Total reported releases
Total reported releases at US Ecology Michigan INC. have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
US Ecology Michigan INC.
Total reported releases 788k lb rose by an order of magnitude year over year (+699%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
6520 GEORGIA ST, Detroit, Michigan · 562211 · Hazardous Waste · operated by Republic Services INC
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Notable Signals
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) releases at US Ecology Michigan INC. rose from 12k lb to 27k lb (2.3×) between 2023 and 2024.
Nickel And Nickel Compounds
Nickel And Nickel Compounds at US Ecology Michigan INC. have more than halved since 2010 (through 2024).
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2013.
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations have fallen 27% since 2014.
Nickel And Nickel Compounds
Nickel And Nickel Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Copper
Copper concentrations have fallen 13% since 2022.
Manganese
Manganese concentrations have more than doubled since 2022.
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 halved since 2010.
Lead And Lead Compounds
Lead And Lead Compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2012.
Mercury
Mercury volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (105 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 108,057. Why we surface this →
62.6%
Low-income
75.2%
People of color
6.8%
Under age 5
13.1%
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.