EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC
Menasha, WI · Parent: Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC
- Total releases
- 783.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC: how the 783.3K lbs splits
783.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 767.5K lbs 98.0%
- Off-site Transfers 10.9K lbs 1.4%
- Water Discharges 4.8K lbs 0.6%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC's 783.3K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 98.0% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 1.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Hydrogen sulfide.
MID volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Menasha, WI, in the paper sector. It reported 169.4K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 783.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,506 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Wisconsin's 836 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC is pounds #35 and chemical-count #76 at 783.3K lbs. Mullins Cheese Inc leads reported pounds (11.2M lbs) at 3 chemicals (chemical-count #319). Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (2.2M lbs, pounds #16). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Sun Chemical Corp; Alliance Industries Inc; US Paper Mills Corp; Intertape Polymer Group. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Wisconsin: Kimberly-Clark Corp; Shurtape Technologies Llc-Hudson Opp Plant; Verso Luke LLC; Resolute Fp US Inc - Grenada Mill. Other Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC sites in this extract: Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations; Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrogen sulfide; Ammonia; Methanol; Copper And Copper Compounds.
Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (98.0% air releases) across 8 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 783.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Kimberly-Clark Corp and Shurtape Technologies Llc-Hudson Opp Plant.
Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
783K lbs Top 6% higher than 94% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC: Hydrogen sulfide-led volume
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC reports the 119th-largest volume (783.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Hydrogen sulfide alone is 90.1% of the total. Scale peers outside Wisconsin include Kimberly-Clark Corp and Shurtape Technologies Llc-Hudson Opp Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Hydrogen sulfide at 90.1%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC's total reported releases rose from 149.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 169.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC's water releases fell from 355 lb in 2022 to 306 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC's air releases rose from 148.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 168.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 783.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 17% (145.2K lbs to 169.4K lbs).
Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC: 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 Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 17% 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: Hydrogen sulfide.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 145.2K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 166.6K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 152.9K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 149.2K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 169.4K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen sulfide | 705.6K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 35.6K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 28.3K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 10.6K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 1.6K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 1.5K lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 12 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC
Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Sun Chemical Corp, Alliance Industries Inc, US Paper Mills Corp, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 835 other reporting facilities in Wisconsin.
Similar Paper Facilities
Other Paper facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Wisconsin - e.g. Kimberly-Clark Corp, Shurtape Technologies Llc-Hudson Opp Plant, Verso Luke LLC.
Compare beyond Wisconsin
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC on cumulative reported pounds (783.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Skeeter Products Inc., Sdi Lafarga LLC, Globalfoundries Fab 8. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive 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.
- Skeeter Products Inc. Kilgore, TX · Transportation Equipment 782.3K lbs reported
- Sdi Lafarga LLC New Haven, IN · Primary Metals 781.7K lbs reported
- Globalfoundries Fab 8 Malta, NY · Computers and Electronic Products 780.2K lbs reported
- Marathon Petroleum Co LP - Michigan Refining Div Detroit, MI · Petroleum 780.1K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations, Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC.
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 Hydrogen sulfide, Ammonia, Methanol, Copper And Copper Compounds; nearby reporters include Sun Chemical Corp. Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC stamps MID 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 Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC TRI extract (MID · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Hydrogen sulfide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Menasha, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 322121 · Paper. 13.8% of Winnebago TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Skeeter Products Inc. (Δ 940 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Hydrogen sulfide. 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