Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
KAO SPECIALTIES AMERICAS LLC
243 WOODBINE ST, HIGH POINT, NC, 27260
Parent company: KAO AMERICA 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 | Ethylene glycol | Methanol | Ethylene oxide | Propylene oxide | Tetrachloroethylene | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 58,437 | 1,175 | 1 | 0 | — | 59,695 |
| 2023 | — | 6,173 | 1 | 0 | — | 6,236 |
| 2022 | — | 2,531 | 1 | 0 | — | 2,703 |
| 2021 | — | 2,590 | 1 | 0 | — | 2,669 |
| 2020 | — | 513 | 1 | 0 | — | 964 |
| 2019 | — | 270 | 1 | 0 | — | 936 |
| 2018 | — | 1,365 | 1 | 0 | — | 1,722 |
| 2017 | — | 1,320 | 1 | 0 | — | 1,722 |
| 2016 | — | 235 | 1 | 0 | — | 674 |
| 2015 | — | 235 | 1 | 0 | — | 652 |
| 2014 | — | 910 | 1 | 0 | — | 1,294 |
| 2013 | 260 | 287 | 1 | 0 | — | 744 |
| 2012 | 260 | 260 | 1 | 1 | — | 924 |
| 2011 | 260 | 260 | 1 | 1 | — | 1,620 |
| 2010 | 255 | 500 | 6 | 1 | — | 1,781 |
| 2009 | 255 | 1,750 | 10 | 10 | — | 3,329 |
| 2008 | 255 | 4,844 | 10 | 4 | — | 5,418 |
| 2007 | 255 | 4,679 | 10 | 4 | — | 5,260 |
| 2006 | 255 | 1,000 | 10 | 10 | — | 1,317 |
| 2005 | 250 | 5,876 | 10 | 2 | — | 6,643 |
| 2004 | — | 6,621 | 10 | 2 | — | 7,383 |
| 2003 | — | 255 | 77 | 31 | — | 878 |
| 2002 | — | 255 | 77 | 31 | — | 628 |
| 2001 | — | — | 77 | 31 | — | 390 |
| 2000 | — | — | 76 | 31 | — | 639 |
| 1999 | — | — | 255 | 255 | — | 2,036 |
| 1998 | — | — | 255 | 255 | — | 2,270 |
| 1997 | — | 354 | 3,376 | 1,963 | — | 8,511 |
| 1996 | 10 | 159 | 4,685 | 1,327 | 255 | 10,401 |
| 1995 | 10 | 500 | 7,506 | 962 | 255 | 14,298 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | 7,722 | 1,157 | 255 | 14,194 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | 7,297 | 953 | 255 | 11,605 |
| 1992 | — | — | 4,400 | 3,764 | 500 | 11,714 |
| 1991 | — | — | 2,085 | 500 | 500 | 6,880 |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 824 |
| 1989 | — | 500 | — | — | 8,000 | 11,345 |
| 1988 | — | 250 | — | — | — | 2,750 |
▎ 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.