New data summary reports from the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable

In 2015, the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) began a project to analyze data from U.S. EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), Greenhouse Gas Emissions database, and the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns database to determine the impact of manufacturing on the economy and environment of the six states in U.S. EPA Region 5. The following fact sheets are currently available:

• Sector Summaries
  • Spotlight on U.S. EPA Region 5’s Food Manufacturing and Processing Industry (2015)
  • Spotlight on U.S. EPA Region 5’s Fabricated Metals Industry (2017)
• State Data Summaries
  • Illinois (2017)
  • Indiana (2017)
  • Michigan (2017)
  • Minnesota (2017)
  • Ohio (2017)
  • Wisconsin (2017)

The full report, The Economic and Environmental Impact of Great Lakes Manufacturing: Snapshot of Emissions, Pollution Prevention Practices, and Economic Impact Using Public Data, is available in IDEALS, the University of Illinois’ institutional repository.