Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
SONOCO PRODUCTS CARTON DIV
8800 SOUTH BLVD, CHARLOTTE, NC, 28273
Parent company: SONOCO PRODUCTS
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 | Toluene | Methyl ethyl ketone | Tetrachloroethylene | 2-Ethoxyethanol | Certain glycol ethers | Total (lbs) |
| 2005 | 255 | — | — | — | — | 255 |
| 2004 | 1,500 | — | — | — | — | 1,500 |
| 2003 | 1,500 | — | — | — | — | 1,500 |
| 2002 | 250 | — | — | — | — | 250 |
| 2001 | 1,500 | — | — | — | — | 1,500 |
| 2000 | 1,439 | — | — | — | — | 1,439 |
| 1999 | 775 | — | — | — | — | 775 |
| 1997 | 3,250 | — | — | — | — | 4,250 |
| 1996 | 36,250 | — | — | — | — | 36,250 |
| 1995 | 37,250 | — | — | 11,000 | — | 48,250 |
| 1994 | 10,250 | 8,650 | — | 13,000 | — | 31,900 |
| 1993 | 3,650 | 4,450 | — | 14,000 | — | 22,100 |
| 1992 | 2,550 | 2,350 | — | 20,000 | — | 24,900 |
| 1991 | 3,150 | 1,350 | — | — | 5,100 | 9,600 |
| 1990 | 9,231 | 29,260 | 18,000 | — | — | 98,347 |
| 1989 | — | 14,625 | 40,560 | — | 28,133 | 104,809 |
▎ 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.