Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
3M CO-ALEXANDRIA
2115 S BROADWAY, ALEXANDRIA, MN, 56308
Parent company: 3M 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 | Phenol | 2-Ethoxyethanol | Formaldehyde | Methyl ethyl ketone | Certain glycol ethers | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 65,548 | — | 18,909 | — | — | 84,500 |
| 2023 | 71,937 | — | 18,708 | — | — | 90,689 |
| 2022 | 80,853 | — | 18,422 | — | — | 99,275 |
| 2021 | 33,865 | — | 9,721 | — | — | 43,586 |
| 2020 | 28,395 | — | 6,803 | — | — | 35,198 |
| 2019 | 31,212 | — | 7,775 | — | — | 38,987 |
| 2018 | 33,969 | — | 8,650 | — | — | 42,619 |
| 2017 | 35,826 | — | 9,501 | — | — | 45,327 |
| 2016 | 40,355 | — | 8,529 | — | — | 48,884 |
| 2015 | 34,434 | — | 9,103 | — | — | 43,537 |
| 2014 | 34,465 | — | 8,049 | — | — | 42,514 |
| 2013 | 27,561 | — | 7,028 | — | — | 34,589 |
| 2012 | 30,385 | — | 7,479 | — | — | 37,864 |
| 2011 | 30,502 | — | 7,500 | — | — | 38,002 |
| 2010 | 27,866 | — | 6,465 | — | — | 34,331 |
| 2009 | 21,409 | — | 5,314 | — | — | 26,723 |
| 2008 | 13,070 | — | — | — | 6,460 | 19,530 |
| 2007 | 18,360 | — | — | — | 6,180 | 24,540 |
| 2006 | 34,260 | — | — | — | — | 38,840 |
| 2005 | 34,080 | — | — | — | — | 34,080 |
| 2004 | 37,400 | — | 11,100 | — | — | 48,500 |
| 2003 | 41,300 | 11,340 | 11,100 | 8,000 | — | 71,740 |
| 2002 | 42,400 | 11,560 | 12,530 | 8,400 | — | 74,890 |
| 2001 | 24,100 | 10,500 | 11,500 | 5,900 | — | 52,000 |
| 2000 | 31,500 | 14,700 | 13,600 | 5,100 | — | 64,900 |
| 1999 | 30,000 | 13,700 | 11,500 | 8,800 | — | 64,000 |
| 1998 | 37,700 | 12,700 | 19,900 | 11,200 | — | 81,500 |
| 1997 | 43,800 | 13,800 | 27,000 | 16,600 | — | 101,200 |
| 1996 | 45,600 | 15,800 | 25,700 | 16,100 | — | 103,200 |
| 1995 | 37,000 | 19,600 | 22,600 | 12,900 | — | 92,100 |
| 1994 | 30,200 | 31,100 | 24,600 | 12,000 | — | 97,900 |
| 1993 | 29,200 | 55,200 | 21,750 | — | — | 106,150 |
| 1992 | 32,400 | 95,000 | 35,800 | — | — | 163,200 |
| 1991 | 28,000 | 96,600 | 24,600 | — | — | 149,200 |
| 1990 | 26,300 | 86,250 | 24,000 | — | 13,000 | 149,550 |
| 1989 | 37,250 | 130,250 | 36,250 | — | — | 203,750 |
| 1988 | — | 84,250 | — | — | — | 84,250 |
| 1987 | — | 49,271 | — | — | — | 49,271 |
▎ 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.