Date of Award
8-2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
Committee Member
Dr. Elizabeth Carraway, Committee Co-Chair
Committee Member
Dr. Michael Carbajales-Dale, Committee Co-Chair
Committee Member
Dr. David Ladner
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is a collection of data detailing the way hazardous chemicals are handled in industrial facilities. By requiring certain manufacturing facilities to report releases, the EPA offered the public unprecedented access to environmentally relevant data. Since its inception in 1986, the TRI has grown and changed both in chemicals and industries monitored. This thesis uses the data visualization platform Tableau, publicly available yearly TRI reports, and Life cycle impact assessment methodology to create a tool which 1) improves upon previous analyses of the TRI dataset, 2) offers an analysis based on previously underexplored environmental impacts, and 3) creates a simple online tool for communities, industry, and government to use to better identify and target problem areas.
Recommended Citation
Langlois, Theodore Charles, "A Visual Data Analysis of the Toxics Release Inventory" (2018). All Theses. 2929.
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/2929