Facility detail

READ RITE CORP

345 LOS COCHES, MILPITAS, CA, 95035

Parent company: READ RITE CORP

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 N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone Ethylene glycol Acetone Isopropyl alcohol (only persons who manufacture by the strong acid process are subject, no supplier notification) Freon 113 (CFC-113) Total (lbs)
2001 9,234 9,234
2000 17,606 17,606
1999 31,736 31,736
1998 32,654 32,654
1997 152,194 152,194
1996 126,488 126,488
1995 5,072 5,072
1994 78,659 78,659
1993 178,204 9,080 187,284
1992 5 27,560 66,235 13,330 114,084
1991 5 19,220 8,269 33,096
1990 5 25,140 28,975
1989 5 13,035 13,040
1988 5 9,941 9,946
1987 5 18,598 18,603

▎ 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.