Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Midwest Elastomers INC have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Midwest Elastomers INC
Total reported releases 72k lb held roughly steady year over year (+1%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
700 INDUSTRIAL DR, Wapakoneta, Ohio · 326299 · Plastics and Rubber
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate at Midwest Elastomers INC have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).
Zinc (fume or dust)
Zinc (fume or dust) at Midwest Elastomers INC have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Zinc (fume or dust)
Zinc (fume or dust) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Decabromodiphenyl oxide
Decabromodiphenyl oxide concentrations have fallen 14% since 2010.
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Acrylonitrile
Acrylonitrile concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (6 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 10,037. Why we surface this →
30.7%
Low-income
9.0%
People of color
6.1%
Under age 5
19.0%
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.