PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Packaging Corporation of America

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 28
Surface Water releases 2017 (lbs): 899,332
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2017 (lbs): 0
Pounds released post-treatment 2017 (lbs): 899,332
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2017: 579,473,045
Percentage of national total 2017 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.2%

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Chemical	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Post-treatment releases (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard
Chromium compounds	604	0	604	302,100,000	52.13%
Acetaldehyde	28,560	0	28,560	225,624,000	38.94%
Lead compounds	1,819	0	1,819	32,734,800	5.65%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	0	8,631,808	1.49%
Hydrogen sulfide	1,834	0	1,834	3,301,200	0.57%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	14	0	14	2,520,000	0.43%
Catechol	244	0	244	2,191,500	0.38%
Manganese compounds	224,587	0	224,587	1,594,568	0.28%
Nitrate compounds	496,165	0	496,165	312,584	0.05%
Vanadium compounds	942	0	942	131,880	0.02%
Glycol ethers	640	0	640	115,200	0.02%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	3	0	3	60,000	0.01%
Methanol	50,205	0	50,205	50,205	0.01%
Zinc compounds	11,500	0	11,500	37,950	0.01%
Nickel compounds	330	0	330	30,030	0.01%
Formaldehyde	4,404	0	4,404	22,020	0.00%
Barium compounds	2,138	0	2,138	10,690	0.00%
Mercury compounds	0	0	0	3,000	0.00%
Formic acid	2,998	0	2,998	1,499	0.00%
Phenol	18	0	18	60	0.00%
Cresol (mixed isomers)	1	0	1	20	0.00%
Benzene	0	0	0	19	0.00%
Toluene	1	0	1	13	0.00%
Copper	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Hydrochloric acid	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Ammonia	72,325	0	72,325	0	0.00%
Chlorine dioxide	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Chlorine	0	0	0	0	0.00%

Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and estimated releases from transfers to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2017, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project. For details, see technical notes.

Quantity of toxic surface water releases and POTW transfers: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to a POTW, without weighting for toxicity or population.

Quantity of toxic post-treatment releases: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water plus released after treatment at POTW's.

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