In 2021, a total of 29.3 billion pounds of production-related TRI-listed chemical waste were managed in the United States. The chemicals manufacturing sector was responsible for 56 percent of this total. Chemicals covered by the U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program include those that impact both human health and the environment.
Distribution of production-related TRI chemical waste management 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 management in the United States in 2021, by industry sector [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/506561/share-industrial-waste-management-in-the-us-by-sector/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Distribution of production-related TRI chemical waste management in the United States in 2021, by industry sector." Chart. March 16, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/506561/share-industrial-waste-management-in-the-us-by-sector/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2023). Distribution of production-related TRI chemical waste management in the United States in 2021, by industry sector. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/506561/share-industrial-waste-management-in-the-us-by-sector/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Distribution of Production-related Tri Chemical Waste Management in The United States in 2021, by Industry Sector." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/506561/share-industrial-waste-management-in-the-us-by-sector/
Environmental Protection Agency, Distribution of production-related TRI chemical waste management in the United States in 2021, by industry sector Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/506561/share-industrial-waste-management-in-the-us-by-sector/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Distribution of production-related TRI chemical waste management in the United States in 2021, by industry sector [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, March 16, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/506561/share-industrial-waste-management-in-the-us-by-sector/