PERI: Toxic 100 Index

WestRock

Rank among all TRI companies: 212
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 14,069,234
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 0
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 175,733
EJ: Poor Share: 24%
EJ: Minority Share: 52%

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This company is rank 18 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company is rank 93 on the Greenhouse 100 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	1,143,335	0	1,800	2,058,002,442	62,179	35.38%	22.7%	48.5%	39.3%	28.3%	5.0%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	6,900	0	390,000	2,691,099,294	45,445	25.86%	37.0%	63.3%	95.0%	9.8%	93.1%
Formaldehyde	175,236	0	46,000	8,060,849,560	37,437	21.30%	15.9%	33.4%	41.0%	21.8%	9.7%
Acetaldehyde	548,059	0	7,900	4,329,666,495	27,319	15.55%	20.1%	42.5%	38.3%	24.5%	7.3%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	1,045,104	0	180	188,118,725	976	0.56%	15.0%	33.2%	32.7%	13.9%	9.3%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	117,738	0	3,500	412,083,350	887	0.50%	20.2%	43.1%	39.1%	28.6%	4.9%
Chlorine dioxide	16,297	0	18,000	293,340,600	417	0.24%	17.7%	37.2%	37.5%	24.3%	8.2%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	10,278	0	7,000	71,942,710	337	0.19%	14.8%	31.7%	41.3%	20.2%	9.3%
Manganese compounds	5,125	0	12,000	61,497,960	300	0.17%	15.9%	33.4%	40.8%	19.5%	9.6%
Lead compounds	1,022	0	23,000	23,499,767	173	0.10%	17.3%	35.2%	40.9%	21.5%	9.1%
Chlorine	1,423	0	23,000	32,729,000	83	0.05%	16.3%	34.7%	34.1%	16.0%	8.1%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i	1,794,045	0	7	12,558,318	58	0.03%	16.1%	34.1%	38.7%	20.7%	9.2%
Naphthalene	601	0	12,000	7,216,080	29	0.02%	13.4%	29.9%	31.2%	18.9%	7.9%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	64	0	20,000	1,276,180	26	0.01%	37.4%	64.0%	96.0%	9.6%	94.5%
Certain glycol ethers	922	0	180	165,960	20	0.01%	25.0%	47.4%	47.6%	25.5%	17.2%
Phenol	214,255	0	18	3,856,588	17	0.01%	15.4%	32.9%	37.9%	17.3%	9.8%
Methanol	8,912,936	0	0	1,604,328	13	0.01%	19.5%	41.3%	39.8%	26.0%	6.5%
Mercury compounds	133	0	12,000	1,598,712	10	0.01%	15.2%	32.8%	35.8%	14.8%	10.3%
Zinc compounds	5,390	0	100	539,027	3	0.00%	15.7%	33.2%	39.2%	20.4%	10.3%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like	0	0	1,400,000,000	466,850	2	0.00%	15.6%	33.2%	39.4%	20.0%	9.5%
Cresol (mixed isomers)	70,125	0	6	406,725	1	0.00%	18.5%	38.7%	30.1%	16.3%	7.6%
Vanadium compounds	206	0	140	28,896	0	0.00%	15.5%	32.4%	41.2%	29.3%	7.6%
Catechol	0	0	9,000	3,780	0	0.00%	14.8%	33.6%	24.7%	9.1%	9.1%
Formic acid	39	0	1	19	0	0.00%	15.6%	33.0%	38.5%	22.4%	12.4%

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