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Packaging Corporation of America

Rank among all TRI companies: 669
Air releases 2022 (lbs): 5,487,353
Incineration transfers 2022 (lbs): 0
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2022: 20,929
EJ: Poor Share: 17%
EJ: Minority Share: 27%

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This company is rank 28 on the Toxic 100 Water Polluters list.
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Acetaldehyde 255,413 0 6,248 29.85% 16.5% 27.0%
Hydrogen sulfide 362,777 0 5,292 25.29% 18.2% 37.0%
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.) 158 0 4,042 19.31% 15.2% 12.6%
Formaldehyde 49,535 0 3,642 17.40% 16.3% 31.1%
Benzene 23,025 0 714 3.41% 11.3% 11.6%
Chlorine dioxide 6,605 0 427 2.04% 16.3% 11.4%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 740 0 216 1.03% 14.2% 19.0%
Chlorine 1,445 0 121 0.58% 16.4% 11.4%
Manganese compounds 2,807 0 63 0.30% 18.8% 33.8%
Nickel compounds 70 0 61 0.29% 18.7% 17.0%
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 187,407 0 49 0.23% 18.3% 30.7%
Lead compounds 512 0 22 0.11% 18.1% 33.2%
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 1,568 0 16 0.08% 17.4% 15.3%
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) 422,502 0 6 0.03% 16.6% 26.7%
Methanol 3,998,354 0 5 0.02% 19.5% 40.0%
Phenol 114,047 0 3 0.01% 15.2% 18.5%
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% 17.3% 24.0%
Certain glycol ethers 450 0 1 0.00% 14.4% 8.0%
Cresol (mixed isomers) 52,002 0 0 0.00% 16.3% 19.4%
Vanadium compounds 14 0 0 0.00% 16.0% 28.7%
Zinc compounds 1,315 0 0 0.00% 16.5% 22.9%
Mercury compounds 7 0 0 0.00% 16.0% 28.7%
Mercury 3 0 0 0.00% 12.0% 43.0%
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 2 0 0 0.00% 23.3% 50.5%
Styrene 2,523 0 0 0.00% 10.9% 11.7%
Toluene 4,073 0 0 0.00% 11.2% 11.6%

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