Formosa Plastics
Rank in Toxic 100: 73
Rank among all TRI companies: 154
Air releases 2019 (lbs): 1,314,078
Incineration transfers 2019 (lbs): 6,859,885
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2019: 341,852
Percentage of national total 2019 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 22%
EJ: Minority Share: 70%
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This company is rank 64 on the Toxic 100 Water list .
This company has information in PERI's Greenhouse database .
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Ethylene
400,345
704
1
0.00%
14.8%
59.8%
Propylene (Propene)
158,135
0
0
0.00%
14.9%
60.0%
Vinyl acetate
110,053
0
3
0.00%
14.9%
59.6%
Vinyl chloride
92,333
2,191
26,039
7.62%
24.2%
74.0%
Chlorine
89,599
0
21,662
6.34%
20.9%
59.8%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
66,210
148
14
0.00%
12.9%
57.4%
Ammonia
63,462
0
1
0.00%
14.3%
59.2%
Acetaldehyde
60,019
0
2,511
0.73%
26.2%
63.8%
n-Hexane
52,235
2,013
1
0.00%
14.4%
59.2%
1,2-Dichloroethane
43,537
2,794,087
156,710
45.84%
25.5%
75.9%
Ethylene glycol
33,631
0
1
0.00%
19.8%
61.0%
Hydrochloric acid
32,775
0
48
0.01%
21.4%
63.0%
Benzene
19,668
13,434
1,349
0.39%
17.1%
59.7%
Chloromethane
18,906
0
20
0.01%
15.1%
59.9%
1,3-Butadiene
7,960
0
1,143
0.33%
14.4%
59.2%
Toluene
7,913
167
0
0.00%
13.6%
58.4%
Naphthalene
6,511
3
118
0.03%
14.9%
59.6%
Acetophenone
5,570
0
1
0.00%
21.0%
59.6%
Ethylbenzene
5,017
7
12
0.00%
14.1%
58.9%
Methanol
4,336
0
0
0.00%
14.1%
59.0%
m-Xylene
3,312
0
0
0.00%
13.2%
57.8%
Chloroform
3,257
92,876
7,621
2.23%
24.9%
73.8%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)
2,939
0
0
0.00%
23.2%
67.7%
Styrene
2,820
183
0
0.00%
14.5%
59.3%
Carbon tetrachloride
2,585
170,163
2,217
0.65%
25.3%
74.9%
Ethylene oxide
2,430
0
104,778
30.65%
13.7%
58.6%
p-Xylene
2,256
0
0
0.00%
13.4%
58.1%
o-Xylene
2,086
0
0
0.00%
13.4%
58.1%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
2,001
218
0
0.00%
14.4%
59.1%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
1,682
2,398,110
171
0.05%
23.2%
67.5%
1,4-Dioxane
1,595
0
139
0.04%
25.6%
60.7%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)
1,553
701,071
22
0.01%
22.7%
66.0%
Isoprene
1,412
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Chloroprene
1,347
0
15,875
4.64%
21.3%
60.4%
Ethylidene dichloride
1,334
0
9
0.00%
21.0%
59.5%
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
1,333
60,886
0
0.00%
21.1%
59.6%
Trichloroethylene
1,160
9,288
1,204
0.35%
26.0%
77.5%
Cyclohexane
563
0
0
0.00%
14.9%
59.7%
Biphenyl
96
0
1
0.00%
28.5%
67.6%
Hydrogen sulfide
51
0
0
0.00%
14.9%
59.6%
Pentachloroethane
14
234,104
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
14
190,902
149
0.04%
25.6%
75.9%
Dicyclopentadiene
8
0
0
0.00%
11.9%
54.8%
Chlorobenzene
8
189,232
0
0.00%
24.5%
72.0%
Cumene
5
0
0
0.00%
14.6%
59.3%
Hydroquinone
2
0
0
0.00%
14.9%
59.7%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
0
0
30
0.01%
20.9%
59.5%
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane
0
72
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms)
0
25
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Titanium tetrachloride
0
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
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