PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Packaging Corporation of America

2018 Greenhouse gas CO2 equivalent emissions (metric tons): 1,511,221
Parent company sectors (in descending order of emissions): Pulp and Paper, Waste
EJ: Poor Share: 18%
EJ: Minority Share: 23%

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This company has information in PERI's Toxic Air database.
This company is rank 22 on the Toxic 100 Water list.

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Facility Name	City	State	CO2 equivalent emissions (mt)	CO2 emissions (mt)	CH4 emissions (CO2 equivalent mt)	N2O emissions (CO2 equivalent mt)	Biogenic CO2 emissions (mt) ***	Other emissions (CO2 equivalent mt) ****	Percent of total company emissions	Split *	Population in 10 mile radius	EJ Minority %	EJ Black %	EJ Hispanic %	EJ Poor %	EJ Near Poor %	Toxic Air score
Packaging Corporation of America	COUNCE	TN	309,069	266,959	29,813	12,297	1,746,971	0	20.45%		10,326	3.0%	0.1%	2.1%	16.7%	39.6%	15,852
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA	FILER CITY	MI	252,766	251,984	604	178	29,796	0	16.73%		16,899	12.6%	3.3%	3.1%	10.8%	28.6%	860
BOISE WHITE PAPER MILL	JACKSON	AL	211,729	202,630	6,231	2,869	702,077	0	14.01%		11,410	49.6%	48.6%	0.1%	30.8%	48.7%	2,423
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA	DERIDDER	LA	207,764	182,327	18,897	6,541	1,360,909	0	13.75%		24,059	30.0%	19.1%	7.0%	17.1%	36.0%	1,441
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA-TOMAHAWK	TOMAHAWK	WI	173,944	154,429	17,193	2,323	256,773	0	11.51%		7,591	4.0%	0.1%	1.4%	8.6%	27.4%	48
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC	INTERNATIONAL FALLS	MN	164,949	160,699	831	3,419	833,693	0	10.91%		8,888	6.2%	0.7%	0.3%	17.4%	33.7%	466
BOISE PAPER	WALLULA	WA	120,204	111,357	6,326	2,520	527,640	0	7.95%		10,518	23.0%	1.1%	19.7%	11.0%	29.6%	2,430
PACKAGING CORP. OF AMERICA	VALDOSTA	GA	70,796	57,157	8,882	4,757	1,039,390	0	4.68%		34,841	49.8%	41.8%	5.9%	31.6%	56.1%	6,205

For more information on the data, see the technical notes.

* Split: if 50% appears in this column, then the facility's emissions have been split among two 50/50% ownership parent companies.

*** Biogenic CO2 has not been included within the emissions totals anywhere else in this application.

**** "Other emissions" include HFCs, NF3, PFC, SF6, and other fluorinated gases.

The Toxic Air score column shows the facility's total chronic human health air toxicity score if the facility also exists in the Toxic 100 Air database.

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