Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
KAROLINA POLYMERS INC
1508 S CENTER ST, HICKORY, NC, 28602
Parent company: NA
Carcinogen
PBT
— 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 | Antimony compounds | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Lead compounds | Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | Zinc compounds | Total (lbs) |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 1997 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 |
| 1996 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 |
| 1995 | 250 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 260 |
| 1994 | 250 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 260 |
▎ 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.