Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) releases at Carpenter CO Richmond Plant rose from 7k lb to 18k lb (2.7×) between 2023 and 2024.
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Carpenter CO Richmond Plant
Total reported releases 40k lb more than doubled year over year (+92%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2012.
2400 RICHMOND HWY, Richmond, Virginia · 326150 · Plastics and Rubber · operated by Carpenter Co
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Diisocyanates
Diisocyanates releases at Carpenter CO Richmond Plant rose from 7k lb to 18k lb (2.5×) between 2023 and 2024.
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) concentrations have more than doubled since 2012.
Diisocyanates
Diisocyanates concentrations have more than doubled since 2017.
Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol concentrations have more than doubled since 2011.
Diethanolamine
Diethanolamine concentrations are up 69% since 2023.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (55 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 71,402. Why we surface this →
40.8%
Low-income
76.2%
People of color
5.5%
Under age 5
13.3%
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.