Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
PIONEER PLASTICS CORP
1 PIONITE RD, AUBURN, ME, 04210
Parent company: PANOLAM INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC
Carcinogen
— 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 | Methanol | Acetone | Formaldehyde | Phenol | Dichloromethane | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 18,253 | — | 4,224 | 1,362 | — | 24,921 |
| 2023 | 19,356 | — | 3,935 | 1,316 | — | 25,692 |
| 2022 | 21,581 | — | 5,340 | 1,421 | — | 29,416 |
| 2021 | 20,109 | — | 3,485 | 1,487 | — | 26,191 |
| 2020 | 20,007 | — | 4,154 | 1,621 | — | 27,035 |
| 2019 | 32,937 | — | 6,760 | 3,054 | — | 43,890 |
| 2018 | 23,846 | — | 6,104 | 1,940 | — | 33,235 |
| 2017 | 23,132 | — | 7,420 | 1,746 | — | 33,667 |
| 2016 | 24,751 | — | 7,526 | 1,848 | — | 35,514 |
| 2015 | 28,975 | — | 7,015 | 1,937 | — | 39,332 |
| 2014 | 18,135 | — | 5,562 | 1,101 | — | 26,126 |
| 2013 | 17,407 | — | 6,122 | 1,030 | — | 25,729 |
| 2012 | 18,104 | — | 5,333 | 1,120 | — | 25,759 |
| 2011 | 19,613 | — | 6,580 | 1,340 | — | 28,848 |
| 2010 | 17,697 | — | 9,269 | 1,043 | — | 29,319 |
| 2009 | 16,000 | — | 5,585 | 1,917 | — | 24,882 |
| 2008 | 28,555 | — | 11,790 | 2,701 | — | 44,432 |
| 2007 | 30,607 | — | 12,654 | 1,701 | — | 50,433 |
| 2006 | 40,033 | — | 13,227 | 3,473 | — | 59,848 |
| 2005 | 37,172 | — | 14,210 | 3,266 | — | 57,737 |
| 2004 | 40,586 | — | 28,219 | 3,757 | — | 76,002 |
| 2003 | 73,461 | — | 17,900 | 22,463 | — | 118,004 |
| 2002 | 73,871 | — | 20,576 | 23,101 | — | 121,612 |
| 2001 | 37,433 | — | 19,195 | 8,729 | — | 67,944 |
| 2000 | 52,129 | — | 20,855 | 10,771 | — | 86,267 |
| 1999 | 70,265 | — | 27,099 | 15,047 | 2,893 | 117,394 |
| 1998 | 60,200 | — | 29,634 | 13,032 | 3,394 | 107,658 |
| 1997 | 58,957 | — | 30,533 | 13,532 | 2,406 | 107,160 |
| 1996 | 45,412 | — | 31,448 | 11,669 | 4,311 | 94,418 |
| 1995 | 37,985 | — | 35,072 | 13,258 | 7,301 | 94,840 |
| 1994 | 13,961 | — | 24,127 | 3,474 | 7,133 | 49,254 |
| 1993 | 216,335 | 37,681 | 22,990 | 13,382 | — | 291,178 |
| 1992 | 218,461 | 146,530 | 33,992 | 63,948 | — | 465,586 |
| 1991 | 184,327 | 289,088 | 28,572 | 17,494 | — | 524,540 |
| 1990 | 260,508 | 165,435 | 30,731 | 20,784 | — | 481,716 |
| 1989 | 288,468 | 251,405 | 33,552 | 5,373 | — | 581,798 |
| 1988 | 321,443 | — | 41,380 | 6,936 | — | 372,259 |
| 1987 | 229,147 | — | — | 2,767 | — | 231,914 |
▎ 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.