Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
SUN CHEMICAL CORP GPI
6600 S MELVINA AVE, CHICAGO, IL, 60638
Parent company: DAINIPPON INKS & CHEMICAL OF JAPAN
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 | Xylene (mixed isomers) | Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | Zinc compounds | Certain glycol ethers | Total (lbs) |
| 2001 | — | — | 5 | — | — | 5 |
| 2000 | 3,289 | — | 7 | 6 | — | 3,302 |
| 1999 | 23,746 | — | — | — | — | 23,746 |
| 1998 | 20,631 | — | — | — | — | 20,631 |
| 1997 | 15,507 | — | — | — | — | 15,507 |
| 1996 | 8,189 | — | — | — | — | 8,189 |
| 1995 | 16,810 | — | 95 | 165 | — | 17,070 |
| 1994 | 15,200 | — | 110 | 140 | 360 | 15,810 |
| 1993 | 18,786 | 116 | 385 | 129 | 101 | 19,517 |
| 1992 | 21,472 | 101 | 137 | 211 | 91 | 22,012 |
| 1991 | 14,753 | 34 | — | — | — | 14,787 |
| 1990 | 7,728 | 10 | — | — | — | 8,248 |
| 1989 | 12,318 | 500 | — | — | — | 12,818 |
| 1988 | — | 500 | — | — | — | 500 |
| 1987 | 25,300 | — | — | — | — | 25,300 |
▎ 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.