Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
SUN CHEMICAL CORP
4910 S MONITOR AVE, CHICAGO, IL, 60638
Parent company: SUN CHEMICAL CORP
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 | Methyl ethyl ketone | Methanol | Toluene | Certain glycol ethers | Total (lbs) | |
| 2002 | — | — | — | 223 | 223 | |
| 2000 | 331 | — | — | — | 331 | |
| 1999 | 2,009 | — | — | — | 2,009 | |
| 1998 | 2,196 | — | — | — | 2,196 | |
| 1997 | 2,780 | — | — | — | 2,780 | |
| 1996 | 4,722 | — | — | — | 4,722 | |
| 1995 | 4,509 | — | — | — | 4,509 | |
| 1994 | 4,812 | — | — | — | 4,812 | |
| 1993 | 3,700 | 830 | 630 | 180 | 5,340 | |
| 1992 | 2,250 | — | — | — | 2,250 | |
| 1990 | — | 1,500 | 505 | — | 2,005 | |
| 1989 | — | 500 | — | — | 500 | |
| 1988 | — | 500 | — | — | 500 | |
| 1987 | — | 500 | — | — | 500 | |
▎ 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.