Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Packaging Corp Of America have risen 65% since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Packaging Corp Of America
Total reported releases 838k lb rose meaningfully year over year (+15%). Total releases concentrations are up 65% since 2010.
2246 UDELL ST, Filer City, Michigan · 322120 · Paper · operated by Packaging CORP Of America
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Benzene
Benzene releases at Packaging Corp Of America rose from 14k lb to 29k lb (2.1×) between 2023 and 2024.
Methanol
Methanol releases at Packaging Corp Of America rose from 145k lb to 224k lb between 2023 and 2024.
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2022.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations are up 45% since 2010.
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Manganese
Manganese concentrations are up 47% since 2022.
Acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde concentrations are up 25% since 2010.
Phenol
Phenol concentrations are up 24% since 2010.
Benzene
Benzene concentrations have more than doubled since 2011.
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde concentrations have more than doubled since 2011.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (10 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 8,597. Why we surface this →
31.6%
Low-income
12.6%
People of color
4.1%
Under age 5
26.0%
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.