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Toxic Release Inventory/National Pollutant Release Inventory

Boeing reports toxic releases to both the U.S. Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) and to Canada’s National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI), an inventory of pollutant releases and recycling, on an annual basis.

Total releases have remained steady since 2007, while overall transfers of chemicals to off-site facilities have decreased 89 percent during the same period. Transfers peaked in 2007, largely as a result of a transfer of old tooling and scrap metal to a recycler from our Wichita facility.

Data for 2011 will be submitted to the U.S. and Canadian governments after the publication of this report and will be included in Boeing’s 2013 Environment Report.

 

2007

2008

2009

2010

Releases

(U.S. & Canada)

(U.S. & Canada)

(U.S. & Canada)

(U.S. & Canada)

Total release (millions of lb)

0.25

0.21

0.24

0.26

Percentage change

0.0%

-17.8%

-4.4%

0.4%

Normalized to revenue (lb/million $ rev.)

3.8

3.4

3.6

4.0

Percentage change from normalized

0%

-10%

-7%

4%

 

Transfer

Total transfers (millions of lb)

24.07

2.57

2.74

2.60

Percentage change

0%

-89%

-89%

-89%

Normalized to revenue (lb/million $ rev.)

363

42

40

41

Percentage change from normalized

0%

-88%

-89%

-89%

 

Total release and transfers (millions of lb)

24.32

2.78

2.98

2.86

Percentage change

804%

3%

11%

-88%

Normalized to revenue (lb/millions $ rev.)

366

46

44

44

Percentage change from normalized

0%

-629%

-88%

-88%


  • 2011 data will be submitted to the U.S. and Canadian governments after the publication of this report. Boeing will provide 2011 data in its next Environment Report.
  • 14 sites report TRI and NPRI releases and transfers: Auburn, Wash., El Paso, Texas, El Segundo, Calif., Everett, Wash., Frederickson, Wash., North Boeing Field, Wash., Palmdale, Calif., Plant 2, Wash., Portland, Ore., Renton, Wash., St. Louis, Mo., Sylmar, Calif., Wichita, Kan., and Winnipeg, Canada.