The chemical manufacturing industry released the largest amount of chemicals covered by the U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program to the atmosphere in the United States in 2021, at around 29 percent. The paper manufacturing industry followed second, accounting for an additional 20 percent of the chemical waste air releases. That year, a total of 571 million pounds of TRI-listed chemicals were managed through on-site air releases in the U.S.
Distribution of production-related TRI chemical waste managed through air releases in the United States in 2021, by industry sector
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Environmental Protection Agency. (March 16, 2023). Distribution of production-related TRI chemical waste managed through air releases in the United States in 2021, by industry sector [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/506404/share-industrial-sector-air-releases-in-the-us-by-sector/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Distribution of production-related TRI chemical waste managed through air releases in the United States in 2021, by industry sector." Chart. March 16, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/506404/share-industrial-sector-air-releases-in-the-us-by-sector/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2023). Distribution of production-related TRI chemical waste managed through air releases in the United States in 2021, by industry sector. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/506404/share-industrial-sector-air-releases-in-the-us-by-sector/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Distribution of Production-related Tri Chemical Waste Managed through Air Releases in The United States in 2021, by Industry Sector." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/506404/share-industrial-sector-air-releases-in-the-us-by-sector/
Environmental Protection Agency, Distribution of production-related TRI chemical waste managed through air releases in the United States in 2021, by industry sector Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/506404/share-industrial-sector-air-releases-in-the-us-by-sector/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Distribution of production-related TRI chemical waste managed through air releases in the United States in 2021, by industry sector [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, March 16, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/506404/share-industrial-sector-air-releases-in-the-us-by-sector/