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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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