EPA TRI Facility · Food
Hanover Foods Corp
Clayton, DE
- Total releases
- 18.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Hanover Foods Corp: how the 18.3K lbs splits
18.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 18.3K lbs 100.0%
Hanover Foods Corp's 18.3K 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: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Hanover Foods Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Clayton, DE, in the food sector. It reported 18.3K lbs of releases across 1 chemical, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 8,434 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Delaware's 53 reporting TRI sites, Delaware City Refinery leads both reported pounds (27.7M lbs) and chemical count (42 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Metal Masters Food Service Equ Ipment Co; Hma Concrete LLC DBA Heritage Concrete Cheswold Facility; Hma Concrete LLC DBA Heritage Concrete Middletown Facility; Garrison Energy Center. Similar-scale Food peers outside Delaware: Marzetti Frozen Pasta; Swift Beef Co; Mars Petcare US Inc.; Michigan Milk Producers Assoc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Hanover Foods Corp stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 18.3K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Marzetti Frozen Pasta and Swift Beef Co.
Hanover Foods Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
18K lbs Top 32% higher than 68% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Hanover Foods Corp: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Hanover Foods Corp reports the 827th-largest volume (18.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Delaware include Marzetti Frozen Pasta and Swift Beef Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Hanover Foods Corp's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Hanover Foods Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Hanover Foods Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 18.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 100% (8.4K lbs to 0 lbs).
Hanover Foods Corp: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Hanover Foods Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% from 2019 to 2024). 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 10.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 18.3K lbs | - |
Hanover Foods Corp · AIR-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Hanover Foods Corp on cumulative reported pounds (18.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Thatcher Co, Symrise Colonels Island Facility, Marzetti Frozen Pasta. 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.
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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 Ammonia; nearby reporters include Metal Masters Food Service Equ Ipment Co. Hanover Foods Corp stamps LIGHT 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 Hanover Foods Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Hanover Foods Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Clayton, DE, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (5 years). NAICS 311411 · Food. 18.0% of Kent TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Thatcher Co (Δ 11 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Hanover Foods Corp stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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