Packaging Corporation of America
Rank among all TRI companies: 616
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 5,641,414
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 0
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 26,007
EJ: Poor Share: 18%
EJ: Minority Share: 29%
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This company is rank 37 on the Toxic 100 Water list .
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Acetaldehyde
286,738
0
8,476
32.59%
20.0%
33.5%
Chromium compounds
127
0
6,640
25.53%
11.3%
10.0%
Hydrogen sulfide
407,634
0
6,184
23.78%
22.6%
38.3%
Formaldehyde
45,345
0
3,805
14.63%
18.5%
34.2%
Chlorine dioxide
8,131
0
247
0.95%
16.6%
9.9%
Benzene
4,769
0
160
0.62%
11.8%
10.5%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
361
0
122
0.47%
16.6%
24.3%
Sulfuric acid
29,500
0
87
0.34%
18.8%
10.9%
Chlorine
1,771
0
72
0.28%
16.7%
10.8%
Manganese compounds
2,733
0
62
0.24%
20.9%
34.4%
Hydrochloric acid
212,386
0
52
0.20%
20.3%
34.3%
Nickel compounds
50
0
40
0.15%
18.8%
11.0%
Lead compounds
452
0
22
0.08%
19.8%
34.2%
Barium compounds
2,027
0
20
0.08%
16.9%
26.0%
Ammonia
462,397
0
7
0.03%
17.5%
30.1%
Methanol
4,004,752
0
5
0.02%
23.3%
40.0%
Phenol
118,028
0
3
0.01%
15.7%
21.1%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
1
0.00%
17.0%
29.4%
Glycol Ethers
460
0
1
0.00%
17.6%
7.7%
Cresol (mixed isomers)
51,302
0
0
0.00%
16.3%
22.1%
Mercury compounds
13
0
0
0.00%
17.0%
29.8%
Zinc compounds
1,238
0
0
0.00%
16.9%
24.8%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene
4
0
0
0.00%
24.5%
48.7%
Vanadium compounds
14
0
0
0.00%
16.2%
27.9%
Toluene
1,183
0
0
0.00%
11.5%
10.4%
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