Asbestos (friable)
Asbestos (friable) at Wayne Disposal INC have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Wayne Disposal INC
Total reported releases 15.4M lb more than doubled year over year (+142%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
49350 N I-94 SERVICE DR, Belleville, Michigan · 562211 · Hazardous Waste · operated by Republic Services INC
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Wayne Disposal INC have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
Asbestos (friable)
Asbestos (friable) releases at Wayne Disposal INC rose from 1.3M lb to 10.1M lb (8.0×) between 2023 and 2024.
Beryllium compounds
Beryllium compounds releases at Wayne Disposal INC rose from 215k lb to 693k lb (3.2×) 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
Asbestos (friable)
Asbestos (friable) concentrations have more than doubled since 2015.
Lead compounds
Lead compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2011.
Beryllium compounds
Beryllium compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2019.
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Polychlorinated biphenyls concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Copper compounds
Copper compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2011.
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations are up 79% since 2010.
Nickel compounds
Nickel compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Manganese compounds
Manganese compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2016.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (28 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 30,651. Why we surface this →
35.8%
Low-income
41.1%
People of color
4.6%
Under age 5
14.8%
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.