Facility detail

POLAROID CORP

1265 MAIN ST, WALTHAM, MA, 02451

Parent company: POLAROID HOLDING CO

Carcinogen PBT — EPA classifications across all reporting years

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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	Methyl ethyl ketone	Methanol	Dichloromethane	Toluene	Acetone	Total (lbs)
2007	—	—	—	—	—	175
2006	—	2,595	1,591	1,154	—	13,121
2005	—	4,140	1,399	315	—	12,997
2004	—	9,577	2,928	702	—	25,081
2003	2,920	8,200	4,000	1,660	—	25,006
2002	3,850	17,234	4,925	1,547	—	30,059
2001	7,034	14,894	3,415	1,640	—	40,021
2000	10,257	10,256	4,111	3,121	—	34,152
1999	11,073	17,118	23,208	3,208	—	61,672
1998	16,651	29,372	22,807	1,716	—	78,037
1997	27,606	46,577	22,989	3,685	—	104,468
1996	66,000	92,000	36,700	3,710	—	207,492
1995	76,003	47,000	37,800	11,100	—	185,138
1994	139,003	147,600	38,500	12,430	—	354,045
1993	179,003	111,000	29,580	6,208	17	340,611
1992	134,700	81,900	34,100	10,990	76,000	355,624
1991	132,268	92,077	58,804	10,208	19,568	333,128
1990	125,125	93,599	40,955	25,646	24,163	331,787
1989	107,352	87,059	42,897	31,316	21,201	320,610
1988	116,976	101,751	—	33,224	37,433	299,282
1987	—	—	—	27,014	—	34,088

▎ 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.