PERI: Toxic 100 Index

WestRock

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 16
Surface Water releases 2018 (lbs): 1,127,506
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2018 (lbs): 4,539,390
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2018: 1,433,862,712
Percentage of national total 2018 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.3%

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Chemical	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard
Acetaldehyde	31,507	97,099	1,015,994,589	70.86%
Hydrogen sulfide	84,626	93,452	320,540,078	22.36%
Lead compounds	3,269	405	66,123,899	4.61%
Lead	635	86	12,969,284	0.90%
Catechol	317	455	6,950,970	0.48%
Methanol	139,176	4,296,360	4,435,537	0.31%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	13	0	2,340,000	0.16%
Manganese compounds	298,845	28,770	2,326,068	0.16%
Vanadium compounds	5,396	0	755,397	0.05%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	16	0	314,200	0.02%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	278,636	0.02%
Glycol ethers	0	1,482	266,760	0.02%
Nitrate compounds	395,601	0	249,228	0.02%
Mercury compounds	9	0	94,199	0.01%
Formaldehyde	9,146	6,749	79,476	0.01%
Zinc compounds	17,759	0	58,606	0.00%
Barium compounds	7,200	0	36,000	0.00%
Phenol	2,182	6,633	29,091	0.00%
Cresol (mixed isomers)	11	648	13,176	0.00%
Mercury	0	0	3,932	0.00%
Formic acid	6,741	0	3,370	0.00%
Naphthalene	4	0	212	0.00%
Sodium nitrite	0	0	0	0.00%
Chlorine dioxide	0	0	0	0.00%
Ammonia	125,051	7,250	0	0.00%

Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and pounds transferred to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2018, 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.

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