llc., Kps Global, 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. Md Building Products Inc, Elite Advanced Polymers Inc, Sika Corp.
Compare beyond Tennessee
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Polymer Industrial Products on cumulative reported pounds (16.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Lv Thompson Inc DBA Tamco, Univar USA Inc Oklahoma City, Md Building Products Inc. 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.
- Lv Thompson Inc DBA Tamco Tampa, FL · Fabricated Metals 16.1K lbs reported
- Univar USA Inc Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, OK · Chemical Wholesalers 16.1K lbs reported
- Md Building Products Inc Brooklet, GA · Plastics and Rubber 16.1K lbs reported
- Corning Inc - Integrated Die Manufacturing Painted Post, NY · Machinery 16.1K 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 Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers), Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Microporous LLC. Polymer Industrial Products stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Polymer Industrial Products TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Toluene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Polymer Industrial Products totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Piney Flats, TN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326299 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.1% of Sullivan TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Lv Thompson Inc DBA Tamco (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Polymer Industrial Products stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · 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