Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP INC PLANT 8S
4401 ST ANDREWS RD, COLUMBIA, SC, 29210
Parent company: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
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 | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | Biphenyl | 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | Dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12) | Certain glycol ethers | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 39,822 | — | — | — | — | 39,822 |
| 2023 | 45,545 | — | — | — | — | 45,545 |
| 2022 | 48,640 | — | — | — | — | 48,640 |
| 2021 | 53,298 | — | — | — | — | 53,298 |
| 2020 | 47,392 | — | — | — | — | 47,392 |
| 2019 | 63,499 | — | — | — | — | 63,499 |
| 2018 | 67,343 | — | — | — | — | 67,343 |
| 2017 | 67,124 | — | — | — | — | 67,124 |
| 2016 | 49,859 | — | — | — | — | 49,859 |
| 2015 | 57,342 | — | — | — | — | 57,342 |
| 2014 | 21,878 | — | — | — | — | 21,878 |
| 2013 | 30,445 | — | — | — | — | 30,445 |
| 2012 | 27,375 | — | — | — | — | 27,375 |
| 2011 | 22,886 | — | — | — | — | 22,886 |
| 2010 | 26,718 | — | — | — | — | 26,718 |
| 2009 | 31,463 | — | — | — | — | 31,463 |
| 2008 | 20,878 | — | — | — | — | 20,878 |
| 2007 | 32,923 | — | — | — | — | 32,923 |
| 2006 | 38,325 | — | — | — | — | 38,325 |
| 2005 | 33,653 | — | — | — | — | 33,653 |
| 2004 | 45,990 | — | — | — | — | 45,990 |
| 2003 | 37,595 | — | — | — | — | 37,595 |
| 2002 | 58,035 | — | — | — | — | 58,035 |
| 2001 | 59,276 | — | — | — | — | 59,276 |
| 2000 | 116,581 | — | — | — | — | 116,581 |
| 1999 | 102,300 | — | — | — | — | 102,300 |
| 1998 | 110,000 | 1,103 | — | — | 1 | 111,104 |
| 1997 | 116,000 | 2,703 | — | — | 1 | 118,704 |
| 1996 | 94,000 | 4,003 | — | — | 1 | 98,004 |
| 1995 | 93,000 | 12,003 | — | — | 1 | 105,004 |
| 1994 | — | 18,003 | — | — | 2 | 18,005 |
| 1993 | — | 31,140 | — | — | 326 | 31,466 |
| 1992 | — | 29,070 | — | — | 910 | 29,980 |
| 1991 | — | 33,400 | — | 10,520 | — | 43,920 |
| 1990 | — | 36,082 | — | — | — | 36,082 |
| 1989 | — | 37,967 | 16,414 | — | — | 54,727 |
▎ 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.