PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Packaging Corporation of America

2019 Greenhouse gas CO2 equivalent emissions (metric tons): 1,583,107
Parent company sectors (in descending order of emissions): Pulp and Paper, Waste
EJ: Poor Share: 16%
EJ: Minority Share: 23%

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This company has information in PERI's Toxic Air database.
This company is rank 37 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	DERIDDER	LA	305,220	281,328	19,230	4,663	1,210,045	0	19.28%		24,682	28.5%	18.6%	6.2%	15.4%	35.3%	1,552
Packaging Corporation of America	COUNCE	TN	300,180	259,538	28,858	11,784	1,764,015	0	18.96%		10,447	4.8%	0.4%	3.2%	15.5%	38.9%	4,891
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA	FILER CITY	MI	243,346	242,851	328	167	26,501	0	15.37%		16,776	12.7%	3.7%	3.3%	9.4%	27.3%	6,519
BOISE WHITE PAPER MILL	JACKSON	AL	182,788	174,369	6,090	2,329	724,110	0	11.55%		11,635	47.5%	45.7%	0.2%	25.5%	43.6%	2,364
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA-TOMAHAWK	TOMAHAWK	WI	166,522	146,571	17,035	2,917	306,564	0	10.52%		7,503	4.7%	0.2%	1.7%	8.7%	26.7%	46
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC	INTERNATIONAL FALLS	MN	164,001	159,952	803	3,245	822,897	0	10.36%		8,724	6.7%	0.8%	1.6%	13.5%	31.6%	461
BOISE PAPER	WALLULA	WA	151,814	142,978	6,425	2,412	692,272	0	9.59%		10,043	23.0%	1.3%	19.0%	15.6%	34.0%	3,924
PACKAGING CORP. OF AMERICA	VALDOSTA	GA	69,236	55,160	9,095	4,981	1,049,909	0	4.37%		33,962	49.4%	40.4%	5.6%	29.3%	53.4%	6,250

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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