Manufacturing Sectors
This section examines how TRI chemical wastes are managed in manufacturing sectors (defined as facilities reporting their primary NAICS codes as 31-33).
This map shows the locations of the manufacturing facilities that reported to TRI for 2022, sized by their releases. Click on a facility for details on its TRI reporting.
Manufacturing Facilities Reporting to TRI, 2022
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For 2022, 88% of the facilities that reported to TRI were in a manufacturing sector and manufacturing sectors accounted for most (88%) of the 28.6 billion pounds of waste managed for 2022. Two manufacturing sectors, chemical manufacturing and primary metals manufacturing, are highlighted in more detail later in this section.
TRI-covered industry sectors not categorized under manufacturing include metal mining, coal mining, electric utilities, hazardous waste management, and others.
This page was published in March 2024 and uses the 2022 TRI National Analysis dataset made public in TRI Explorer in October 2023.