Certain glycol ethers
Certain glycol ethers releases at Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp rose from 4k lb to 20k lb (5.3×) between 2023 and 2024.
Total reported releases 39k lb more than doubled year over year (+77%). Total releases concentrations are up 50% since 2010.
2120 NC HWY N UNIT A, Maxton, North Carolina · 332431 · Fabricated Metals · operated by Silgan Holdings INC
Certain glycol ethers releases at Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp rose from 4k lb to 20k lb (5.3×) between 2023 and 2024.
Certain glycol ethers concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
n-Butyl alcohol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Xylene (mixed isomers) concentrations are up 96% since 2016.
Ethylbenzene concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2017.
Within 3 miles of this facility (6 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 5,440. 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.