More than 21,000 facilities in the United States reported managing 30.7 billion pounds of TRI-listed chemicals as production related waste in 2019. More than half of this waste was managed through recycling, totaling roughly 16.22 billion pounds. Chemicals covered by the U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program include those that impact both human health and the environment.
Management of production-related TRI chemical wastes in the United States in 2019, by method*
(in billion pounds)
*Based on 30.7 billion pounds of TRI-listed chemicals as production-related waste from more than 21,000 facilities. Production-related waste is the quantity of TRI
chemicals in waste generated from routine operations at facilities
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Environmental Protection Agency. (January 11, 2021). Management of production-related TRI chemical wastes in the United States in 2019, by method* (in billion pounds) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 29, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/506319/industrial-waste-in-the-us-by-management/
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