EPA TRI Facility · Food
Nestle Purina Petcare Co
Fort Dodge, IA · Parent: Nestle Purina Petcare Co
- Total releases
- 3.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Nestle Purina Petcare Co: how the 3.8K lbs splits
3.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 3.7K lbs 99.1%
- Water Discharges 35 lbs 0.9%
Nestle Purina Petcare Co's 3.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.1% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 0.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Nestle Purina Petcare Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fort Dodge, IA, in the food sector. It reported 823 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 3.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 11,690 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. Nestle Purina Petcare Co is pounds #277 and chemical-count #368 at 3.8K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Gold Bond Building Products - Fort Dodge; Precision Tank & Equipment Co.; US Gypsum-Fort Dodge Plant; Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp. Similar-scale Food peers outside Iowa: Dfa Dairy Brands Ice Cream LLC DBA Meadow Gold Ice Cream; Southeastern Minerals Inc; Sem Minerals LP; Eastern Minerals Inc. Other Nestle Purina Petcare Co sites in this extract: Nestle Purina Petcare Co; Nestle Purina Petcare Co; Tejas Industries; Nestle Purina Petcare Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds.
Nestle Purina Petcare Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.1% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Dfa Dairy Brands Ice Cream LLC DBA Meadow Gold Ice Cream and Southeastern Minerals Inc.
Nestle Purina Petcare Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.8K lbs Top 45% higher than 55% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Nestle Purina Petcare Co: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Nestle Purina Petcare Co reports the 1,052nd-largest volume (3.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Iowa include Dfa Dairy Brands Ice Cream LLC DBA Meadow Gold Ice Cream and Southeastern Minerals Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Nestle Purina Petcare Co's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Nestle Purina Petcare Co's total reported releases rose from 643 lb in 2022 to 823 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nestle Purina Petcare Co's water releases rose from 5 lb in 2022 to 20 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nestle Purina Petcare Co's off-site transfers rose from 638 lb in 2022 to 803 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Nestle Purina Petcare Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Nestle Purina Petcare Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 9% (755 lbs to 823 lbs).
Nestle Purina Petcare Co: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Nestle Purina Petcare Co year-over-year reported totals (increased by 9% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 755 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 774 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 762 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 643 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 823 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 3.8K lbs | - |
Nestle Purina Petcare Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Nestle Purina Petcare Co
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Gold Bond Building Products - Fort Dodge, Precision Tank & Equipment Co., US Gypsum-Fort Dodge Plant, ordered by distance.
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Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. Dfa Dairy Brands Ice Cream LLC DBA Meadow Gold Ice Cream, Southeastern Minerals Inc, Sem Minerals LP.
Compare beyond Iowa
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Nestle Purina Petcare Co on cumulative reported pounds (3.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Iko Midwest Inc, Chem-Pak Inc, Honeywell Lng Palmetto. 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 Nestle Purina Petcare Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Nestle Purina Petcare Co, Nestle Purina Petcare Co, Tejas Industries.
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 Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Gold Bond Building Products - Fort Dodge. Nestle Purina Petcare Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Nestle Purina Petcare Co TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Nestle Purina Petcare Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fort Dodge, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311111 · Food. 0.1% of Webster TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Iko Midwest Inc (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Nestle Purina Petcare Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds. 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