Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
BALL AEROSOL & SPECIALTY CONTAINER INC
1717 GIFFORD RD, ELGIN, IL, 60120
Parent company: BALL CORP
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 | Toluene | Methyl ethyl ketone | Xylene (mixed isomers) | n-Butyl alcohol | Total (lbs) |
| 2013 | 14,725 | — | — | 1,687 | 490 | 17,642 |
| 2012 | 16,640 | — | — | 3,169 | 1,460 | 23,829 |
| 2011 | 3,676 | 2,419 | — | 1,515 | 1,606 | 10,988 |
| 2010 | 16,700 | 8,155 | — | 4,498 | 5,921 | 40,676 |
| 2009 | 20,300 | 11,638 | — | 1,547 | 7,200 | 44,298 |
| 2008 | 31,000 | 33,200 | — | 3,004 | 7,098 | 80,599 |
| 2007 | 40,300 | 35,200 | — | 2,500 | 7,547 | 89,245 |
| 2006 | 45,100 | 12,883 | — | 3,325 | 12,683 | 81,820 |
| 2005 | 55,000 | 58,000 | — | 2,400 | 8,100 | 127,549 |
| 2004 | 64,588 | 34,474 | — | 3,801 | 7,072 | 116,071 |
| 2003 | 49,383 | 32,788 | — | 4,365 | 5,185 | 100,765 |
| 2002 | 55,598 | 16,076 | — | 4,917 | 5,779 | 90,124 |
| 2001 | 48,419 | 15,923 | — | 3,909 | 4,890 | 79,162 |
| 2000 | 39,094 | 48,192 | — | 9,086 | 3,109 | 109,802 |
| 1999 | 33,984 | 36,672 | — | 10,083 | 6,566 | 102,501 |
| 1998 | 53,597 | 23,065 | — | 7,844 | 10,813 | 112,436 |
| 1997 | 81,515 | 12,155 | — | 10,463 | 12,152 | 133,733 |
| 1996 | 67,129 | 3,805 | 23,753 | 21,860 | 11,764 | 138,917 |
| 1995 | 64,001 | 7,349 | 17,459 | 5,023 | 6,895 | 108,894 |
| 1994 | 53,634 | 4,715 | 56,712 | 8,758 | 3,603 | 138,069 |
| 1993 | 51,697 | — | 81,582 | 23,948 | 1,519 | 162,635 |
| 1992 | 47,376 | — | 51,787 | 17,713 | 3,337 | 126,856 |
| 1991 | 43,963 | — | 33,674 | 6,016 | 3,865 | 95,076 |
| 1990 | 26,640 | — | 13,480 | 6,885 | 2,810 | 53,835 |
| 1989 | 23,550 | 500 | 5,025 | 6,700 | 2,600 | 43,125 |
| 1988 | 18,150 | — | 4,300 | 7,150 | 2,300 | 31,900 |
| 1987 | — | — | 1,500 | — | 2,886 | 4,386 |
▎ 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.