Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
GASTONIA D & F PLANT 51
1002 JENKINS ST, GASTONIA, NC, 28053
Parent company: RUDDICK CORP
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 | Xylene (mixed isomers) | Acetophenone | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | Total (lbs) | |
| 2001 | — | — | 7,525 | — | 7,525 | |
| 2000 | — | — | 15,684 | — | 15,684 | |
| 1999 | — | — | 13,456 | — | 13,456 | |
| 1998 | — | — | 8,555 | — | 8,555 | |
| 1997 | — | — | 13,941 | — | 13,941 | |
| 1996 | 26,387 | — | 13,310 | 10,145 | 49,842 | |
| 1995 | 231,579 | — | — | 22,696 | 254,275 | |
| 1994 | 559,722 | 1,692 | — | — | 561,414 | |
| 1993 | 605,034 | 10,164 | — | — | 615,198 | |
| 1992 | 663,472 | 9,111 | — | — | 672,583 | |
| 1991 | 531,584 | 9,150 | — | — | 540,734 | |
| 1990 | 639,205 | 28,451 | — | — | 667,656 | |
| 1989 | 872,140 | 21,366 | — | — | 893,506 | |
▎ 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.