Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds at Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC
Total reported releases 2.4M lb fell modestly year over year (-15%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
4343 KENNEDY AVE, East Chicago, Indiana · 562211 · Hazardous Waste · operated by Tradebe Environmental Services LLC
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol at Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
n-Hexane
n-Hexane releases at Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC rose from 2k lb to 298k lb (165.5×) 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
Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Diisocyanates
Diisocyanates concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
n-Hexane
n-Hexane volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.
n-Butyl alcohol
n-Butyl alcohol concentrations have more than doubled since 2013.
Chromium
Chromium concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol concentrations have more than doubled since 2022.
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone concentrations have more than doubled since 2011.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (51 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 54,725. Why we surface this →
48.3%
Low-income
81.5%
People of color
6.1%
Under age 5
12.9%
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.