Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
IDEAL TAPE CO
1400 MIDDLESEX ST, LOWELL, MA, 01851
Parent company: AMERICAN BILTRITE INC
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 | Toluene | Methyl ethyl ketone | n-Hexane | Xylene (mixed isomers) | Total (lbs) | |
| 2024 | 102,463 | — | 508 | — | 102,971 | |
| 2023 | 113,800 | — | 2,390 | — | 116,190 | |
| 2022 | 108,978 | — | 2,189 | — | 111,167 | |
| 2021 | 117,601 | — | 1,591 | — | 119,192 | |
| 2020 | 116,588 | — | 918 | — | 117,506 | |
| 2019 | 99,450 | — | 1,226 | — | 100,676 | |
| 2018 | 117,111 | — | 1,774 | — | 118,885 | |
| 2017 | 102,844 | — | 1,463 | — | 104,307 | |
| 2016 | 109,434 | — | 13,825 | — | 123,259 | |
| 2015 | 149,167 | — | 6,646 | — | 155,813 | |
| 2014 | 155,469 | — | 1,352 | — | 156,821 | |
| 2013 | 174,808 | — | 2,320 | — | 177,128 | |
| 2012 | 160,451 | — | 3,405 | — | 163,856 | |
| 2011 | 77,292 | — | 2,018 | — | 79,310 | |
| 2010 | 81,873 | — | — | — | 81,873 | |
| 2009 | 81,355 | — | — | — | 81,355 | |
| 2008 | 111,046 | — | — | — | 111,046 | |
| 2007 | 111,046 | — | 2,605 | — | 113,651 | |
| 2006 | 108,219 | — | 4,940 | — | 113,159 | |
| 2005 | 139,874 | — | 8,298 | — | 148,172 | |
| 2004 | 131,108 | — | 7,478 | — | 138,585 | |
| 2003 | 134,027 | — | 6,884 | — | 140,911 | |
| 2002 | 145,352 | — | 6,949 | — | 152,301 | |
| 2001 | 166,310 | — | 7,120 | — | 173,430 | |
| 2000 | 173,453 | — | 6,491 | — | 179,944 | |
| 1999 | 185,354 | — | 6,644 | — | 191,998 | |
| 1998 | 165,832 | — | 4,872 | — | 170,704 | |
| 1997 | 167,875 | — | 9,442 | — | 177,317 | |
| 1996 | 160,501 | — | 9,448 | — | 169,949 | |
| 1995 | 163,435 | — | 7,139 | 3,729 | 174,303 | |
| 1994 | 297,636 | — | — | 13,082 | 310,718 | |
| 1993 | 314,381 | 7,746 | — | 10,152 | 332,279 | |
| 1992 | 299,600 | 11,300 | — | 10,700 | 321,600 | |
| 1991 | 315,900 | 18,300 | — | 17,300 | 351,500 | |
| 1990 | 410,000 | 28,000 | — | 1,350 | 439,350 | |
| 1989 | 590,000 | 39,000 | — | — | 629,000 | |
| 1988 | 860,000 | 55,000 | — | — | 915,000 | |
| 1987 | — | 41,400 | — | — | 41,400 | |
▎ 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.