Formosa Plastics
Rank in Toxic 100: 60
Rank among all TRI companies: 157
Air releases 2017 (lbs): 1,306,351
Incineration transfers 2017 (lbs): 15,723,861
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2017: 397,561
Percentage of national total 2017 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 22%
EJ: Minority Share: 67%
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This company is rank 30 on the Toxic 100 Water list .
This company has information in PERI's Greenhouse database .
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Ethylene
495,100
0
1
0.00%
15.9%
58.2%
Propylene (Propene)
164,025
0
1
0.00%
15.5%
57.5%
Vinyl chloride
110,626
113
79,989
20.12%
16.5%
53.9%
Chlorine
95,248
0
19,233
4.84%
21.5%
58.9%
Acetaldehyde
61,243
0
3,176
0.80%
30.7%
62.4%
Ammonia
57,029
0
2
0.00%
13.2%
47.9%
1,2-Dichloroethane
49,735
6,026,719
197,916
49.78%
25.3%
75.0%
n-Hexane
41,606
8,009
1
0.00%
15.5%
57.6%
Hydrochloric acid
41,111
242
53
0.01%
21.2%
62.1%
Vinyl acetate
35,713
179,390
19
0.00%
11.2%
41.1%
1,3-Butadiene
31,397
0
9,213
2.32%
15.4%
57.3%
Hydroquinone
22,843
0
4,231
1.06%
15.9%
58.1%
Ethylene glycol
21,443
0
1
0.00%
27.1%
61.3%
Chloromethane
17,991
0
39
0.01%
16.1%
58.6%
Benzene
11,213
37,671
1,362
0.34%
17.9%
58.0%
Acetophenone
8,371
0
1
0.00%
21.8%
58.7%
Toluene
4,557
397
0
0.00%
15.5%
57.5%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)
3,915
0
0
0.00%
14.5%
56.0%
Chloroform
3,727
170,355
7,918
1.99%
25.1%
74.2%
Methanol
3,574
545
0
0.00%
16.0%
58.3%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)
2,353
0
0
0.00%
24.0%
69.8%
1,4-Dioxane
2,291
0
287
0.07%
30.8%
62.2%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
2,286
0
0
0.00%
15.5%
57.5%
Carbon tetrachloride
2,109
170,504
1,488
0.37%
25.2%
74.4%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
1,636
5,670,804
336
0.08%
17.1%
37.8%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)
1,548
1,667,179
29
0.01%
19.8%
50.0%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
1,483
137
0
0.00%
15.5%
57.5%
Naphthalene
1,455
1
56
0.01%
15.7%
57.8%
Ethylbenzene
1,408
313
5
0.00%
15.5%
57.5%
Ethylidene dichloride
1,334
0
8
0.00%
21.7%
58.6%
Chloroprene
1,324
0
13,422
3.38%
22.0%
59.5%
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
1,296
104,851
0
0.00%
20.1%
51.5%
Ethylene oxide
1,263
0
56,995
14.34%
15.0%
56.7%
Isoprene
940
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Trichloroethylene
744
100,573
743
0.19%
25.4%
75.2%
m-Xylene
645
0
0
0.00%
14.8%
56.4%
Styrene
522
0
0
0.00%
15.2%
56.9%
p-Xylene
396
0
0
0.00%
14.8%
56.3%
o-Xylene
374
0
0
0.00%
15.0%
56.7%
Cyclohexane
341
0
0
0.00%
15.9%
58.2%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
48
517,126
1,001
0.25%
13.8%
22.9%
Chlorobenzene
39
313,628
0
0.00%
12.8%
19.0%
Cumene
34
0
0
0.00%
16.0%
58.4%
Biphenyl
6
0
0
0.00%
33.1%
65.6%
Hydrogen sulfide
4
0
0
0.00%
15.2%
57.1%
Pentachloroethane
3
621,519
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Dicyclopentadiene
2
0
0
0.00%
12.2%
51.7%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
27
0.01%
21.6%
58.6%
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane
0
133,076
8
0.00%
11.5%
12.1%
Titanium tetrachloride
0
710
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
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