Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
PPG INDUSTRIES INC
1700 S SHAWNEE ST, MOUNT VERNON, IL, 62864
Parent company: PPG INDUSTRIES INC
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 | Certain glycol ethers | sec-Butyl alcohol | n-Butyl alcohol | Zinc compounds | Dibutyl phthalate | Total (lbs) |
| 2020 | 49 | 34 | — | 206 | — | 289 |
| 2019 | 70 | — | — | 272 | — | 342 |
| 2018 | 70 | 34 | — | — | — | 104 |
| 2017 | 21 | 4 | 5 | — | — | 30 |
| 2016 | 8,834 | 2,052 | 164 | 57 | — | 11,107 |
| 2015 | 8,808 | 2,056 | 325 | 56 | — | 11,245 |
| 2014 | 19,059 | 2,330 | 508 | 70 | — | 21,967 |
| 2013 | 6,725 | 1,812 | 389 | 66 | — | 8,992 |
| 2012 | 5,642 | 1,884 | 459 | 52 | — | 8,037 |
| 2011 | 5,636 | 1,634 | 1,305 | — | — | 8,575 |
| 2010 | 4,229 | — | — | 48 | — | 4,277 |
| 2009 | 2,934 | — | 635 | 45 | — | 3,614 |
| 2008 | 1,113 | 108 | — | — | — | 1,221 |
| 2005 | 1,000 | 250 | 250 | — | — | 1,500 |
| 2004 | 1,000 | 250 | 250 | — | — | 1,501 |
| 2003 | 1,000 | 250 | 250 | — | — | 1,501 |
| 2002 | 1,000 | 255 | 255 | — | — | 1,510 |
| 2001 | 1,000 | — | 255 | — | — | 1,255 |
| 2000 | 1,000 | — | — | — | — | 1,000 |
| 1999 | 1,000 | — | — | — | — | 1,000 |
| 1998 | 1,250 | — | — | — | — | 1,250 |
| 1997 | 1,032 | — | — | — | 34 | 1,066 |
| 1996 | 990 | — | — | — | 10 | 1,000 |
| 1995 | 1,650 | — | — | — | 10 | 1,660 |
| 1994 | 1,950 | — | — | — | 10 | 1,960 |
| 1993 | 2,131 | — | — | — | 10 | 2,141 |
| 1992 | 2,333 | — | — | — | 10 | 2,343 |
| 1991 | 1,821 | — | — | — | 10 | 1,831 |
| 1990 | 1,892 | — | — | — | 7 | 1,899 |
| 1989 | 1,381 | — | — | — | 2 | 1,383 |
| 1987 | 992 | — | — | — | — | 992 |
▎ 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.