Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
GFS CHEMICALS INC
851 MCKINLEY AVE, COLUMBUS, OH, 43222
Parent company: GFS CHEMICALS 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 | Nitric acid | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | Chlorine | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Ammonia | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 3,050 | — | 1,383 | — | 316 | 4,749 |
| 2023 | 4,842 | — | 1,037 | — | 253 | 6,132 |
| 2022 | 4,676 | — | 1,185 | — | 291 | 6,152 |
| 2021 | 4,394 | — | 940 | — | 343 | 5,677 |
| 2020 | 4,672 | — | 650 | — | 410 | 5,804 |
| 2019 | 7,305 | — | 1,189 | — | 640 | 9,134 |
| 2018 | 2,885 | — | 713 | — | 262 | 3,860 |
| 2017 | 3,690 | — | 628 | — | 381 | 4,709 |
| 2016 | 2,975 | — | 681 | — | 246 | 3,902 |
| 2015 | 3,285 | — | 1,030 | — | 198 | 4,513 |
| 2014 | 3,308 | — | 1,057 | — | 167 | 4,532 |
| 2013 | 4,650 | — | 1,415 | — | 187 | 6,252 |
| 2012 | 6,585 | — | 1,898 | — | 212 | 8,695 |
| 2011 | 9,120 | — | 2,608 | — | 173 | 11,901 |
| 2010 | 7,975 | — | 2,226 | — | 189 | 10,390 |
| 2009 | 5,065 | — | 1,571 | — | 153 | 6,789 |
| 2008 | 4,869 | — | 1,428 | — | 174 | 6,471 |
| 2007 | 6,394 | — | 1,573 | — | 489 | 8,456 |
| 2006 | 11,505 | — | 3,067 | — | 550 | 15,122 |
| 2005 | 19,214 | — | 3,995 | — | 1,178 | 24,387 |
| 2004 | 15,177 | — | 3,642 | — | 713 | 19,532 |
| 2003 | 12,059 | — | 2,043 | — | 899 | 15,001 |
| 2002 | 8,449 | — | 1,126 | — | 1,902 | 11,477 |
| 2001 | 2,325 | — | 2,085 | 134 | 190 | 4,734 |
| 2000 | 925 | — | 818 | 124 | 660 | 2,527 |
| 1999 | 413 | — | 1,025 | 120 | 265 | 1,823 |
| 1998 | 414 | — | 250 | 108 | 475 | 1,252 |
| 1997 | 505 | 50,000 | 255 | 115 | 250 | 51,130 |
| 1996 | 555 | 50,000 | 255 | 215 | 250 | 51,275 |
| 1995 | 675 | 50,000 | 255 | 109 | 250 | 51,289 |
| 1994 | 625 | — | 3,555 | 305 | — | 4,740 |
| 1993 | 1,715 | — | 3,255 | 550 | — | 5,775 |
| 1992 | 2,325 | — | 2,950 | 285 | — | 5,560 |
| 1991 | 2,405 | — | 3,015 | 305 | — | 5,725 |
| 1990 | 1,598 | — | 2,988 | 505 | — | 5,101 |
| 1989 | 3,400 | — | 2,980 | 500 | — | 6,880 |
| 1988 | 15,750 | — | — | 19,000 | — | 35,000 |
| 1987 | 8,250 | — | — | — | — | 8,250 |
▎ 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.