Berkshire Hathaway
Rank in Toxic 100 Air Polluters: 11
Rank among all TRI companies: 20
Air releases 2021 (lbs): 2,232,494
Incineration transfers 2021 (lbs): 422,829
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2021: 2,466,409
Percentage of national total 2021 toxic air and incineration score: 0.7%
EJ: Poor Share: 14%
EJ: Minority Share: 41%
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This company is rank 43 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list .
This company is rank 4 on the Greenhouse 100 Polluters list .
This company is rank 48 on the Greenhouse 100 Suppliers list .
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Chromium
2,580
0
1,213,145
49.19%
12.6%
47.2%
Cobalt
680
0
547,882
22.21%
13.4%
31.2%
Nickel
7,776
0
308,259
12.50%
18.2%
31.5%
Formaldehyde
145,587
0
112,616
4.57%
15.0%
37.5%
Hydrazine
42
0
68,427
2.77%
12.3%
53.8%
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.)
2,301
0
59,627
2.42%
14.2%
37.2%
Cobalt compounds
260
0
29,501
1.20%
16.6%
14.1%
Nickel compounds
2,849
0
29,332
1.19%
23.9%
14.7%
Diisocyanates
387
14,810
18,621
0.75%
13.2%
43.5%
1,3-Butadiene
1,575
0
15,189
0.62%
16.8%
70.8%
Propylene oxide
6,338
0
13,952
0.57%
17.2%
71.9%
Benzene
7,745
385
11,821
0.48%
21.8%
72.3%
Manganese compounds
40,910
0
8,493
0.34%
17.1%
23.3%
Tetrachloroethylene
97,183
0
5,500
0.22%
11.2%
25.7%
Vinyl chloride
1,144
0
4,386
0.18%
27.3%
61.1%
Chlorine
1,489
0
4,256
0.17%
18.6%
64.4%
Naphthalene
1,777
0
3,216
0.13%
24.2%
86.8%
Butyl acrylate
3,760
881
1,311
0.05%
16.7%
61.2%
Lead compounds
2,251
0
1,194
0.05%
12.4%
41.0%
Maleic anhydride
1,422
3,552
1,185
0.05%
17.1%
71.5%
Acrylamide
35
7,670
1,144
0.05%
12.1%
25.2%
Antimony compounds
821
0
1,123
0.05%
12.0%
41.8%
Acrylonitrile
54
443
1,104
0.04%
15.2%
37.0%
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)
243,818
0
956
0.04%
20.6%
44.9%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))
73,920
0
905
0.04%
14.5%
26.0%
Hydrogen sulfide
2,039
12
554
0.02%
17.4%
71.8%
Ethylbenzene
6,648
238
409
0.02%
19.5%
65.6%
Manganese
522
0
375
0.02%
19.7%
47.4%
Nitric acid
12,555
0
366
0.01%
14.5%
27.5%
Acrylic acid
5,253
6,539
292
0.01%
13.7%
10.9%
Acrolein
2,107
0
216
0.01%
9.5%
4.9%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
69,277
246
167
0.01%
11.5%
27.8%
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.)
7,955
0
153
0.01%
16.6%
15.9%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
157,168
0
113
0.00%
20.0%
16.1%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
133,606
0
97
0.00%
21.1%
36.7%
Triethylamine
9,052
805
72
0.00%
16.3%
10.8%
Xylene (mixed isomers)
68,842
8,077
71
0.00%
17.6%
53.5%
Aluminum (fume or dust)
2,052
0
68
0.00%
17.4%
9.5%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing)
714,786
0
67
0.00%
14.7%
48.3%
Copper
698
0
35
0.00%
19.8%
22.1%
Zinc compounds
10,395
0
34
0.00%
17.7%
50.5%
Ozone
11,216
0
24
0.00%
12.0%
41.9%
Lead
60
0
24
0.00%
17.8%
47.9%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
27
0
21
0.00%
14.6%
18.8%
Certain glycol ethers
686
0
19
0.00%
14.2%
29.8%
Ethyl acrylate
2,278
767
14
0.00%
13.4%
25.1%
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)
7,387
0
9
0.00%
15.3%
66.1%
Phenol
3,239
22
7
0.00%
13.0%
60.7%
Toluene
89,904
62,293
7
0.00%
15.3%
60.6%
Ethylene glycol
6,026
26
7
0.00%
14.6%
54.5%
Zinc (fume or dust)
1,170
0
6
0.00%
24.9%
48.9%
Vinyl acetate
12,427
549
6
0.00%
16.2%
16.1%
n-Hexane (Hexane)
10,127
0
5
0.00%
23.4%
85.0%
Boron trifluoride
6
0
5
0.00%
17.2%
72.0%
Acetaldehyde
920
0
4
0.00%
9.5%
4.9%
Mercury compounds
271
0
3
0.00%
13.8%
33.1%
Allyl chloride
120
5,112
2
0.00%
15.4%
7.1%
Sodium nitrite
14,982
0
2
0.00%
14.1%
9.7%
Methyl methacrylate
6,666
1,912
2
0.00%
13.9%
20.3%
Methanol
160,874
289,525
1
0.00%
16.8%
59.1%
Diethanolamine
18
0
1
0.00%
12.9%
34.5%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like compounds are present as contaminants in a chemical and if they were created during the manufacturing of that chemical.)
0
0
1
0.00%
14.5%
31.3%
Mercury
1
0
1
0.00%
15.5%
38.4%
Cyanide compounds
5
1
1
0.00%
11.8%
21.2%
Styrene
26,290
641
1
0.00%
16.0%
47.8%
Methyl acrylate
39
4
1
0.00%
23.5%
50.5%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
408
0
1
0.00%
14.4%
33.1%
Allyl alcohol
8
6,876
0
0.00%
15.3%
8.4%
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-Dichloroethylene)
131
0
0
0.00%
27.8%
62.4%
Vanadium compounds
1,825
0
0
0.00%
12.6%
23.6%
Diphenylamine
122
0
0
0.00%
10.3%
53.6%
Cyclohexane
12,877
4,079
0
0.00%
21.0%
59.5%
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate
53
117
0
0.00%
12.7%
34.9%
Cumene
106
0
0
0.00%
14.9%
37.3%
Acetophenone
5
6,180
0
0.00%
11.5%
20.3%
Carbon disulfide
59
3
0
0.00%
14.6%
33.4%
Propylene
1,140
0
0
0.00%
12.9%
23.1%
Chloroacetic acid
0
0
0
0.00%
20.5%
20.5%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene
0
0
0
0.00%
14.3%
12.6%
1-Bromopropane
10,962
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Dimethylamine
384
0
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
4
256
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
N-Methylolacrylamide
7
5
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates
5
802
0
0.00%
0.0%
0.0%
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