General Mills Inc
8 facilities · 7 states · 219.7K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, General Mills Inc is the reported parent of 8 Form R facilities across 7 states, disclosing 219.7K lbs of toxic releases. 15 chemicals are reported; none carry a carcinogen classification in this extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Missouri (120.7K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds across General Mills Inc's multi-state Form R set, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for General Mills Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+27.9%
6 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+27.9%
37.7 thousand lb → 48.2 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- General Mills Inc's total reported releases rose from 37.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 48.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Mills Inc's off-site transfers rose from 11.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 19.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Mills Inc's water releases rose from 897 lb in 2022 to 1.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Mills Inc's air releases rose from 25.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 26.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read General Mills Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: General Mills Operations LLC; General Mills Reed City Yoplait Plant; General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div; General Mills Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: The Renco Group Inc; Ameren Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sulfuryl fluoride; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Nitric acid; Zinc compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Missouri; Michigan; Tennessee. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food. 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: General Mills Operations LLC; General Mills Reed City Yoplait Plant; General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div; General Mills Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: The Renco Group Inc; Ameren Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sulfuryl fluoride; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Nitric acid; Zinc compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Missouri; Michigan; Tennessee. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
General Mills Inc ranks #1,249 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. General Mills Inc spans 7 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. General Mills Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 8 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for General Mills Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (The Renco Group Inc; Ameren Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where General Mills Inc sits among TRI parents
General Mills Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside The Renco Group Inc and Ameren Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- The Renco Group Inc · rank #1,247 · 150.8M lbs
- Ameren Corp · rank #1,248 · 13.2M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by General Mills Inc
Sulfuryl fluoride; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Nitric acid; Zinc compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as General Mills Operations LLC. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Sulfuryl fluoride | 105.6K lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 70.3K lbs |
| Ammonia | 25.6K lbs |
| Nitric acid | 13.8K lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 2.7K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 2 | 120.7K lbs |
| Michigan | 1 | 48.1K lbs |
| Tennessee | 1 | 24.1K lbs |
| Ohio | 1 | 24.1K lbs |
| Indiana | 1 | 2.7K lbs |
| California | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Iowa | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (8)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| General Mills Operations LLC Kansas City, MO | 105.6K lbs |
| General Mills Reed City Yoplait Plant Reed City, MI | 48.1K lbs |
| General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div Murfreesboro, TN | 24.1K lbs |
| General Mills Inc Wellston, OH | 24.1K lbs |
| General Mills Joplin, MO | 15.1K lbs |
| Heartland Pet Food Manufacturing Indiana LLC Richmond, IN | 2.7K lbs |
| General Mills Operations Inc Carson, CA | 0 lbs |
| General Mills Operation Inc Carlisle, IA | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest General Mills Inc on total disclosed release pounds (219.7K lbs) and reporting facility count (8). Release-volume peers include C&d Technologies Inc, Wynnchurch Capital, Apogee Enterprises Inc. Facility-count peers include Agropur Inc, Albemarle Corp, Allegheny Technologies Inc. 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 Missouri, Michigan, Tennessee; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with General Mills Inc's TRI parent record
From General Mills Inc, open General Mills Operations LLC or compare against The Renco Group Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for General Mills Inc (General Mills Operations LLC in MO). Largest facility
- Compare against Ameren Corp, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where General Mills Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (The Renco Group Inc, Ameren Corp) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
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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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