Windham's General Cable ranked sixth biggest polluter in Connecticut
Brad Kane
The top 10 most polluting sites in Connecticut are home to manufacturers, a first since the coal plant typically topping the list went into bankruptcy, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Many of the top 10, including Pratt & Whitney and Covidien, saw production increases that led to the increased environmental releases from their sites.
"If a company has increased pollution and is still meeting its requirements, and it increased pollution because it increased production and hopefully hired people, it is hard to be real negative about that," said Jerry Clupper, executive director of New Haven Manufacturers Association.
Overall in Connecticut, the number of 2011 pollutants released decreased 25 percent to 2.1 million pounds, according to the EPA's January toxic release inventory. The state was far better than the New England TRI average, which decreased releases 8 percent.
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Company Location Pounds 2011 2010
of Releases rank rank
1. Cytec Industries 528 South Cherry St., Wallingford 221,665 1 2
2. Covidien 195 McDermott Road, North Haven 174,570 2 3
3. Pratt & Whitney 400 Main St., East Hartford 152,661 3 5
4. PCC Structurals 839 Poquonnock Road, Groton 118,684 4 22
5. GBC Metals 215 Piedmont St., Waterbury 116,755 5 4
6. General Cable Industries 1600 W. Main St., Willimantic 94,312 6 9
7. Unimetal Surface Finishing 15 E. Waterbury Road, Naugatuck 83,956 7 11
8. Summit Corp. of America 1430 Waterbury Road, Thomaston 70,029 8 6
9. Ahlstrom Nonwovens Canal Bank Road, Windsor Locks 61,338 9 8
Great blog post, Thanks for sharing Toxic Release Inventory information. That is very useful to Environmental Management.
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