PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Packaging Corporation of America

Rank among all TRI companies: 585
Air releases 2018 (lbs): 5,562,985
Incineration transfers 2018 (lbs): 0
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2018: 29,725
EJ: Poor Share: 21%
EJ: Minority Share: 22%

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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share
Acetaldehyde	478,128	0	18,372	61.81%	20.2%	16.6%
Hydrogen sulfide	402,744	0	5,905	19.86%	24.7%	38.4%
Formaldehyde	41,464	0	3,207	10.79%	20.0%	32.9%
Chromium compounds	103	0	1,374	4.62%	19.3%	11.1%
Chlorine dioxide	8,606	0	270	0.91%	21.6%	12.9%
Benzene	5,008	0	167	0.56%	12.7%	10.4%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	433	0	137	0.46%	17.8%	23.5%
Chlorine	1,777	0	73	0.25%	22.1%	11.8%
Manganese compounds	3,088	0	72	0.24%	21.1%	33.0%
Nickel compounds	60	0	50	0.17%	19.6%	10.9%
Hydrochloric acid	179,090	0	36	0.12%	24.2%	31.4%
Lead compounds	500	0	25	0.08%	20.0%	32.9%
Barium compounds	2,292	0	22	0.07%	17.9%	25.5%
Ammonia	435,339	0	6	0.02%	19.0%	29.1%
Methanol	3,833,157	0	5	0.02%	25.1%	38.1%
Phenol	118,528	0	2	0.01%	17.0%	21.0%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	1	0.00%	18.2%	26.8%
Glycol Ethers	350	0	0	0.00%	18.6%	7.0%
Cresol (mixed isomers)	49,702	0	0	0.00%	17.6%	22.1%
Mercury compounds	16	0	0	0.00%	17.3%	29.8%
Zinc compounds	1,412	0	0	0.00%	17.9%	25.7%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	4	0	0	0.00%	28.8%	50.5%
Vanadium compounds	11	0	0	0.00%	16.5%	28.4%
Toluene	1,172	0	0	0.00%	12.5%	10.4%

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