Facility detail

AMERICAN POLYSTYRENE CORP

1225 W 196TH ST, TORRANCE, CA, 90502

Parent company: NA

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 Styrene Ethylbenzene Total (lbs)
2009 372 — 372
2008 372 — 372
2006 1,200 — 1,200
2005 1,313 — 1,313
2004 1,371 — 1,371
2003 995 — 995
2002 1,165 — 1,165
2001 2,764 — 2,764
2000 2,770 — 2,770
1999 3,165 — 3,165
1998 3,276 — 3,276
1997 3,947 — 3,947
1996 4,032 — 4,032
1995 2,489 — 2,489
1994 2,491 40 2,531
1993 1,960 35 1,995
1992 3,370 40 3,410
1991 11,700 500 12,200
1990 11,600 1,055 12,655
1989 11,380 1,230 12,610
1988 12,260 — 12,260
1987 — 1,500 1,500

▎ 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.