EPA TRI Facility · Food
Swift & Co
Louisville, KY · Parent: Jbs USA Food Co
- Total releases
- 78.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Swift & Co: how the 78.0K lbs splits
78.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 43.5K lbs 55.8%
- Off-site Transfers 34.5K lbs 44.2%
Swift & Co's 78.0K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 55.8% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 44.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Swift & Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Louisville, KY, in the food sector. It reported 12.3K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 78.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,118 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kentucky's 422 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Swift & Co is pounds #135 and chemical-count #341 at 78.0K lbs. North American Stainless leads reported pounds (35.2M lbs) at 15 chemicals (chemical-count #36). Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. leads chemical count at 50 chemicals (725.8K lbs, pounds #50). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Marcus Paint Co; Forth Technologies Inc; Sealmaster; Tri-State Plating Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside Kentucky: Florida's Natural Growers Inc.; Wwf Operating Co LLC; Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant; Crystal Creamery Inc.. Other Jbs USA Food Co sites in this extract: Jbs/swift Pork Co; Jbs Plainwell; Swift Pork; Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Swift & Co is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Louisville, KY: 78.0K lbs across 1 chemical. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 55.8%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Florida's Natural Growers Inc. and Wwf Operating Co LLC.
Swift & Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
78K lbs Top 20% higher than 80% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Swift & Co: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Swift & Co reports the 547th-largest volume (78.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Kentucky include Florida's Natural Growers Inc. and Wwf Operating Co LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Swift & Co's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Swift & Co's total reported releases rose from 11.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Swift & Co's off-site transfers rose from 2.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Swift & Co's air releases rose from 8.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Swift & Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Swift & Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 78.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 16% (14.7K lbs to 12.3K lbs).
Swift & Co: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Swift & Co year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 16% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 14.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 20.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 19.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 11.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 12.3K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 78.0K lbs | - |
Swift & Co in Jefferson
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Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Marcus Paint Co, Forth Technologies Inc, Sealmaster, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Florida's Natural Growers Inc., Wwf Operating Co LLC, Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Swift & Co on cumulative reported pounds (78.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Kerrico Corp, Vorteq Valencia LLC, Autocam Corp. 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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Similar chemical count
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Other Jbs USA Food Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Jbs/swift Pork Co, Jbs Plainwell, Swift Pork.
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 Marcus Paint Co. Swift & Co stamps LIGHT volume · MIXED 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 Swift & Co TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Swift & Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Louisville, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311611 · Food. 0.4% of Jefferson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Kerrico Corp (Δ 48 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Swift & Co stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 55.8%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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