Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
READ RITE CORP
345 LOS COCHES, MILPITAS, CA, 95035
Parent company: READ RITE CORP
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.