Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
FORD VAN DYKE PLANT
41111 VAN DYKE AVE, STERLING HEIGHTS, MI, 48314
Parent company: FORD MOTOR CO
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 | Certain glycol ethers | Barium | Copper | Diethanolamine | Ethylene glycol | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | — | — | 65 | — | — | 65 |
| 2023 | — | — | 50 | — | — | 50 |
| 2022 | — | — | 27 | — | — | 27 |
| 2021 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,400 | — | — | 1,489 |
| 2017 | — | — | 1,600 | — | — | 1,706 |
| 2016 | — | — | 540 | — | — | 576 |
| 2015 | — | — | 519 | — | 8 | 561 |
| 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2005 | — | — | 0 | — | — | 1 |
| 2004 | — | — | 0 | — | — | 1 |
| 2003 | — | — | 172 | — | — | 172 |
| 2002 | — | — | 178 | — | — | 201 |
| 2001 | — | — | 167 | — | — | 167 |
| 2000 | — | — | 180 | — | — | 180 |
| 1999 | — | — | 140 | — | — | 160 |
| 1998 | — | — | 77 | — | — | 87 |
| 1997 | — | — | 2,005 | — | — | 2,005 |
| 1996 | — | — | 2,305 | — | — | 2,305 |
| 1995 | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | 7 |
| 1994 | — | — | 5 | — | — | 10 |
| 1993 | — | — | 5 | — | — | 15 |
| 1992 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| 1991 | — | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| 1990 | 2,500 | — | — | 1,500 | — | 4,012 |
| 1989 | 3,400 | — | — | — | — | 3,400 |
| 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | 289 |
| 1987 | 11,000 | 12,000 | — | — | 500 | 23,500 |
▎ 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.