Berkshire Hathaway
Rank in Toxic 100: 3
Rank among all TRI companies: 8
Air releases 2015 (lbs): 2,359,424
Incineration transfers 2015 (lbs): 98,916
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2015: 5,587,777
Percentage of national total 2015 toxic air and incineration score: 1.6%
EJ: Poor Share: 20%
EJ: Minority Share: 34%
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This company is rank 21 on the Toxic 100 Water list .
This company is rank 5 on the Greenhouse 100 list .
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N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
25
22,464
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Diisocyanates
193
19,402
5,486
0.10%
21.7%
43.4%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
6,045
9,295
19
0.00%
16.6%
43.0%
Ethyl acrylate
2,007
7,378
12
0.00%
11.4%
23.0%
Methyl methacrylate
5,443
6,674
1
0.00%
13.4%
18.5%
Allyl alcohol
6
5,758
0
0.00%
16.0%
8.2%
Toluene
97,177
4,940
8
0.00%
14.8%
47.2%
Glycol Ethers
1,679
4,546
25
0.00%
16.9%
44.2%
Allyl chloride
98
4,319
2
0.00%
15.5%
7.0%
Cyclohexane
19,220
3,455
0
0.00%
15.9%
7.7%
Ethylbenzene
1,522
2,076
142
0.00%
16.5%
44.9%
Acrylonitrile
18,410
1,912
615,166
11.01%
15.9%
58.9%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
1,234
1,853
43
0.00%
16.8%
27.1%
Acrylic acid
7,645
1,378
327
0.01%
13.4%
9.6%
Butyl acrylate
3,812
1,093
1,242
0.02%
18.9%
58.4%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable)
0
879
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Methanol
86,080
455
1
0.00%
19.4%
60.8%
Nitric acid
19,100
356
783
0.01%
17.5%
26.7%
Styrene
890
301
0
0.00%
16.8%
46.4%
Naphthalene
517
152
52
0.00%
19.6%
34.4%
n-Butyl alcohol
23,752
109
28
0.00%
15.7%
53.1%
Cumene
129
51
0
0.00%
17.1%
31.8%
Formaldehyde
81,633
21
62,479
1.12%
20.1%
46.5%
Benzyl chloride
5,878
20
40,482
0.72%
22.7%
79.5%
Benzene
2,483
10
478
0.01%
15.9%
7.9%
N-Methylolacrylamide
7
8
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Acrylamide
10
6
320
0.01%
16.2%
38.9%
Cyanide compounds
59
3
21
0.00%
14.6%
39.6%
Diethanolamine
23
1
1
0.00%
19.0%
28.6%
Vinyl acetate
10,604
0
5
0.00%
18.2%
17.5%
N,N-Dimethylformamide
10
0
0
0.00%
12.2%
17.3%
Vinyl chloride
397
0
1,482
0.03%
25.7%
58.8%
Carbon disulfide
120
0
0
0.00%
17.6%
33.4%
Vinylidene chloride
205
0
0
0.00%
25.7%
58.5%
Propylene oxide
4,858
0
9,971
0.18%
19.9%
68.8%
tert-Butyl alcohol
3,047
0
1
0.00%
13.4%
19.4%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
1,146
0
1
0.00%
17.3%
29.9%
Methyl acrylate
93
0
2
0.00%
26.0%
60.5%
1,2-Butylene oxide
322
0
1
0.00%
23.4%
24.0%
1,3-Butadiene
1,242
0
11,033
0.20%
19.2%
66.1%
Ethylene glycol
3,111
0
4
0.00%
19.2%
62.7%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
49
0
0
0.00%
17.6%
33.4%
Maleic anhydride
1,183
0
919
0.02%
19.5%
68.0%
Phenol
48,462
0
31
0.00%
28.5%
70.2%
Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether
715
0
55,605
1.00%
22.7%
81.3%
Diphenylamine
121
0
0
0.00%
11.8%
47.2%
Dimethylamine
1
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene
0
0
0
0.00%
15.9%
12.8%
Hydrazine
40
0
60,396
1.08%
14.1%
50.0%
Carbonyl sulfide
940
0
1
0.00%
17.5%
54.2%
Molybdenum trioxide
5
0
34
0.00%
14.8%
67.7%
Aluminum (fume or dust)
51
0
9
0.00%
14.7%
27.2%
Lead and lead compounds
2,344
0
161
0.00%
17.3%
29.8%
Manganese and manganese compounds
27,702
0
936
0.02%
19.0%
47.2%
Mercury and mercury compounds
770
0
11
0.00%
17.0%
29.9%
Nickel and nickel compounds
19,990
0
673,772
12.06%
21.5%
25.3%
Antimony and antimony compounds
63
0
9
0.00%
11.8%
17.3%
Arsenic and arsenic compounds
98
0
48
0.00%
13.2%
23.3%
Barium and barium compounds
57,166
0
906
0.02%
15.5%
24.5%
Chromium and chromium compounds
8,264
0
3,141,020
56.21%
21.0%
30.7%
Cobalt and cobalt compounds
1,635
0
892,752
15.98%
16.9%
25.8%
Copper and copper compounds
9,280
0
192
0.00%
17.5%
22.5%
Vanadium and vanadium compounds
2,077
0
2
0.00%
16.6%
9.5%
Zinc and zinc compounds
11,118
0
24
0.00%
18.0%
41.7%
Titanium tetrachloride
7,420
0
19
0.00%
20.7%
45.6%
Sodium nitrite
11,011
0
2
0.00%
15.6%
9.3%
Hydrochloric acid
281,357
0
255
0.00%
20.6%
54.4%
Hydrogen fluoride
427,524
0
1,704
0.03%
22.9%
47.5%
Ammonia
565,606
0
295
0.01%
18.5%
42.8%
Sulfuric acid
455,197
0
455
0.01%
21.3%
14.2%
Chlorine
3,166
0
6,997
0.13%
19.4%
59.8%
Hydrogen sulfide
5,654
0
1,519
0.03%
19.9%
68.8%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
1
0.00%
16.9%
29.4%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
185
0
82
0.00%
14.4%
18.1%
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