Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
GENERAL CABLE INDUSTRIES
37 CUSHMAN ST, TAUNTON, MA, 02780
Parent company: GENERAL CABLE CORP
PBT
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
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 | Lead compounds | Antimony compounds | Copper | Zinc compounds | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Total (lbs) |
| 2003 | 12 | 11 | 15 | — | — | 38 |
| 2002 | 16 | 16 | 16 | — | — | 48 |
| 2001 | 15 | 12 | 3 | — | — | 30 |
| 2000 | 32 | 18 | — | — | — | 50 |
| 1999 | 23 | 12 | — | — | — | 35 |
| 1998 | 17 | 6 | — | — | — | 23 |
| 1997 | 12 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 19 |
| 1996 | 11 | 4 | — | — | — | 15 |
| 1995 | 9 | 5 | — | 1 | — | 15 |
| 1994 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 1993 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 1992 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | — | 7 |
| 1991 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 1990 | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | 10 |
| 1989 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
▎ 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.