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Westlake Chemical

Rank in Toxic 100: 41
Rank among all TRI companies: 68
Air releases 2020 (lbs): 4,250,735
Incineration transfers 2020 (lbs): 14,569,383
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2020: 879,469
Percentage of national total 2020 toxic air and incineration score: 0.3%
EJ: Poor Share: 16%
EJ: Minority Share: 28%

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This company is rank 30 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company is rank 98 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

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Phthalic anhydride 3,352 0 27 0.00% 20.6% 69.9%
Butyl acrylate 1,669 0 176 0.02% 21.0% 55.9%
Methyl acrylate 4,195 0 23 0.00% 20.9% 55.4%
Phenol 192 0 0 0.00% 17.8% 55.1%
Dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12) 13,860 0 2 0.00% 17.2% 54.6%
Methanol 29,183 10 0 0.00% 17.3% 53.4%
Nickel compounds 135 0 587 0.07% 18.8% 52.7%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi 16 0 7,098 0.81% 21.5% 52.1%
Lead compounds 2 0 0 0.00% 19.5% 52.0%
Asbestos (friable) 3 0 1,846 0.21% 19.5% 52.0%
Maleic anhydride 4,121 0 611 0.07% 20.1% 51.8%
Formaldehyde 30,762 0 39,285 4.47% 19.9% 51.7%
Acetaldehyde 7,171 0 1,561 0.18% 19.7% 50.2%
Manganese compounds 0 0 0 0.00% 24.7% 50.1%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) 93,405 0 0 0.00% 16.9% 49.8%
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol) 563 0 0 0.00% 19.2% 49.0%
n-Hexane (Hexane) 60,357 0 9 0.00% 19.5% 48.6%
Chlorobenzene 3,062 468,132 0 0.00% 15.2% 43.7%
Zinc compounds 344 0 1 0.00% 10.2% 41.4%
Antimony compounds 750 0 470 0.05% 10.0% 41.1%
Chloroform 62,563 5,741 40,861 4.65% 15.5% 37.4%
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 2 2 0.00% 17.0% 35.4%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 70,127 178 6 0.00% 16.8% 32.8%
Chloroprene 31 0 316 0.04% 13.9% 32.5%
1,2-Dichloroethane 136,464 13,291,427 225,648 25.66% 15.4% 29.8%
Chloroethane 12,780 2 0 0.00% 15.6% 29.6%
Ethylene 2,691,412 0 61 0.01% 14.7% 29.1%
Hexachloroethane 286 620 143 0.02% 15.8% 29.0%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 34 2 65 0.01% 15.7% 28.9%
Chlorine 48,348 0 6,775 0.77% 15.9% 28.7%
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 1,391 3,014 6,130 0.70% 15.6% 28.2%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane 12,863 8,550 2,277 0.26% 15.7% 27.7%
Pentachlorobenzene 0 88 0 0.00% 16.3% 27.6%
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene 10 260 0 0.00% 16.3% 27.6%
Polychlorinated biphenyls 0 51 0 0.00% 16.3% 27.6%
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-Dichloroethylene) 3,157 92 2 0.00% 15.6% 27.5%
1,2-Dichloroethylene 1,829 1,100 6 0.00% 15.7% 27.2%
Dichlorobenzene (mixed isomers) 60 167 0 0.00% 15.9% 27.1%
Nickel 265 0 1,208 0.14% 15.8% 26.9%
Trichloroethylene 24,301 9,161 11,345 1.29% 15.6% 26.9%
Tetrachloroethylene 42,485 15,993 1,039 0.12% 15.7% 26.7%
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 8,413 1 11 0.00% 15.7% 26.7%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or brom 338 0 4 0.00% 15.7% 26.7%
Bromine 24 0 2 0.00% 15.7% 26.7%
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane 5,341 2,100 511 0.06% 15.7% 26.7%
Ethylidene dichloride (1,1-Dichloroethane) 9,560 290 180 0.02% 15.7% 26.7%
1,2-Butylene oxide 647 1 4 0.00% 15.6% 26.6%
Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene (Hexachlorobutadiene) 120 6,904 19 0.00% 15.7% 26.6%
1,1,1-Trichloroethane 35,810 44,500 1 0.00% 15.7% 26.5%
Vinyl chloride 201,516 20,518 93,540 10.64% 15.7% 26.3%
Ethylene glycol 16,534 346 7 0.00% 14.1% 25.4%
Lead 12 0 3 0.00% 15.1% 24.6%
Methyl tert-butyl ether 270 0 0 0.00% 15.8% 24.4%
Dinitrobutyl phenol (Dinoseb) 6 0 0 0.00% 15.8% 24.4%
Mercury 2 0 1 0.00% 15.0% 24.2%
Ethylene oxide 1,248 0 392,306 44.61% 14.8% 24.0%
1,4-Dichloro-2-butene 1 52 303 0.03% 16.7% 23.3%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 58 0 0 0.00% 14.7% 22.5%
Styrene 19,300 2,746 1 0.00% 14.7% 21.9%
Ethylbenzene 7,838 1,123 174 0.02% 14.8% 21.2%
Toluene 15,604 116,962 0 0.00% 15.5% 21.0%
Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether 13 77 135 0.02% 16.4% 20.3%
Vinyl acetate 73,471 0 75 0.01% 11.0% 20.1%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 141,208 0 182 0.02% 16.3% 19.5%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 6,733 11,368 2 0.00% 15.7% 19.3%
Carbon tetrachloride 14,881 742 4,553 0.52% 15.7% 18.5%
1,3-Butadiene 21,186 0 23,797 2.71% 14.6% 17.8%
Propylene 151,820 160,474 3 0.00% 14.9% 16.5%
Benzene 43,140 276,325 12,836 1.46% 15.3% 14.6%
Acetophenone 88,718 0 3 0.00% 15.9% 12.4%
Hexachlorobenzene 489 2,301 2,577 0.29% 15.6% 11.5%
Naphthalene 8,591 116,055 374 0.04% 15.3% 11.3%
Cumene 2,281 1 0 0.00% 16.1% 10.7%
1,4-Dichlorobenzene (p-Dichlorobenzene) 40 0 0 0.00% 15.6% 10.1%
Copper 45 0 0 0.00% 15.5% 10.0%
Dicyclopentadiene 8,867 0 271 0.03% 14.8% 8.3%
Biphenyl 201 0 1 0.00% 15.6% 8.3%
Anthracene 245 0 0 0.00% 15.6% 6.9%
Mercury compounds 130 0 10 0.00% 15.4% 5.8%
Pentachloroethane 1,595 1,908 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Isoprene 2,891 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
Phenanthrene 2 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
trans-1,4-Dichloro-2-butene 3 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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