Packaging Corporation of America  
Rank among all TRI companies: 662 
Air releases 2015 (lbs): 6,208,371 
Incineration transfers 2015 (lbs): 0 
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2015: 25,045 
EJ: Poor Share: 22% 
EJ: Minority Share: 32% 
 
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This company is rank 19 on the Toxic 100 Water list . 
This company has information in PERI's Greenhouse database . 
 
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Acetaldehyde  
263,096 
0 
7,846 
31.33% 
22.4% 
35.5% 
 
Hydrogen sulfide  
493,340 
0 
7,808 
31.18% 
23.8% 
30.2% 
 
Formaldehyde  
56,741 
0 
4,868 
19.44% 
20.8% 
34.9% 
 
Chromium and chromium compounds  
195 
0 
2,786 
11.12% 
22.0% 
22.0% 
 
Chlorine dioxide  
8,899 
0 
621 
2.48% 
18.1% 
15.4% 
 
Polycyclic aromatic compounds  
588 
0 
271 
1.08% 
20.2% 
28.9% 
 
Chlorine  
2,257 
0 
188 
0.75% 
17.5% 
34.1% 
 
Benzene  
5,098 
0 
162 
0.64% 
17.2% 
10.4% 
 
Nickel and nickel compounds  
169 
0 
133 
0.53% 
19.9% 
17.4% 
 
Hydrochloric acid  
287,512 
0 
128 
0.51% 
19.9% 
35.9% 
 
Manganese and manganese compounds  
3,571 
0 
73 
0.29% 
24.3% 
34.9% 
 
Barium and barium compounds  
3,403 
0 
58 
0.23% 
26.7% 
40.7% 
 
Lead and lead compounds  
961 
0 
52 
0.21% 
19.4% 
37.5% 
 
Ammonia  
567,127 
0 
40 
0.16% 
20.2% 
27.9% 
 
Methanol  
4,263,479 
0 
5 
0.02% 
24.6% 
38.1% 
 
Phenol  
141,247 
0 
4 
0.02% 
19.6% 
23.2% 
 
Cresol (mixed isomers)  
106,600 
0 
1 
0.00% 
18.5% 
25.4% 
 
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds  
0 
0 
0 
0.00% 
22.9% 
33.5% 
 
Zinc and zinc compounds  
2,810 
0 
0 
0.00% 
19.2% 
22.1% 
 
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene  
9 
0 
0 
0.00% 
26.8% 
38.2% 
 
Mercury and mercury compounds  
8 
0 
0 
0.00% 
16.9% 
27.8% 
 
Glycol Ethers  
38 
0 
0 
0.00% 
21.2% 
7.3% 
 
Toluene  
1,213 
0 
0 
0.00% 
17.2% 
10.4% 
 
Vanadium and vanadium compounds  
11 
0 
0 
0.00% 
16.9% 
27.8% 
 
 
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