PERI: Toxic 100 Air Polluters Index

Packaging Corporation of America

Rank among all TRI companies: 582
Air releases 2021 (lbs): 6,148,522
Incineration transfers 2021 (lbs): 0
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2021: 27,636
EJ: Poor Share: 19%
EJ: Minority Share: 29%

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This company is rank 23 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.
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Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share
Acetaldehyde	325,636	0	11,201	40.53%	18.6%	29.2%
Hydrogen sulfide	388,555	0	6,196	22.42%	22.5%	38.2%
Formaldehyde	53,487	0	5,048	18.27%	17.5%	32.1%
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.)	161	0	3,520	12.74%	16.1%	14.3%
Chlorine dioxide	7,105	0	507	1.83%	16.0%	6.9%
Benzene	13,321	0	453	1.64%	11.8%	10.5%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	522	0	165	0.60%	15.8%	17.7%
Chlorine	1,445	0	134	0.48%	16.0%	6.9%
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	27,300	0	129	0.47%	18.9%	11.2%
Nickel compounds	104	0	92	0.33%	20.4%	21.8%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	208,858	0	68	0.25%	19.4%	31.4%
Manganese compounds	2,856	0	65	0.23%	21.2%	33.6%
Lead compounds	492	0	21	0.08%	20.3%	34.1%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	1,721	0	18	0.07%	18.2%	16.8%
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)	460,966	0	7	0.03%	17.5%	28.4%
Methanol	4,475,319	0	6	0.02%	22.8%	40.5%
Phenol	121,803	0	3	0.01%	15.6%	18.3%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like compounds are present as contaminants in a chemical and if they were created during the manufacturing of that chemical.)	0	0	1	0.00%	18.6%	22.6%
Certain glycol ethers	410	0	1	0.00%	17.6%	7.7%
Cresol (mixed isomers)	54,602	0	1	0.00%	17.0%	16.0%
Mercury compounds	16	0	0	0.00%	17.6%	30.5%
Zinc compounds	1,349	0	0	0.00%	17.4%	20.8%
Mercury	2	0	0	0.00%	15.0%	40.0%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	4	0	0	0.00%	24.5%	48.6%
Toluene	2,489	0	0	0.00%	11.6%	10.4%

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