EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Plastics Engineering Co
Sheboygan, WI
- Total releases
- 219.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 9
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Plastics Engineering Co: how the 219.7K lbs splits
219.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 197.9K lbs 90.1%
- Air Releases 21.5K lbs 9.8%
- Water Discharges 273 lbs 0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Plastics Engineering Co's 219.7K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 90.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 9.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Phenol.
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
Plastics Engineering Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Sheboygan, WI, in the chemicals sector. It reported 26.6K lbs of releases across 8 chemicals in 2023, and 219.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,083 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. Plastics Engineering Co is pounds #91 and chemical-count #67 at 219.7K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Vollrath Co LLC; Sheboygan Paint Co; Rockline Industries; Gardner Denver Thomas. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Wisconsin: Catalyst Oilfield Services 2016 LLC; Flexsys America LP; Plz Corp.; Ecolab Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Phenol; Zinc compounds; Formaldehyde; Methanol.
Plastics Engineering Co stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (90.1% off-site transfers) across 9 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 219.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Catalyst Oilfield Services 2016 LLC and Flexsys America LP.
Plastics Engineering Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
220K lbs Top 12% higher than 88% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Plastics Engineering Co: Phenol-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Plastics Engineering Co reports the 608th-largest volume, placing it in the top 15.5% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Phenol alone is 84.2% of the total. Scale peers outside Wisconsin include Catalyst Oilfield Services 2016 LLC and Flexsys America LP.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Plastics Engineering Co's pounds in one chemical - here Phenol at 84.2%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Plastics Engineering Co's total reported releases fell from 28.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 26.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Plastics Engineering Co's air releases fell from 4.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Plastics Engineering Co's off-site transfers fell from 23.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 22.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Plastics Engineering Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Plastics Engineering Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 219.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 76% (110.2K lbs to 26.6K lbs).
Plastics Engineering Co: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Plastics Engineering Co year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 76% 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: Phenol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 110.2K lbs | 9 |
| 2020 | 26.9K lbs | 9 |
| 2021 | 27.4K lbs | 9 |
| 2022 | 28.7K lbs | 8 |
| 2023 | 26.6K lbs | 8 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 4 of 9 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Phenol | 184.9K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 11.8K lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 10.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methanol | 7.0K lbs | - |
| Styrene | 4.5K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylene glycol | 912 lbs | - |
| Aniline | 426 lbs | Carcinogen |
| o-Cresol | 124 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Plastics Engineering Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Plastics Engineering Co
Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Vollrath Co LLC, Sheboygan Paint Co, Rockline Industries, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Wisconsin - e.g. Catalyst Oilfield Services 2016 LLC, Flexsys America LP, Plz Corp..
Compare beyond Wisconsin
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Plastics Engineering Co on cumulative reported pounds (219.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (9). Release-pound peers include Markwest Hidalgo Plant, Weyerhaeuser Nr Co-Philadelphia Lumber, Hon Co. Chemical-count peers include Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC, Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant, Solutia 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).
- Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC Barceloneta, PR · Chemicals 9 chemicals
- Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant Puerto Nuevo, PR · Electric Utilities 9 chemicals
- Solutia Inc Springfield, MA · Plastics and Rubber 9 chemicals
- O'Connell Oil Co Merrill Road Facility Pittsfield, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 9 chemicals
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 Phenol, Zinc compounds, Formaldehyde, Methanol; nearby reporters include Vollrath Co LLC. Plastics Engineering Co 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 Plastics Engineering Co TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Phenol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Plastics Engineering Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Sheboygan, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325211 · Chemicals. 5.2% of Sheboygan TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Markwest Hidalgo Plant (Δ 23 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Plastics Engineering Co stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Phenol. 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