Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
MULTICOLOR SPECIALTIES INC.
5050 W 16TH ST, CICERO, IL, 60804
Parent company: NA
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 | Methyl ethyl ketone | Toluene | Xylene (mixed isomers) | Acetone | Methyl isobutyl ketone | Total (lbs) |
| 2008 | — | 423 | — | — | — | 423 |
| 2007 | — | 615 | — | — | — | 1,014 |
| 2006 | — | 563 | — | — | — | 988 |
| 2005 | — | 636 | — | — | — | 1,151 |
| 2004 | — | 958 | 467 | — | — | 2,087 |
| 2003 | — | 1,216 | 575 | — | — | 2,488 |
| 2002 | — | 1,502 | 801 | — | — | 3,156 |
| 2001 | 323 | 1,258 | 763 | — | 197 | 3,766 |
| 2000 | 408 | 1,488 | 958 | — | 348 | 5,452 |
| 1999 | 652 | 2,084 | 1,731 | — | 477 | 6,900 |
| 1998 | 1,170 | 2,408 | 1,986 | — | 854 | 7,558 |
| 1997 | 3,089 | 4,702 | 3,107 | — | 2,016 | 14,732 |
| 1996 | 34,000 | 9,350 | 8,470 | — | 219 | 55,675 |
| 1995 | 570 | 1,320 | 1,210 | — | 470 | 5,031 |
| 1994 | 7,000 | 7,000 | 4,000 | — | 900 | 32,500 |
| 1993 | 2,900 | 9,200 | 11,000 | 2,500 | 10,300 | 46,300 |
| 1992 | 8,800 | 3,250 | 3,700 | 7,750 | 1,050 | 27,300 |
| 1991 | 13,300 | 1,900 | 11,100 | 7,300 | 1,000 | 42,300 |
| 1990 | 3,750 | 4,050 | 2,850 | 3,250 | 1,000 | 16,900 |
| 1989 | 4,100 | 5,500 | 3,500 | 5,800 | 1,000 | 21,900 |
| 1988 | — | 4,587 | — | — | — | 4,587 |
| 1987 | 7,776 | 6,520 | — | — | — | 14,296 |
▎ 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.