PERI: Toxic 100 Index

WestRock

Rank among all TRI companies: 227
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 14,733,607
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 4,366
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 185,781
EJ: Poor Share: 23%
EJ: Minority Share: 52%

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This company is rank 20 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxicity Weight	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Near Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share	EJ: Black Share	EJ: Hispanic Share
Hydrogen sulfide	1,212,925	0	1,800	2,183,264,316	63,742	34.31%	22.5%	48.0%	39.4%	28.2%	5.1%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	6,981	0	390,000	2,722,613,318	44,682	24.05%	36.5%	62.7%	93.9%	10.1%	91.4%
Formaldehyde	182,102	0	46,000	8,376,708,560	43,854	23.61%	15.3%	32.5%	41.3%	20.3%	10.3%
Acetaldehyde	586,813	0	7,900	4,635,825,228	28,453	15.32%	19.5%	40.8%	39.6%	24.4%	8.1%
Chlorine dioxide	35,748	0	18,000	643,464,180	1,547	0.83%	18.3%	39.1%	34.0%	19.6%	7.7%
Sulfuric acid	107,350	0	3,500	375,723,250	1,139	0.61%	19.3%	40.5%	44.4%	34.6%	5.3%
Hydrochloric acid	1,006,067	0	180	181,092,033	920	0.50%	15.0%	32.7%	34.3%	15.1%	9.4%
Barium compounds	10,988	0	7,000	76,918,450	438	0.24%	14.2%	30.6%	42.0%	18.2%	10.2%
Manganese compounds	6,214	0	12,000	74,567,640	399	0.21%	15.4%	32.7%	41.9%	18.8%	10.2%
Lead compounds	1,108	0	23,000	25,477,751	213	0.11%	16.1%	33.4%	41.1%	18.9%	9.9%
Chlorine	2,451	0	23,000	56,361,500	162	0.09%	17.2%	37.0%	33.6%	16.6%	7.9%
Ammonia	1,710,102	0	7	11,970,717	63	0.03%	15.3%	32.6%	39.1%	19.1%	9.8%
Glycol Ethers	5,273	4,366	180	949,140	60	0.03%	23.0%	45.6%	41.5%	17.4%	19.3%
Naphthalene	586	0	12,000	7,033,320	28	0.01%	13.3%	29.6%	30.3%	18.3%	7.9%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	65	0	20,000	1,298,609	26	0.01%	36.9%	63.2%	94.7%	9.9%	92.5%
Phenol	221,080	0	18	3,979,432	21	0.01%	14.9%	31.9%	38.9%	16.4%	10.4%
Methanol	9,555,095	0	0	1,719,916	14	0.01%	19.2%	40.7%	40.2%	26.3%	6.7%
Mercury compounds	176	0	12,000	2,114,892	13	0.01%	16.0%	34.3%	38.3%	18.2%	9.7%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	1,400,000,000	545,674	4	0.00%	14.4%	30.9%	40.9%	17.1%	10.7%
Zinc compounds	5,460	0	100	546,000	3	0.00%	15.4%	32.5%	40.5%	20.2%	10.7%
Cresol (mixed isomers)	76,741	0	6	445,095	2	0.00%	17.7%	37.3%	31.7%	18.0%	7.8%
Vanadium compounds	243	0	140	34,077	0	0.00%	15.4%	32.4%	41.3%	29.0%	7.8%
Catechol	0	0	9,000	2,700	0	0.00%	14.6%	33.9%	19.7%	2.9%	9.6%
Formic acid	39	0	1	20	0	0.00%	15.6%	32.9%	38.5%	22.4%	12.4%

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