Facility detail

ECOLAB INC.

3001 CHANNAHON RD, JOLIET, IL, 60436

Parent company: ECOLAB INC

Carcinogen PBT — EPA classifications across all reporting years

Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

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 Nitric acid Chlorine Certain glycol ethers Ammonia Propylene oxide Total (lbs)
2024 401 — 32 50 — 494
2023 466 — 32 33 — 537
2022 418 — 20 21 — 473
2021 343 — 18 16 — 388
2020 442 — 26 19 — 495
2019 459 — 45 23 — 606
2018 299 — 48 — — 354
2017 439 — 59 — — 539
2016 335 — 49 — — 390
2015 342 — 63 — — 411
2014 425 — 72 46 — 578
2013 386 — 82 — — 704
2012 376 — 107 — — 702
2011 403 — 101 — — 1,256
2010 378 — 114 — — 1,217
2009 341 — 86 — — 605
2008 43 — 101 — — 350
2007 41 — 93 — — 339
2006 166 — 87 — — 412
2005 180 — 105 353 — 1,401
2004 185 — 97 — — 436
2003 636 — 788 1,530 — 3,557
2002 635 — 796 — — 2,011
2001 759 — 840 — — 2,319
2000 727 — 1,525 — — 3,660
1999 136 70 57 1,163 — 1,571
1998 851 187 30 — — 2,023
1997 896 144 21 — — 2,038
1996 634 132 22 — — 1,876
1995 1,540 159 359 2,779 — 4,967
1994 1,303 172 384 29 177 2,548
1993 1,154 131 302 — 350 2,558
1992 10,808 1,871 275 — 391 14,239
1991 7,300 1,735 287 — 373 10,519
1990 6,312 1,718 287 — 562 11,362
1989 6,521 1,516 192 — 721 11,339
1988 7,011 — — — 1,223 9,103
1987 — 2,142 — — 1,143 3,498

▎ 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.