Copper compounds
Copper compounds releases at Real Alloy Recycling LLC rose from 5k lb to 44k lb (8.5×) between 2023 and 2024.
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Real Alloy Recycling LLC
Total reported releases 281k lb held roughly steady year over year (+5%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 31% since 2010.
400 E LINCOLN HWY, Chicago Heights, Illinois · 331314 · Primary Metals · operated by Real Alloy Holding LLC
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Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Aluminum (fume or dust)
Aluminum (fume or dust) concentrations have fallen 44% since 2010.
Copper compounds
Copper compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Lead compounds
Lead compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (45 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 53,363. Why we surface this →
40.7%
Low-income
74.4%
People of color
5.5%
Under age 5
15.8%
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). 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.