EPA TRI Facility · Food
Nestle Purina Petcare
Saint Joseph, MO · Parent: Nestle Purina Petcare Co
- Total releases
- 7.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Nestle Purina Petcare: how the 7.0K lbs splits
7.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 6.8K lbs 97.7%
- Land Disposal 164 lbs 2.3%
- Air Releases 0 lbs <0.1%
Nestle Purina Petcare's 7.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 97.7% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 2.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Nestle Purina Petcare is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Saint Joseph, MO, in the food sector. It reported 1.3K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 7.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,543 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Missouri's 491 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Nestle Purina Petcare is pounds #262 and chemical-count #305 at 7.0K lbs. Buick Mine/mill leads reported pounds (48.2M lbs) at 8 chemicals (chemical-count #66). Buzzi Unicem Usa-Cape Girardeau leads chemical count at 87 chemicals (904.5K lbs, pounds #44). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Ag Processing Inc; Albaugh Inc.; Triumph Foods LLC; National Beef Leathers LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Missouri: Pilgrim's Arcadia Processing Plant; Cobb-Vantress Inc - Feed Mill; Earthman Georgia LLC; Busch Agricultural Resources LLC. 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; Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
Nestle Purina Petcare stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (97.7% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 7.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Pilgrim's Arcadia Processing Plant and Cobb-Vantress Inc - Feed Mill.
Nestle Purina Petcare vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
7.0K lbs Top 41% higher than 59% 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: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Nestle Purina Petcare reports the 987th-largest volume (7.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 97.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Missouri include Pilgrim's Arcadia Processing Plant and Cobb-Vantress Inc - Feed Mill.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Nestle Purina Petcare's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 97.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Nestle Purina Petcare's total reported releases rose from 1.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nestle Purina Petcare's land releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 164 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nestle Purina Petcare's chemicals reported rose from 1 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nestle Purina Petcare's off-site transfers fell from 1.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Nestle Purina Petcare Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Nestle Purina Petcare releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 7.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 53% (2.7K lbs to 1.3K lbs).
Nestle Purina Petcare: 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 year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 53% 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 | 2.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 807 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 1.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 1.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 1.3K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 6.8K lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 164 lbs | Carcinogen |
Nestle Purina Petcare · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Nestle Purina Petcare
Closest other reporters in Missouri - including Ag Processing Inc, Albaugh Inc., Triumph Foods LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 490 other reporting facilities in Missouri.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Missouri - e.g. Pilgrim's Arcadia Processing Plant, Cobb-Vantress Inc - Feed Mill, Earthman Georgia LLC.
Compare beyond Missouri
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Nestle Purina Petcare on cumulative reported pounds (7.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Vinton Steel LLC, Tread Corp, Universal Chemicals & Coatings Inc. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
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, Polycyclic aromatic compounds; nearby reporters include Ag Processing Inc. Nestle Purina Petcare stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Nestle Purina Petcare TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Nestle Purina Petcare totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Saint Joseph, MO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311111 · Food. 0.1% of Buchanan TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Vinton Steel LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Nestle Purina Petcare stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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