Costco Wholesale Inc
4 facilities · 4 states · 58.2K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Costco Wholesale Inc is the reported parent of 4 Form R facilities across 4 states, disclosing 58.2K lbs of toxic releases. 1 of 6 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Nebraska (50.6K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Costco Wholesale Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Costco Wholesale Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-6.0%
4 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-6.0%
13.8 thousand lb → 13.0 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Costco Wholesale Inc's total reported releases fell from 13.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 13.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Costco Wholesale Inc's off-site transfers rose from 1.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Costco Wholesale Inc's air releases fell from 12.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 11.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Costco Wholesale Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Lincoln Premium Poultry; Costco Optical Lab #908; Costco Optical Lab #190; Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Tyson Foods Inc; Omaha Public Power District. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Peracetic acid; Lead; Ammonia; Manganese compounds; Zinc compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Nebraska; California; Washington. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food; Machinery. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Lincoln Premium Poultry; Costco Optical Lab #908; Costco Optical Lab #190; Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Tyson Foods Inc; Omaha Public Power District. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Peracetic acid; Lead; Ammonia; Manganese compounds; Zinc compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Nebraska; California; Washington. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food; Machinery.
Costco Wholesale Inc ranks #1,905 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Costco Wholesale Inc files across 4 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Lincoln Premium Poultry accounts for most of Costco Wholesale Inc's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Costco Wholesale Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Tyson Foods Inc; Omaha Public Power District) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Costco Wholesale Inc sits among TRI parents
Costco Wholesale Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Tyson Foods Inc and Omaha Public Power District. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Tyson Foods Inc · rank #1,903 · 11.9M lbs
- Omaha Public Power District · rank #1,904 · 11.1M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Costco Wholesale Inc
Peracetic acid; Lead; Ammonia; Manganese compounds; Zinc compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Lincoln Premium Poultry. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Peracetic acid | 50.6K lbs |
| Lead | 7.5K lbs |
| Ammonia | 17 lbs |
| Manganese compounds | 0 lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 0 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 1 | 50.6K lbs |
| California | 1 | 4.8K lbs |
| Washington | 1 | 2.7K lbs |
| Illinois | 1 | 17 lbs |
Facilities (4)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Lincoln Premium Poultry Fremont, NE | 50.6K lbs |
| Costco Optical Lab #908 National City, CA | 4.8K lbs |
| Costco Optical Lab #190 Auburn, WA | 2.7K lbs |
| Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239 Morris, IL | 17 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Costco Wholesale Inc on total disclosed release pounds (58.2K lbs) and reporting facility count (4). Release-volume peers include Wr Meadows Inc, Hartree Partners LP, American Packaging Corp. Facility-count peers include A Stucki Holding Corp, Advanced Heat Treat Corp, Alleima USA LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Nebraska, California, Washington; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Costco Wholesale Inc's TRI parent record
From Costco Wholesale Inc, open Lincoln Premium Poultry or compare against Tyson Foods Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Costco Wholesale Inc (Lincoln Premium Poultry in NE). Largest facility
- Compare against Omaha Public Power District, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Costco Wholesale Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Tyson Foods Inc, Omaha Public Power District) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Costco Wholesale Inc's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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