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
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Diisocyanates
193
19,402
350,000
5,486
0.10%
21.7%
47.6%
43.4%
9.1%
30.9%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
6,045
9,295
35
19
0.00%
16.6%
35.9%
43.0%
13.1%
25.8%
Ethyl acrylate
2,007
7,378
73
12
0.00%
11.4%
27.3%
23.0%
12.3%
5.7%
Methyl methacrylate
5,443
6,674
5
1
0.00%
13.4%
31.4%
18.5%
10.2%
4.3%
Allyl alcohol
6
5,758
12,000
0
0.00%
16.0%
36.3%
8.2%
3.6%
2.2%
Toluene
97,177
4,940
1
8
0.00%
14.8%
32.3%
47.2%
12.8%
28.2%
Glycol Ethers
1,679
4,546
180
25
0.00%
16.9%
38.7%
44.2%
8.1%
32.1%
Allyl chloride
98
4,319
3,500
2
0.00%
15.5%
34.9%
7.0%
2.3%
2.2%
Cyclohexane
19,220
3,455
1
0
0.00%
15.9%
35.6%
7.7%
3.0%
2.2%
Ethylbenzene
1,522
2,076
890
142
0.00%
16.5%
35.8%
44.9%
13.4%
27.4%
Acrylonitrile
18,410
1,912
240,000
615,166
11.01%
15.9%
35.2%
58.9%
12.4%
41.9%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
1,234
1,853
580
43
0.00%
16.8%
36.9%
27.1%
14.2%
9.4%
Acrylic acid
7,645
1,378
3,500
327
0.01%
13.4%
31.2%
9.6%
3.5%
2.9%
Butyl acrylate
3,812
1,093
3,500
1,242
0.02%
18.9%
40.9%
58.4%
14.7%
39.6%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable)
0
879
1
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Methanol
86,080
455
0
1
0.00%
19.4%
41.8%
60.8%
14.9%
41.8%
Nitric acid
19,100
356
270
783
0.01%
17.5%
38.1%
26.7%
2.9%
14.2%
Styrene
890
301
4
0
0.00%
16.8%
37.5%
46.4%
12.9%
28.7%
Naphthalene
517
152
12,000
52
0.00%
19.6%
41.6%
34.4%
16.9%
14.0%
n-Butyl alcohol
23,752
109
10
28
0.00%
15.7%
34.6%
53.1%
10.9%
24.3%
Cumene
129
51
9
0
0.00%
17.1%
35.3%
31.8%
15.2%
12.8%
Formaldehyde
81,633
21
46,000
62,479
1.12%
20.1%
42.0%
46.5%
16.5%
26.1%
Benzyl chloride
5,878
20
180,000
40,482
0.72%
22.7%
49.5%
79.5%
5.8%
71.3%
Benzene
2,483
10
28,000
478
0.01%
15.9%
35.5%
7.9%
3.1%
2.3%
N-Methylolacrylamide
7
8
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Acrylamide
10
6
360,000
320
0.01%
16.2%
33.9%
38.9%
23.7%
9.0%
Cyanide compounds
59
3
4,400
21
0.00%
14.6%
30.1%
39.6%
21.4%
10.6%
Diethanolamine
23
1
1,200
1
0.00%
19.0%
36.7%
28.6%
11.0%
13.5%
Vinyl acetate
10,604
0
18
5
0.00%
18.2%
40.4%
17.5%
9.6%
4.4%
N,N-Dimethylformamide
10
0
120
0
0.00%
12.2%
28.1%
17.3%
7.4%
4.4%
Vinyl chloride
397
0
31,000
1,482
0.03%
25.7%
50.2%
58.8%
52.1%
2.9%
Carbon disulfide
120
0
5
0
0.00%
17.6%
36.5%
33.4%
14.3%
15.1%
Vinylidene chloride
205
0
18
0
0.00%
25.7%
50.2%
58.5%
51.7%
2.9%
Propylene oxide
4,858
0
13,000
9,971
0.18%
19.9%
42.5%
68.8%
14.6%
49.9%
tert-Butyl alcohol
3,047
0
10
1
0.00%
13.4%
31.2%
19.4%
6.2%
8.5%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
1,146
0
20
1
0.00%
17.3%
38.8%
29.9%
15.5%
10.7%
Methyl acrylate
93
0
180
2
0.00%
26.0%
50.8%
60.5%
54.0%
2.8%
1,2-Butylene oxide
322
0
180
1
0.00%
23.4%
51.0%
24.0%
3.0%
16.4%
1,3-Butadiene
1,242
0
110,000
11,033
0.20%
19.2%
41.6%
66.1%
11.5%
51.1%
Ethylene glycol
3,111
0
9
4
0.00%
19.2%
41.1%
62.7%
14.0%
44.0%
Methyl isobutyl ketone
49
0
1
0
0.00%
17.6%
36.6%
33.4%
13.6%
15.8%
Maleic anhydride
1,183
0
5,000
919
0.02%
19.5%
41.9%
68.0%
14.4%
49.4%
Phenol
48,462
0
18
31
0.00%
28.5%
50.7%
70.2%
54.3%
12.2%
Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether
715
0
1,200,000
55,605
1.00%
22.7%
49.6%
81.3%
5.2%
73.6%
Diphenylamine
121
0
33
0
0.00%
11.8%
28.7%
47.2%
8.3%
34.9%
Dimethylamine
1
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene
0
0
20,000
0
0.00%
15.9%
38.6%
12.8%
1.6%
7.3%
Hydrazine
40
0
18,000,000
60,396
1.08%
14.1%
32.2%
50.0%
10.1%
35.5%
Carbonyl sulfide
940
0
21
1
0.00%
17.5%
41.1%
54.2%
10.8%
32.9%
Molybdenum trioxide
5
0
15,000
34
0.00%
14.8%
33.5%
67.7%
2.8%
43.3%
Aluminum (fume or dust)
51
0
700
9
0.00%
14.7%
32.3%
27.2%
2.8%
12.4%
Lead and lead compounds
2,344
0
23,000
161
0.00%
17.3%
37.4%
29.8%
10.8%
13.5%
Manganese and manganese compounds
27,702
0
12,000
936
0.02%
19.0%
39.4%
47.2%
19.8%
21.7%
Mercury and mercury compounds
770
0
12,000
11
0.00%
17.0%
37.1%
29.9%
10.5%
14.2%
Nickel and nickel compounds
19,990
0
930,000
673,772
12.06%
21.5%
41.9%
25.3%
7.2%
11.1%
Antimony and antimony compounds
63
0
18,000
9
0.00%
11.8%
34.4%
17.3%
9.4%
5.0%
Arsenic and arsenic compounds
98
0
15,000,000
48
0.00%
13.2%
27.6%
23.3%
1.2%
17.6%
Barium and barium compounds
57,166
0
7,000
906
0.02%
15.5%
33.6%
24.5%
9.9%
9.6%
Chromium and chromium compounds
8,264
0
43,000,000
3,141,020
56.21%
21.0%
41.7%
30.7%
8.4%
15.3%
Cobalt and cobalt compounds
1,635
0
17,000,000
892,752
15.98%
16.9%
37.1%
25.8%
8.6%
10.8%
Copper and copper compounds
9,280
0
1,500
192
0.00%
17.5%
40.0%
22.5%
9.8%
8.1%
Vanadium and vanadium compounds
2,077
0
140
2
0.00%
16.6%
36.8%
9.5%
2.3%
2.4%
Zinc and zinc compounds
11,118
0
100
24
0.00%
18.0%
38.8%
41.7%
14.4%
20.8%
Titanium tetrachloride
7,420
0
35,000
19
0.00%
20.7%
39.2%
45.6%
8.0%
29.9%
Sodium nitrite
11,011
0
10
2
0.00%
15.6%
34.4%
9.3%
4.2%
1.5%
Hydrochloric acid
281,357
0
180
255
0.00%
20.6%
43.5%
54.4%
17.2%
32.8%
Hydrogen fluoride
427,524
0
250
1,704
0.03%
22.9%
45.7%
47.5%
15.5%
19.4%
Ammonia
565,606
0
35
295
0.01%
18.5%
39.8%
42.8%
11.4%
27.3%
Sulfuric acid
455,197
0
3,500
455
0.01%
21.3%
42.2%
14.2%
4.4%
5.5%
Chlorine
3,166
0
23,000
6,997
0.13%
19.4%
41.9%
59.8%
17.5%
36.4%
Hydrogen sulfide
5,654
0
1,800
1,519
0.03%
19.9%
42.6%
68.8%
14.5%
50.2%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
1,400,000,000
1
0.00%
16.9%
36.8%
29.4%
10.4%
13.5%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
185
0
710,000
82
0.00%
14.4%
37.6%
18.1%
6.6%
7.9%
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