TRI Pollution Prevention Search User Guide

Quick Start

• Select an Industry (NAICS), a Chemical, one or more Years, and optionally a State.
• Choose a Report: Show P2 Activities (table of facilities/activities) or Facility Comparison (compare facilities for a chemical/industry/year).
• Use Additional Filters on the results to include only source reduction text entries or show barriers to P2.
• Select P2 Details for any facility–chemical to see site info, trend graphs, and reported activities.

Industry (NAICS) Selection

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) identifies the type of business activity at a facility. You can search using broader 3–4 digit groupings for more results, or precise 6-digit codes for targeted results.

NAICS code granularity (example)

Chemical Selection

The default is All Chemicals for the selected year(s). You can pick one or more chemicals, search by CAS number, or choose a predefined Chemical Group (for example, Hazardous Air Pollutants or Metals & Metal Compounds).

• View list of Hazardous Air Pollutants (opens new window) 
• View OSHA carcinogens list (opens new window) 
• View Metals and metal compounds list (opens new window) 
• View CERCLA Hazardous Substances list (opens new window) 
• View Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic (PBT) chemicals list (opens new window) 

Year Selection

Select one or more reporting years. (Note: Pollution prevention text entries—Form R Section 8.11—are available electronically beginning in mid-2000s reporting years; earlier years primarily include activity codes in Section 8.10.)

State Selection

Choose one or more states/territories from the dropdown to refine your search. Use this reference if needed:

Parent Company Selection

Default is All Parent Companies. Selecting a single parent company enables the Compare Facilities for this Company option. Parent companies are grouped using EPA’s standardized parent company name to support consistent aggregation.

Report Options

• Show P2 Activities — Lists facilities that reported P2 activity codes (Section 8.10) and/or narrative text (Section 8.11) for your criteria.
• Facility Comparison — Compares facilities’ production-related waste management quantities and trends for the selected industry/chemical/year.

P2 Activities Results

Results list EPA-regulated facilities that reported P2 information for the selected criteria. A facility may appear in multiple rows if it reported for multiple chemicals or years.

Columns you’ll see

• Facility Name
• Address (Street, City, State, ZIP)
• Chemical (hidden if a single chemical is selected)
• Industry (NAICS) (hidden if a single industry is selected)
• Year (hidden if a single year is selected)
• Prior Year Release and Current Year Release (units: pounds; dioxin in grams)
• Percent Change (negative values indicate reductions; “∞” if prior year is zero)
• P2 Activity Codes (Section 8.10) and/or P2 Text (Section 8.11)

Additional filters

• Show information about source reduction AND environmental practices (default)
• Only show information about source reduction (exclude non-source-reduction entries from 8.11)
• Show ALL information reported in P2 data fields (include all 8.11 entries)
• Exclude facilities with activity codes but no text descriptions (show 8.11 narratives only)
• Show information on barriers to implementing source reduction activities

Value for year-to-year comparison

Change the comparison metric to focus on specific media or totals. Column headers update accordingly and link to metadata.

• Total Waste (Form R Sections 8.1–8.7 total)
• Total Release (default; Form R Section 8.1a–d)
• Air Release (Form R Sections 5.1 & 5.2)
• Land Release (Form R Sections 5.4 & 5.5)
• Water Release (Form R Section 5.3)

P2 Details Report

The P2 Details report provides site information, production-related waste management trend graphs, and a table of the facility’s P2 activities for the selected chemical.

Site information includes

• Facility ID and Facility Name
• Address (Street, City, State, ZIP)
• Parent Company
• Industry (NAICS)
• Chemical (switch chemicals via the “P2 data for other chemicals” dropdown)
• Links to find more P2 activities for this industry/chemical and to view TRI Form R submissions

Production-related waste management trends

• Waste Management Trends — yearly quantities; options to display totals only, show production index, normalize by production, show % of total, and (where available) display GHGRP-reported GHG emissions.
• Waste Management Comparison — compare Recycled, Energy Recovery, Treated, and Released amounts at the facility versus industry totals for the chosen year.

Pollution Prevention Activities table (by year)

• Reporting Year
• Section 8.10: Newly Implemented Source Reduction Activity
• Section 8.10: Methods to Identify Activity
• Section 8.11: Optional Pollution Prevention Information (narrative text)

Facility Comparison Report

Compare facilities for a selected industry, chemical, and year. Graph options include waste quantities, percent of total, 5-year waste trend, and 5-year waste trend normalized for production. Where available, GHGRP-reported GHG emissions can be displayed.

Table columns

• Facility Name and Address (Street, City, State, ZIP)
• Latitude/Longitude
• GHG Emissions (CO₂e), if reported to GHGRP
• 5-Year Waste Trend and 5-Year Waste Trend (Normalized)
• Recycled, Energy Recovery, Treated, Released

Note: 5-year waste trends use the most recent rolling 5-year period with available data. If data are insufficient, a value may not be shown.

Usage Notes

Searches that return very large result sets may time out. Narrow your criteria (e.g., limit years, add state or NAICS) and export results in smaller batches when needed.