Facility detail

ROCK-TENN CO

4200 S PULASKI RD, CHICAGO, IL, 606323416

Parent company: ROCK-TENN CO

Carcinogen — 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 Toluene Dichloromethane Methyl ethyl ketone Xylene (mixed isomers) 1,1,1-Trichloroethane Total (lbs)
1999 7,602 — — — — 7,602
1998 14,639 — — — — 18,973
1997 12,165 — — — — 15,292
1996 44,811 — — — — 46,109
1995 41,694 — — — — 43,102
1994 70,329 — — — — 70,329
1993 39,731 — — — — 39,731
1992 72,986 — — — — 75,286
1991 88,698 11,569 — — — 102,498
1990 71,145 17,118 14,232 14,544 10,960 127,999
1989 50,719 21,691 16,986 1,846 11,233 102,475
1988 52,174 19,075 15,513 16,350 — 103,112
1987 38,213 — — — — 40,582

▎ 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.