Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
REAL ALLOY RECYCLING LLC
400 E LINCOLN HWY, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL, 60411
Parent company: REAL ALLOY HOLDING LLC
Carcinogen
PBT
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
Top chemical totals
The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.
Full release table
Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.
| All values in pounds (lbs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Aluminum (fume or dust) | Copper | Zinc (fume or dust) | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Copper compounds | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 22,419 | — | — | — | 470 | 23,010 |
| 2023 | 23,459 | — | — | — | — | 23,880 |
| 2022 | 26,767 | — | — | 3,536 | 484 | 30,938 |
| 2021 | 24,408 | — | — | 3,334 | 426 | 28,180 |
| 2020 | 22,603 | — | — | — | — | 23,050 |
| 2019 | 31,782 | — | — | — | — | 32,699 |
| 2018 | 37,912 | — | — | — | — | 38,936 |
| 2017 | 39,122 | — | — | — | 620 | 40,003 |
| 2016 | 39,690 | — | — | — | 836 | 40,799 |
| 2015 | 37,381 | — | — | — | 826 | 38,495 |
| 2014 | 36,670 | — | — | — | 685 | 37,584 |
| 2013 | 31,517 | — | — | — | 667 | 32,510 |
| 2012 | 29,943 | — | — | — | 622 | 30,790 |
| 2011 | 3,305 | — | — | — | 48 | 3,390 |
| 2010 | 3,312 | — | — | — | 74 | 3,441 |
| 2009 | 2,924 | — | — | — | 65 | 3,045 |
| 2008 | 7,004 | — | — | — | 135 | 7,246 |
| 2007 | 9,012 | 235 | — | — | — | 9,404 |
| 2006 | 8,659 | 236 | — | — | — | 9,073 |
| 2005 | 7,676 | 180 | — | — | — | 7,972 |
| 2004 | 8,900 | 270 | — | — | — | 9,442 |
| 2003 | 9,600 | 290 | 280 | — | — | 10,183 |
| 2002 | 9,300 | 277 | 270 | — | — | 9,859 |
| 2001 | 10,290 | 310 | 51,000 | — | — | 61,617 |
| 2000 | 10,000 | 240 | 190 | — | — | 10,475 |
| 1999 | 9,800 | 230 | 180 | — | — | 10,254 |
| 1998 | 15,000 | 300 | — | — | — | 15,357 |
| 1997 | 12,634 | 255 | — | — | — | 12,936 |
| 1996 | 561,713 | 61,618 | — | — | — | 635,227 |
| 1995 | — | 255 | — | — | — | 255 |
| 1994 | — | 255 | — | — | — | 255 |
| 1993 | — | 10 | — | — | — | 10 |
| 1992 | — | 255 | — | — | — | 255 |
| 1991 | — | 52 | — | — | — | 52 |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — | 500 | 1,000 |
▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.