Formosa Plastics
Rank in Toxic 100: 77
Rank among all TRI companies: 142
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 1,878,132
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 11,209,239
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 330,991
Percentage of national total 2020 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 23%
EJ: Minority Share: 71%
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This company is rank 35 on the Toxic 100 Water list .
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Ethylene
1,023,520
0
1
0.00%
15.3%
57.4%
Propylene
212,199
0
1
0.00%
14.0%
58.2%
Vinyl chloride
114,527
2,848
26,911
8.13%
24.1%
73.5%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i
85,560
0
1
0.00%
15.1%
57.6%
Chlorine
83,955
0
29,310
8.86%
21.8%
62.2%
Acetaldehyde
70,809
0
3,481
1.05%
27.0%
64.5%
Vinyl acetate
63,643
0
1
0.00%
15.2%
57.0%
1,2-Dichloroethane
53,824
3,844,237
165,274
49.93%
25.2%
75.5%
n-Hexane (Hexane)
43,809
33,239
0
0.00%
14.3%
57.8%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
18,409
0
72
0.02%
23.3%
67.4%
Ethylene glycol
14,609
0
1
0.00%
25.7%
63.4%
Chloromethane
13,555
0
7
0.00%
15.5%
57.3%
Benzene
13,289
219,489
1,188
0.36%
18.9%
60.4%
1,3-Butadiene
12,704
0
1,267
0.38%
14.5%
56.5%
Toluene
8,974
39,037
0
0.00%
13.7%
58.1%
Acetophenone
5,326
0
1
0.00%
21.9%
62.2%
Chloroform
3,281
154,233
8,180
2.47%
24.9%
73.5%
Ethylbenzene
2,995
2,076
8
0.00%
13.7%
58.1%
m-Xylene
2,875
0
0
0.00%
13.2%
57.6%
Methanol
2,557
842
0
0.00%
14.8%
57.7%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
2,549
0
0
0.00%
13.1%
57.3%
Chloroethane
2,544
0
0
0.00%
23.4%
68.4%
1,4-Dioxane
2,107
0
222
0.07%
26.4%
62.6%
Carbon tetrachloride
2,080
154,338
1,582
0.48%
24.8%
73.2%
p-Xylene
1,906
0
0
0.00%
13.3%
57.9%
Ethylene oxide
1,819
0
69,998
21.15%
13.8%
58.4%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
1,555
3,839,570
198
0.06%
23.4%
67.8%
Tetrachloroethylene
1,550
1,152,002
28
0.01%
22.9%
66.3%
Biphenyl
1,437
0
19
0.01%
28.5%
67.6%
Ethylidene dichloride (1,1-Dichloroethane)
1,385
0
13
0.00%
21.8%
62.1%
Chloroprene
1,363
0
22,335
6.75%
22.2%
63.1%
o-Xylene
1,360
0
0
0.00%
13.5%
57.9%
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
1,335
0
0
0.00%
21.8%
62.1%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
1,318
0
0
0.00%
13.4%
57.9%
Naphthalene
1,084
457
21
0.01%
14.2%
57.4%
Trichloroethylene
678
145,794
672
0.20%
25.9%
77.4%
Cyclohexane
663
0
0
0.00%
14.4%
57.7%
Styrene
389
0
0
0.00%
14.0%
56.6%
Isoprene
304
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Hydroquinone
147
0
34
0.01%
13.1%
57.7%
Hydrogen sulfide
115
0
1
0.00%
13.5%
58.3%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
10
307,166
129
0.04%
25.7%
76.5%
Pentachloroethane
8
695,173
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Chlorobenzene
3
618,385
0
0.00%
24.8%
73.0%
Dicyclopentadiene
2
0
0
0.00%
14.7%
56.0%
Cumene
1
0
0
0.00%
13.4%
58.2%
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
36
0.01%
21.8%
62.1%
Titanium tetrachloride
0
352
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
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