PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Packaging Corporation of America

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 37
Surface Water releases 2019 (lbs): 1,226,925
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2019 (lbs): 0
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2019: 401,771,594
Percentage of national total 2019 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.1%
EJ: Near Poor Share: 46%
EJ: Minority Share: 18%

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Chemicals displayed below: (display facilities) (display chemicals at facilities)
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Chemical	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard
Acetaldehyde	25,341	0	200,193,900	49.83%
Chromium compounds	1,088	0	156,392,000	38.93%
Lead compounds	1,882	0	33,877,800	8.43%
Hydrogen sulfide	2,073	0	3,731,400	0.93%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	16	0	2,880,000	0.72%
Catechol	253	0	2,275,200	0.57%
Manganese compounds	149,243	0	1,059,626	0.26%
Nitrate compounds	860,306	0	541,993	0.13%
Glycol ethers	1,400	0	252,000	0.06%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	239,996	0.06%
Vanadium compounds	959	0	134,260	0.03%
Methanol	89,903	0	89,903	0.02%
Zinc compounds	11,200	0	36,960	0.01%
Nickel compounds	403	0	36,664	0.01%
Formaldehyde	4,469	0	22,345	0.01%
Mercury compounds	1	0	6,000	0.00%
Formic acid	2,893	0	1,447	0.00%
Phenol	22	0	74	0.00%
Benzene	0	0	20	0.00%
Toluene	1	0	7	0.00%
Ammonia	75,473	0	0	0.00%

For explanations of most columns above, including the EJ Shares, see the technical notes.

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 2019, 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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