Pioneer Plastics Corp
Total reported releases 40k lb rose modestly year over year (+6%). Total releases concentrations are up 12% since 2010.
1 PIONITE RD, Auburn, Maine · 326130 · Plastics and Rubber · operated by Panolam Industries International INC
Notable Signals
No notable signals at this facility for the current reporting year. See chemicals and equity context below for the full picture.
What This Facility Releases
Methanol
Methanol concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde concentrations have fallen 33% since 2010.
Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Phenol
Phenol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Phthalic anhydride
Phthalic anhydride concentrations are up 15% since 2010.
Maleic anhydride
Maleic anhydride concentrations have fallen 10% since 2010.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (26 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 28,741. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
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.