Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP DE
780 SCHOOLHOUSE RD, DELAWARE CITY, DE, 19706
Parent company: FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP USA
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 | Vinyl chloride | Vinyl acetate | Ammonia | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Methanol | Total (lbs) |
| 2018 | 22,741 | 15,114 | 3,600 | — | — | 41,455 |
| 2017 | 45,950 | 34,162 | 4,485 | — | — | 84,597 |
| 2016 | 40,947 | 61,172 | 2,274 | — | — | 104,393 |
| 2015 | 42,710 | 33,572 | 1,947 | — | — | 78,229 |
| 2014 | 49,262 | 12,523 | 4,156 | — | — | 65,942 |
| 2013 | 47,277 | 40,740 | 1,485 | — | — | 89,502 |
| 2012 | 59,264 | 78,994 | 12,610 | — | — | 150,868 |
| 2011 | 57,576 | 61,763 | 17,686 | — | — | 137,025 |
| 2010 | 56,167 | 46,028 | 13,201 | — | — | 115,396 |
| 2009 | 43,805 | 31,943 | 11,252 | — | — | 87,000 |
| 2008 | 50,064 | 32,273 | 13,397 | — | — | 95,734 |
| 2007 | 37,463 | 27,987 | 14,182 | — | — | 79,632 |
| 2006 | 38,547 | 43,487 | 20,444 | — | — | 102,478 |
| 2005 | 71,601 | 45,397 | 62,132 | — | — | 179,130 |
| 2004 | 68,782 | 41,661 | 15,870 | — | — | 126,312 |
| 2003 | 62,789 | 38,160 | 9,366 | — | — | 110,315 |
| 2002 | 103,319 | 115,180 | 7,903 | — | — | 226,402 |
| 2001 | 97,717 | 11,633 | 7,266 | — | — | 116,616 |
| 2000 | 114,043 | 12,567 | 7,916 | — | — | 134,526 |
| 1999 | 131,975 | 11,876 | 8,044 | — | — | 151,895 |
| 1998 | 115,153 | 9,852 | 6,972 | — | — | 131,977 |
| 1997 | 118,499 | 11,403 | 6,940 | — | — | 136,842 |
| 1996 | 118,493 | 12,081 | 2,288 | — | — | 132,862 |
| 1995 | 133,091 | 14,115 | 2,005 | — | — | 149,211 |
| 1994 | 132,159 | 10,631 | 5,460 | — | — | 148,250 |
| 1993 | 111,227 | 12,550 | 22,844 | — | — | 146,621 |
| 1992 | 116,942 | 7,476 | 20,487 | — | — | 144,905 |
| 1991 | 78,355 | 7,022 | 10,608 | 4,030 | — | 100,015 |
| 1990 | 127,533 | 10,603 | 11,214 | 4,292 | 132 | 153,980 |
| 1989 | 129,909 | 11,591 | 13,958 | 9,700 | 807 | 166,415 |
| 1988 | 130,772 | — | — | 9,700 | 807 | 141,279 |
| 1987 | — | — | — | — | — | 450 |
▎ 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.