Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
SONOCO METAL PACKAGING LLC
8500 W TOWER AVE, MILWAUKEE, WI, 53224
Parent company: SONOCO PRODUCTS CO
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 | Certain glycol ethers | n-Butyl alcohol | Cyclohexane | Methyl isobutyl ketone | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 1,394 | 5,301 | — | — | — | 6,695 |
| 2023 | 3,426 | 8,856 | — | — | — | 12,282 |
| 2022 | 4,726 | 9,610 | — | — | — | 14,336 |
| 2021 | 4,221 | 8,875 | — | — | — | 13,096 |
| 2020 | 5,591 | 15,240 | — | — | — | 20,831 |
| 2019 | — | 56,826 | — | 15,764 | — | 72,590 |
| 2018 | 9,264 | 2,932 | — | 1,254 | — | 13,450 |
| 2017 | 12,990 | 9,300 | — | 4,110 | — | 26,400 |
| 2016 | 14,600 | 15,700 | — | 6,600 | — | 39,020 |
| 2015 | 27,500 | 34,200 | — | — | — | 61,700 |
| 2014 | 44,300 | 47,600 | — | — | — | 91,900 |
| 2013 | 58,200 | 53,200 | — | — | — | 111,464 |
| 2012 | 62,100 | 52,700 | — | — | — | 114,926 |
| 2011 | 70,000 | 70,000 | — | — | — | 140,127 |
| 2010 | 76,000 | 60,000 | — | — | — | 136,124 |
| 2009 | 85,000 | 77,200 | — | — | — | 162,322 |
| 2008 | 74,000 | 72,000 | — | — | — | 146,116 |
| 2007 | 79,000 | 75,900 | — | — | — | 155,019 |
| 2006 | 68,000 | 64,000 | — | — | — | 132,121 |
| 2005 | 117,700 | 46,900 | — | — | — | 164,716 |
| 2004 | 47,100 | 44,200 | — | — | — | 91,416 |
| 2003 | 41,000 | 35,000 | — | — | 79 | 76,200 |
| 2002 | 124,000 | 33,800 | — | — | 79 | 158,001 |
| 2001 | 146,000 | 37,800 | — | — | 80 | 184,002 |
| 2000 | 135,000 | 60,000 | — | — | 80 | 195,202 |
| 1999 | 126,000 | 104,000 | — | — | 78 | 230,199 |
| 1998 | 122,000 | 98,000 | — | — | 640 | 220,752 |
| 1997 | 123,430 | 98,211 | — | — | 638 | 222,391 |
| 1996 | 114,611 | 89,520 | — | — | 557 | 204,791 |
| 1995 | 106,930 | 93,695 | — | — | 603 | 201,334 |
| 1994 | 147,879 | 108,391 | — | — | 512 | 256,782 |
| 1993 | 123,852 | 97,969 | — | — | — | 221,821 |
| 1992 | 136,705 | 86,105 | — | — | — | 222,810 |
| 1991 | 143,005 | 86,005 | 40,805 | — | — | 269,815 |
| 1990 | 160,000 | 90,000 | 43,000 | — | — | 293,000 |
| 1989 | 146,000 | 84,000 | 40,000 | — | — | 270,000 |
| 1988 | — | 78,000 | 20,000 | — | — | 98,000 |
| 1987 | — | 76,344 | — | — | — | 76,344 |
▎ 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.