Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERI CA
N9090 COUNTY RD E, TOMAHAWK, WI, 54487
Parent company: PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA
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 | Methanol | Zinc compounds | Zinc (fume or dust) | Manganese compounds | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 366,633 | — | — | 92,914 | 79,316 | 579,794 |
| 2023 | 362,293 | — | — | 83,320 | 60,469 | 542,486 |
| 2022 | 368,102 | — | — | 75,337 | 134,724 | 618,582 |
| 2021 | 375,024 | — | — | 85,967 | 162,574 | 664,166 |
| 2020 | 349,623 | — | — | 95,765 | 328,954 | 813,495 |
| 2019 | 357,471 | — | — | 94,818 | 177,580 | 672,011 |
| 2018 | 372,550 | — | — | 79,643 | 180,709 | 673,469 |
| 2017 | 362,118 | — | — | 80,040 | 184,946 | 667,852 |
| 2016 | 341,571 | — | — | 77,478 | 171,930 | 630,356 |
| 2015 | 258,230 | — | — | 79,660 | 101,647 | 508,308 |
| 2014 | 372,704 | — | — | 95,655 | 23,489 | 599,320 |
| 2013 | 377,430 | — | — | 100,378 | — | 590,421 |
| 2012 | 370,103 | — | — | 88,179 | — | 532,832 |
| 2011 | 364,994 | — | — | 94,025 | — | 564,139 |
| 2010 | 353,847 | — | — | 92,642 | — | 552,682 |
| 2009 | 346,871 | — | — | 92,596 | — | 544,076 |
| 2008 | 329,216 | — | — | 88,909 | 33,141 | 553,215 |
| 2007 | 338,999 | — | — | 61,133 | 30,662 | 515,880 |
| 2006 | 344,356 | — | — | 59,254 | 35,686 | 527,779 |
| 2005 | 352,014 | — | — | 58,867 | — | 499,895 |
| 2004 | 378,220 | — | — | 63,361 | — | 532,464 |
| 2003 | 368,383 | — | — | 60,586 | — | 513,496 |
| 2002 | 364,023 | — | — | 59,291 | 131,365 | 642,692 |
| 2001 | 298,112 | — | — | 59,155 | 138,126 | 605,893 |
| 2000 | 233,173 | — | — | 56,030 | 91,411 | 516,733 |
| 1999 | 470,083 | — | — | 52,601 | — | 638,282 |
| 1998 | 213,826 | 433,279 | — | 66,997 | — | 765,083 |
| 1997 | 217,682 | 632,989 | — | 80,885 | — | 969,797 |
| 1996 | 218,361 | 307,814 | — | — | — | 562,502 |
| 1995 | 210,767 | 218,516 | — | — | — | 500,136 |
| 1994 | 676,833 | 508,230 | — | — | — | 1,502,704 |
| 1993 | — | 543,713 | — | — | — | 681,031 |
| 1992 | — | 492,838 | — | — | — | 634,292 |
| 1991 | — | 336,180 | — | — | — | 538,405 |
| 1990 | — | 2,233,590 | — | — | — | 2,440,925 |
| 1989 | 6,400 | — | 2,437,500 | — | — | 2,548,600 |
| 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | 4,150 |
| 1987 | — | — | — | — | — | 1,800 |
▎ 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.