Past TRI Program Webinars
Catch TRI-related webinars you might have missed or watch again for a refresher.
| Date | Webinar Title | Materials | Speaker(s) | Topic | Description |
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| April 4, 2024 | Highlights from the 2022 TRI National Analysis | View recording (38 minutes)
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| Annual report | An overview of the 2022 TRI data on industrial management of toxic chemicals and a demonstration of the interactive features of the National Analysis website. |
| August 2, 2023 | What is the TRI Preliminary Dataset? |
| Data access, online tools | Learn how to use the preliminary TRI dataset to find the most recent facility-level data on toxic chemical releases, other waste management, and pollution prevention practices. | |
| June 14, 2023 | Reporting Pollution Prevention Information to the TRI | View recording (50 minutes) Presentation Slides: Reporting P2 to the TRI Program (pptx)
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| Pollution prevention, TRI reporting | Tips for reporting required and optional pollution prevention information on TRI reporting forms, and examples of how EPA uses this information. |
| March 28, 2023 | Highlights from the 2021 TRI National Analysis | View recording (1 hour, 5 minutes) |
| Annual report | An overview of the 2021 TRI data on industrial management of toxic chemicals, a demonstration of the interactive features of the National Analysis website, and a question-and-answer session with TRI Program staff. |
| September 21, 2022 | TRI Toxics Tracker: A Resource to Learn About Toxic Chemicals in Your Community | View recording (19 minutes) |
| Online tools | A demonstration and discussion of the TRI Toxics Tracker tool, which can be used to answer a variety of questions, such as what toxic chemical releases are occurring in a particular community and which facilities might be contributing to releases potentially affecting nearby residents. |
| September 21, 2022 | Reducing TRI Emissions at the Allnex-Wallingford Resin Facility | View recording (17 minutes) |
| Pollution prevention, data use | A discussion of how one company significantly reduced its on-site releases through innovative practices. |
| September 21, 2022 | Companies Being Good Neighbors: Connecting Students to Businesses to Prevent Pollution | View recording (22 minutes) |
| Pollution prevention, data use | A discussion of how Oregon’s internship program supports hands-on pollution prevention and chemistry job experience for college students while providing technical assistance. Includes overview of how TRI data are used to target high-priority businesses to host an intern. |
| September 21, 2022 | TRI P2 Search Tool: What are Companies Doing to Prevent Pollution? | View recording (20 minutes) |
| Online tools, pollution prevention | A demonstration of key features of the TRI P2 Search Tool and how to find information about how TRI-reporting facilities are reducing or preventing chemical pollution. |
| September 20, 2022 | The TRI and the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute | View recording (16 minutes) |
| Pollution prevention, data use | An overview of how the NY State P2 Institute has used TRI data to prioritize business sectors for focused outreach and technical assistance on pollution prevention approaches. |
| September 20, 2022 | Introduction to the Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) | View recording (29 minutes) |
| Online tools | An overview of EPA’s RSEI model, a unique resource for exploring the impacts of toxic releases from industrial and federal facilities. Includes discussion of how RSEI works, what its limitations are, and how the model’s results can help answer different questions about potential risk. |
| May 12, 2022 | Using TRI-MEweb to Submit TRI Data | View recording (63 minutes) |
| TRI reporting | A training webinar covering how to use the TRI-MEweb application to submit TRI data by the July 1 reporting deadline. Includes demonstration of TRI-MEweb reporting software. |
| March 23, 2022 | 2019 TRI National Analysis Highlights and Walkthrough | View recording (1 hour, 45 minutes) |
| Annual report | Highlights from the 2019 TRI data, a demonstration of the interactive features of the National Analysis website, and a question-and-answer session with TRI Program staff. |
| October 7, 2021 | Toxics in the Community: TRI for Local and Tribal Governments | View recording (1 hour, 33 minutes) |
| Data use | An overview of how local and tribal governments can access and use TRI data to help respond to community concerns and protect community health. |
| September 24, 2021 | Accessing and Using the TRI Pollution Prevention (P2) Data | View recording (1 hour, 5 minutes) |
| Pollution prevention, online tools | An overview of how to access and use the TRI data showing how industrial facilities are reducing or eliminating the creation of chemical waste. Includes a demo of several online TRI tools. |
| September 21, 2021 | Introduction to EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators Model | View recording (1 hour) |
| Online tools | Discussion of what the RSEI model is, how it can be used to provide context for TRI data, and how to access and interpret RSEI results. |
| July 8, 2021 | TRI for Communities: Using TRI Tools to Find Community-Based Data | View recording (1 hour, 35 minutes) |
| Online tools | Brief overview of the TRI Program, followed by a demonstration of how to use the TRI Search and TRI Search Plus tools to find TRI facilities in and near communities. |
| May 20, 2021 | Introduction to the Toxics Release Inventory | View recording (1 hour, 36 minutes) |
| TRI overview, online tools | Overview of the TRI Program, including what data are collected and how the data can be used, followed by a demo of the TRI Search tool. |