Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
KESTER
515 E TOUHY, DES PLAINES, IL, 60018
Parent company: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS
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 | sec-Butyl alcohol | Methanol | Tetrachloroethylene | Lead | Total (lbs) |
| 2006 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 21 |
| 2005 | 500 | 1,279 | — | 250 | 19 | 2,048 |
| 2004 | 778 | — | 392 | 458 | 10 | 3,318 |
| 2003 | 1,025 | 531 | 1,500 | 146 | 20 | 3,227 |
| 2002 | 4,057 | — | — | 586 | 18 | 4,661 |
| 2001 | 210 | — | — | — | 17 | 227 |
| 2000 | 250 | — | 250 | — | 250 | 750 |
| 1999 | — | — | 250 | 250 | 5 | 755 |
| 1998 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | — | — | — | 250 | 250 |
| 1994 | — | — | — | — | 250 | 250 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | — | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 1989 | — | 500 | — | 500 | 500 | 2,000 |
| 1988 | — | 500 | — | — | 500 | 1,000 |
| 1987 | — | — | — | 12 | — | 12 |
▎ 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.