Eastman is committed to improving air quality at all of our manufacturing sites around the world. We are working to reduce our levels of VOC, sulfur dioxide (SO₂) and nitrogen oxide (NO_x) emissions, as well as our annual reportable releases and Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) emissions.

Our 2010 emission reductions included:

• VOC emissions were 7,048 tons, a reduction of almost 32 percent compared to our
  2005 baseline year of 10,326 tons.
  
  
• NO_x emissions were 10,359 tons, a reduction of almost 20 percent compared to our
  2005 baseline year of 12,892 tons.
  
  
• SO₂ emissions were 22,068 tons, a reduction of almost 10 percent compared to our
  2005 baseline year of 24,406 tons.
  
  
• TRI emissions were 5.4 million pounds (U.S. only), a reduction of almost 22 percent
  compared to our 2005 baseline year of 6.9 million pounds.

During the past few years, Eastman has upgraded manufacturing process technology, installed air pollution control equipment and implemented improved work practices to significantly improve the air quality around our sites.