EPA TRI Facility · Food
Cargill Inc.
Cedar Rapids, IA · Parent: Cargill Inc
- Total releases
- 1.2M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Cargill Inc.: how the 1.2M lbs splits
1.2M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.1M lbs 98.1%
- Off-site Transfers 21.9K lbs 1.9%
Cargill Inc.'s 1.2M lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 98.1% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 1.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: n-Hexane.
HEAVY volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Cargill Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Cedar Rapids, IA, in the food sector. It reported 170.3K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 1.2M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,196 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Iowa's 460 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cargill Inc. is pounds #30 and chemical-count #314 at 1.2M lbs. Climax Molybdenum Co leads reported pounds (16.4M lbs) at 5 chemicals (chemical-count #117). Helena Industries LLC leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (9.4K lbs, pounds #247). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Kings Material Inc; Ingredion Inc; Iowa Specialties Inc; Diamond V Mills LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Iowa: Adm Soybean Processing Plant; Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative; Ag Processing Inc a Cooperative; Chs Hallock. Other Cargill Inc sites in this extract: Cargill Meat Solutions Corp; Cargill Corn Milling; Cargill Inc; Cargill Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane.
Cargill Inc. stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (98.1% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.2M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Adm Soybean Processing Plant and Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative.
Cargill Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.2M lbs Top 5% higher than 95% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cargill Inc.: n-Hexane-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Cargill Inc. reports the 163rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 8.2% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: n-Hexane alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Iowa include Adm Soybean Processing Plant and Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cargill 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
- Cargill Inc.'s total reported releases fell from 251.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 170.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cargill Inc.'s off-site transfers fell from 4.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cargill Inc.'s air releases fell from 246.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 167.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cargill Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cargill Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.2M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 18% (207.0K lbs to 170.3K lbs).
Cargill Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Cargill Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 18% 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.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 207.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 267.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 268.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 251.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 170.3K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 1.2M lbs | - |
Cargill Inc. · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cargill Inc.
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Kings Material Inc, Ingredion Inc, Iowa Specialties Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. Adm Soybean Processing Plant, Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative, Ag Processing Inc a Cooperative.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cargill Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (1.2M lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Lm Wind Power Blades Inc, Si Group Inc. - Newport Tn, Seymour of Sycamore LLC. 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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Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Cargill Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cargill Meat Solutions Corp, Cargill Corn Milling, Cargill Inc.
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 Kings Material Inc. Cargill 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 Cargill Inc. TRI extract (HEAVY · AIR · CLEAN · lead n-Hexane) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cargill Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Cedar Rapids, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311224 · Food. 9.5% of Linn TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Lm Wind Power Blades Inc (Δ 1.8K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cargill 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