Copper And Copper Compounds
Copper And Copper Compounds at Chemical Waste Management have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Chemical Waste Management
Total reported releases 22.0M lb fell meaningfully year over year (-17%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
36964 ALABAMA HWY 17, Emelle, Alabama · 562211 · Hazardous Waste · operated by Waste Management INC
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Polychlorinated biphenyls at Chemical Waste Management have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Chemical Waste Management have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
Naphthalene
Naphthalene releases at Chemical Waste Management rose from 26k lb to 265k lb (10.4×) between 2023 and 2024.
Showing the 4 most editorially weighted signals out of 6. Lower-severity signals fold into the chemical breakdown and history charts below.
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Copper And Copper Compounds
Copper And Copper Compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Polychlorinated biphenyls concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Asbestos (friable)
Asbestos (friable) concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Zinc (fume or dust)
Zinc (fume or dust) concentrations have more than doubled since 2013.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Lead And Lead Compounds
Lead And Lead Compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Manganese And Manganese Compounds
Manganese And Manganese Compounds concentrations are up 11% since 2013.
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Sumter County County, AL (no Census block groups within 3 miles — falling back to containing county): a population of 12,196. Why we surface this →
30.4%
Low-income
74.8%
People of color
4.6%
Under age 5
18.6%
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 (5-year), county-level fallback. Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.