EPA TRI Facility · Food

Bunge N.a. Inc.

Decatur, AL · Parent: Bunge N.a. Inc

Total releases
4.5M lbs
Chemicals reported
1
Latest report
2023
Primary pathway
Air Releases

AIR Form-R mix

Bunge N.a. Inc.: how the 4.5M lbs splits

4.5M lbs across all reported pathways

  • Air Releases 4.5M lbs 100.0%

Bunge N.a. Inc.'s 4.5M lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: n-Hexane.

HEAVY volume AIR pathway CLEAN

Bunge N.a. Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Decatur, AL, in the food sector. It reported 680.5K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 4.5M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 471 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Alabama's 559 reporting TRI sites, Chemical Waste Management leads both reported pounds (95.6M lbs) and chemical count (98 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Big Heart Pet Brands Inc.; Hyosung USA Inc. Decatur Plant; Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc; Automatic Screw Machine Product Co. Similar-scale Food peers outside Alabama: Tyson Chicken Inc. - Hope Processing Plant; US Sugar Corp-Clewiston Sugar House; Cargill Corn Milling; Tyson Poultry Inc. - Processing Plant. Other Bunge N.a. Inc sites in this extract: Bunge N.a. (opd West) Inc.; Bunge N.a. (east) L.L.C.; Bunge Chevron Ag Renewables LLC; Bunge N.a. Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane.

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Bunge N.a. Inc. stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4.5M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tyson Chicken Inc. - Hope Processing Plant and US Sugar Corp-Clewiston Sugar House.

#471 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by total reported releases - among the top 1.8% of reporting sites by volume. Ranking reflects reported pounds, not toxicity or health risk.

Bunge N.a. Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility

Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution

4.5M lbs Top 2% higher than 98% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities

This facility 0 lbs 20M+ lbs every reporting TRI facility, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year

Bunge N.a. Inc.: n-Hexane-led volume

Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Bunge N.a. Inc. reports the 38th-largest volume, placing it in the top 1.9% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: n-Hexane alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Alabama include Tyson Chicken Inc. - Hope Processing Plant and US Sugar Corp-Clewiston Sugar House.

Concentrated means ≥60% of Bunge N.a. Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here n-Hexane at 100%. Not a toxicity score.

Annual disclosure change

What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year

2022 → 2023
  • Bunge N.a. Inc.'s total reported releases fell from 877.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 680.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Bunge N.a. Inc.'s air releases fell from 877.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 680.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.

Bunge N.a. Inc. Form-R facts

Sector
Food
HEAVY volume
4.5M lbs
AIR pathway
Air Releases
CLEAN chem count
1
Lead chemical
n-Hexane

Compare this facility

See how Bunge N.a. Inc. stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.

Total reported releases
Bunge N.a. Inc.
4.5M lbs
Big Heart Pet Brands Inc.
37 lbs

119389.7× more than the comparison

Chemicals reported
Bunge N.a. Inc.
1
Big Heart Pet Brands Inc.
1

About the same as the comparison

Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.

How does this facility release toxic chemicals?

How Bunge N.a. Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 4.5M lbs.

Air Releases 4.5M lbs (100.0%)
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Emissions Trend Summary

From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 51% (1.4M lbs to 680.5K lbs).

Bunge N.a. Inc.: annual Form-R pounds

HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023

million lbs

What this shows Bunge N.a. Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 51% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: n-Hexane.

Source EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Year Total Chemicals
2019 1.4M lbs 1
2020 740.3K lbs 1
2021 767.7K lbs 1
2022 877.0K lbs 1
2023 680.5K lbs 1

Chemical Releases

Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.

Chemical Total Flags
n-Hexane 4.5M lbs -

Bunge N.a. Inc. · AIR-pathway site

Decatur, AL
34.6026, -86.9639
County TRI context
Morgan · 21.2% of county pounds
Parent company
Bunge N.a. Inc

Compare beyond Alabama

Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count

Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Bunge N.a. Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (4.5M lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Envirite of Pennsylvania Inc, Pacific Cast Technologies Inc, Kg Mining (bald Mountain) Inc South Operations Area (soa). Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.

About TRI Data

Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.

On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include n-Hexane; nearby reporters include Big Heart Pet Brands Inc.. Bunge N.a. Inc. stamps HEAVY volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.

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This Bunge N.a. Inc. TRI extract (HEAVY · AIR · CLEAN · lead n-Hexane) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.

Bunge N.a. Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Decatur, AL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311224 · Food. 21.2% of Morgan TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Envirite of Pennsylvania Inc (Δ 7.6K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.

Bunge N.a. Inc. stamps HEAVY volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead n-Hexane. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.

All federal data sources used on this page
  • EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
  • EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
  • EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
  • EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
  • EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov