Fiscal 2019 CSR Activity Report - Safety, Accident Prevention, and Environmental Preservation

Chemical Substance1 Emissions and Transfer Data

Environment

PRTR Law-Specified Substance Emissions and Transfer Data for Fiscal 2019

  1. 1 Chemical substances designated Class 1 under the April 2010 revision of Japan's PRTR Law
Toray Industries, Inc. Tons (dioxins: mg-TEQ)
Substance name Atmospheric emissions Water emissions Soil emissions / company landfill Waste transfers
Methyl acrylate 0.3 0 0 0
Acrylonitrile 13.5 2.4 0 681.9
Acetaldehyde 2.8 0 0 0
Antimony and antimony compounds 0 0 0 0.4
Asbestos 0 0 0 9.3
Ethylbenzene 2.5 0 0 0
ε-Caprolactam 0 10.1 0 0.2
Xylene 4.5 0 0 0
Chlorobenzene 0.1 0 0 1.9
Chloroform 2.5 0 0 13.9
Cobalt and cobalt compounds 0 0.8 0 1.7
4,4'-diaminodiphenyl ether 0 0 0 0.2
Inorganic cyanide 33.6 0 0 0
1,4-Dioxane 0 4.5 0 1.8
Diuron 0 0 0 0.2
Dichlorobenzene 5.8 0 0 1.4
Dichloromethane 92 0 0 4.6
N, N-dimethylacetamide 0.1 0 0 24.9
N, N-dimethylformamide 10.1 0 0 1.6
Styrene 8.8 0 0 1.4
Terephthalic acid 0 0 0 5.9
Dimethyl terephthalate 0 0 0 3.6
Trichloroethylene 0.4 0 0 0.6
Toluene 4.4 0 0 27.4
Nitrobenzene 0 0 0 15.9
O-, m- and p-Phenylenediamine 0 2.2 0 0
Phenol 0 2.4 0 0
Bromomethane 41.8 0 0 0
Benzene 1.4 0.8 0 0
Poly (oxyethylene) alkyl ether 0.8 0 0 9.4
Manganese and manganese compounds 0 0.3 0 1.4
Methyl methacrylate 3.4 0 0 15.1
Methylenebis (4,1-phenylene) diisocyanate 0 0 0 43.7
Nickel and nickel compounds 0 0 0 8.1
Dioxins 2.1 11.9 0 11.7
Total 228.8 23.5 0 876.5
  • Note: The list shows emissions and transfers of 34 substances (out of Toray Industries' 90 PRTR Law-specified substances) exceeding 50 kg and dioxins.
Group companies in Japan Tons (dioxins: mg-TEQ)
Substance name Atmospheric emissions Water emissions Soil emissions/company landfill Waste transfers
Ethyl Acrylate 0 0 0 0.2
Butyl acrylate 0 0 0 0.2
Acetonitrile 0.1 0 0 9.7
Ethylbenzene 16.7 0 0 36.5
Ethylene oxide 0.1 0 0 0
Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether 0.2 0 0 0.4
Epichlorohydrin 0 0 0 3.1
Xylene 13.5 0 0 24.4
1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene 0 0 0 0.2
Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate 0 0 0 0.2
Ethyl acetate 1.4 0 0 0.3
Dichloromethane 1.7 0 0 19.4
N, N-dimethylacetamide 15.3 0 0 381.3
N, N-dimethylformamide 10.4 0 0 124.2
Styrene 0.3 0 0 0.3
Toluene 37 0 0 893.2
Carbon disulfide 0.3 0.4 0 0
1-nonanol 0 0 0 2.8
Hydroquinone 0 0 0 2.5
n-hexane 1.6 0 0 61
Poly (oxyethylene) alkyl ether 0 0 0 35.6
Formaldehyde 0.2 0 0 0.1
Maleic anhydride 0 0 0 2.5
Methacrylate acid 0 0 0 25.1
Methyl methacrylate 0.1 0 0 7.7
2,3-Epoxypropyl methacrylate 0 0 0 0.2
3-methylpyridine 0.4 0 0 51.8
1-Butanol 0 0 0 0.7
Tetrahydrofuran 0 0 0 16.9
Dioxins
Total 99.3 0.4 0 1700.5
  • Note: The list shows emissions and transfers of 29 substances (out of the 72 PRTR Law-specified substances for group companies in Japan) exceeding 50 kg and dioxins.