Safeway Inc
5 facilities · 3 states · 53.5K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Safeway Inc is the reported parent of 5 Form R facilities across 3 states, disclosing 53.5K lbs of toxic releases. 8 chemicals are reported; none carry a carcinogen classification in this extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is California (44.0K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds across Safeway Inc's multi-state Form R set, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Safeway Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-29.2%
4 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-29.2%
18.0 thousand lb → 12.7 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Safeway Inc's total reported releases fell from 18.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Safeway Inc's off-site transfers fell from 18.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Safeway Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Safeway Milk Plant; Safeway Tempe Milk Plant; Safeway; Jerseymaid Milk Products Vons Co Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Clean Harbors Inc; Waste Management Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: California; Arizona; Oregon. 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: Safeway Milk Plant; Safeway Tempe Milk Plant; Safeway; Jerseymaid Milk Products Vons Co Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Clean Harbors Inc; Waste Management Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: California; Arizona; Oregon. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Safeway Inc ranks #1,959 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Safeway Inc files across 3 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Safeway Milk Plant accounts for most of Safeway Inc's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Safeway Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Clean Harbors Inc; Waste Management Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Safeway Inc sits among TRI parents
Safeway Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Clean Harbors Inc and Waste Management Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Clean Harbors Inc · rank #1,957 · 52.2M lbs
- Waste Management Inc · rank #1,958 · 19.2M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Safeway Inc
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Safeway Milk Plant. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 53.4K lbs |
| Nitric acid | 90 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| California | 2 | 44.0K lbs |
| Arizona | 2 | 9.5K lbs |
| Oregon | 1 | 5 lbs |
Facilities (5)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Safeway Milk Plant San Leandro, CA | 44.0K lbs |
| Safeway Tempe Milk Plant Tempe, AZ | 6.4K lbs |
| Safeway Phoenix, AZ | 3.0K lbs |
| Jerseymaid Milk Products Vons Co Inc Commerce, CA | 25 lbs |
| Safeway Inc- Milk Plant Clackamas, OR | 5 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Safeway Inc on total disclosed release pounds (53.5K lbs) and reporting facility count (5). Release-volume peers include Puris Corp, Orafol Americas Inc., Granite Construction Inc. Facility-count peers include Abb Motors & Mechanical Inc, Advansix Inc, Aes Corp. 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 California, Arizona, Oregon; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Safeway Inc's TRI parent record
From Safeway Inc, open Safeway Milk Plant or compare against Clean Harbors Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Safeway Inc (Safeway Milk Plant in CA). Largest facility
- Compare against Waste Management Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Safeway Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Clean Harbors Inc, Waste Management Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Safeway 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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