PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Packaging Corporation of America

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 19
Surface Water releases 2015 (lbs): 995,815
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2015 (lbs): 0
Pounds released post-treatment 2015 (lbs): 995,815
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2015: 1,091,682,607
Percentage of national total 2015 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.5%

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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
Acetaldehyde	17,112	0	17,112	135,184,800	12.38%
Ammonia	70,914	0	70,914	0	0.00%
Barium and barium compounds	2,310	0	2,310	11,550	0.00%
Benzene	0	0	0	18	0.00%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	4	0	4	80,000	0.01%
Catechol	315	0	315	2,837,700	0.26%
Chlorine	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Chlorine dioxide	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Chromium and chromium compounds	1,751	0	1,751	875,350,006	80.18%
Cresol (mixed isomers)	1	0	1	28	0.00%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	0	12,384,735	1.13%
Formaldehyde	3,954	0	3,954	19,770	0.00%
Formic acid	6,252	0	6,252	3,126	0.00%
Glycol ethers	600	0	600	108,000	0.01%
Hydrochloric acid	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Hydrogen sulfide	2,159	0	2,159	3,886,200	0.36%
Lead and lead compounds	1,925	0	1,925	34,641,000	3.17%
Manganese and manganese compounds	241,179	0	241,179	1,712,371	0.16%
Mercury and mercury compounds	0	0	0	3,000	0.00%
Methanol	78,864	0	78,864	78,864	0.01%
Nickel and nickel compounds	690	0	690	62,790	0.01%
Nitrate compounds	556,607	0	556,607	350,662	0.03%
Phenol	18	0	18	59	0.00%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	19	0	19	24,830,000	2.27%
Toluene	0	0	0	6	0.00%
Vanadium and vanadium compounds	740	0	740	103,600	0.01%
Zinc and zinc compounds	10,400	0	10,400	34,320	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 2015, 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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