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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.
This company has information in PERI's Greenhouse database.

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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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