Facility detail

GE PLASTICS

1 PLASTICS AVE, PITTSFIELD, MA, 01201

Parent company: GE CO

Carcinogen — EPA classifications across all reporting years

Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

Top chemical totals

The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.

Full release table

Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.

All values in pounds (lbs)
Year Dichloromethane Toluene Methanol 1,2-Dichlorobenzene Acetophenone Total (lbs)
1998 41,000 — — — — 41,190
1997 74,100 3,600 16,300 — — 94,240
1996 102,000 3,700 670 — — 106,550
1995 96,000 4,700 4,820 — 2,290 108,182
1994 107,200 6,300 4,760 — 690 119,242
1993 35,300 15,200 17,000 — — 67,987
1992 52,500 21,200 18,800 — — 93,146
1991 62,000 20,000 3,200 — — 85,582
1990 32,486 10,353 — 4,282 — 47,388
1989 70,710 25,352 12,039 1,205 — 109,948
1988 — 47,600 20,170 1,095 — 70,574
1987 — — — 850 — 2,208

▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.