EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Garware Fulflex USA Inc.
Brattleboro, VT
- Total releases
- 174.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Garware Fulflex USA Inc.: how the 197.0K lbs splits
197.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 196.9K lbs 99.9%
- Air Releases 111 lbs 0.1%
Garware Fulflex USA Inc.'s 197.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.1%. 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.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Garware Fulflex USA Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Brattleboro, VT, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 22.5K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2024, and 174.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 3,485 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Vermont's 35 reporting TRI sites, Globalfoundries U.S. 2 LLC - Vermont Facility leads both reported pounds (798.3K lbs) and chemical count (10 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Long Falls Paperboard LLC; Ce Bradley Laboratories Inc; Commonwealth Dairy LLC; Soundview Vermont Holdings LLC. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Vermont: American Phoenix Inc.; Fiber-Tech Industries Ohio; Bremen Composites LLC; Teijin Automotive Technologies Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole; Lead compounds; Nickel And Nickel Compounds.
Garware Fulflex USA Inc. stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 7 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 174.5K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include American Phoenix Inc. and Fiber-Tech Industries Ohio.
Garware Fulflex USA Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
175K lbs Top 13% higher than 87% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Garware Fulflex USA Inc. inside Windham's TRI pounds
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Garware Fulflex USA Inc. reports the 226th-largest volume, placing it in the top 15% of its sector. This one site accounts for 51.1% of every pound reported in Windham. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 97.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Vermont include American Phoenix Inc. and Fiber-Tech Industries Ohio.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Windham's reported pounds (341.2K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Garware Fulflex USA Inc.'s total reported releases fell from 29.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 21.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Garware Fulflex USA Inc.'s off-site transfers fell from 29.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 21.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Garware Fulflex USA Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Garware Fulflex USA Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 197.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 50% (44.9K lbs to 22.5K lbs).
Garware Fulflex USA Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Garware Fulflex USA Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 50% from 2019 to 2024). 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 | 44.9K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 45.5K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 32.8K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 29.6K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 21.7K lbs | 4 |
| 2024 | 22.5K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 3 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 192.7K lbs | - |
| 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole | 2.2K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead compounds | 1.1K lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 612 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 485 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
Garware Fulflex USA Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Vermont - including Long Falls Paperboard LLC, Ce Bradley Laboratories Inc, Commonwealth Dairy LLC, ordered by distance.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Garware Fulflex USA Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (174.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Le Sueur Inc, Novacel (troy Laminating & Coating,inc), Materion Natural Resources Mine. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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 Zinc compounds, 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole, Lead compounds, Nickel And Nickel Compounds; nearby reporters include Long Falls Paperboard LLC. Garware Fulflex USA Inc. stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Garware Fulflex USA Inc. TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Garware Fulflex USA Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Brattleboro, VT, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 326299 · Plastics and Rubber. 51.1% of Windham TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Le Sueur Inc (Δ 28 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Garware Fulflex USA Inc. stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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