EPA TRI Facility · Food
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp
Schuyler, NE · Parent: Cargill Inc
- Total releases
- 8.0M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp: how the 8.0M lbs splits
8.0M lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 7.4M lbs 93.2%
- Land Disposal 434.8K lbs 5.5%
- Air Releases 80.0K lbs 1.0%
- Off-site Transfers 28.5K lbs 0.4%
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp's 8.0M lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 93.2% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 5.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
HEAVY volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Schuyler, NE, in the food sector. It reported 1.5M lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 8.0M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 269 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Nebraska's 183 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cargill Meat Solutions Corp is pounds #3 and chemical-count #57 at 8.0M lbs. Tyson Fresh Meats Inc leads reported pounds (11.5M lbs) at 8 chemicals (chemical-count #30). Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc leads chemical count at 150 chemicals (5.7M lbs, pounds #5). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Kent Nutrition Group Inc.; Behlen Mfg. Co.; Camaco Columbus Manufacturing LLC; Adm Corn Processing-Columbus. Similar-scale Food peers outside Nebraska: Tyson Fresh Meats Inc-Louisa County; Tyson Poultry Inc-Broken Bow Processing Plant; Koch Foods of Gadsden; Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility. Other Cargill Inc sites in this extract: Cargill Corn Milling; Cargill Inc; Cargill Inc; Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Nitric acid.
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant WATER pathway (93.2% water discharges) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 8.0M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tyson Fresh Meats Inc-Louisa County and Tyson Poultry Inc-Broken Bow Processing Plant.
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
8.0M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp inside Colfax's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Cargill Meat Solutions Corp reports the 19th-largest volume, placing it in the top 1% of its sector. This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in Colfax. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 98.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Nebraska include Tyson Fresh Meats Inc-Louisa County and Tyson Poultry Inc-Broken Bow Processing Plant.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Colfax's reported pounds (8.0M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cargill Meat Solutions Corp's total reported releases rose from 1.2 million lb in 2022 to 1.5 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cargill Meat Solutions Corp's off-site transfers rose from 3.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cargill Meat Solutions Corp's air releases fell from 9.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cargill Meat Solutions Corp's land releases rose from 149.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 191.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cargill Meat Solutions Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 8.0M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 17% (1.3M lbs to 1.5M lbs).
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Cargill Meat Solutions Corp year-over-year reported totals (increased by 17% 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.3M lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 1.7M lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 2.3M lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 1.2M lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 1.5M lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 7.9M lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 77.6K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 21.0K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 0 lbs | - |
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cargill Meat Solutions Corp
Closest other reporters in Nebraska - including Kent Nutrition Group Inc., Behlen Mfg. Co., Camaco Columbus Manufacturing LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Nebraska - e.g. Tyson Fresh Meats Inc-Louisa County, Tyson Poultry Inc-Broken Bow Processing Plant, Koch Foods of Gadsden.
Compare beyond Nebraska
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cargill Meat Solutions Corp on cumulative reported pounds (8.0M lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Valero Refining-Texas LP, Jewell Coke Co LP, Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Chemical Plant (part). Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. 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 Cargill Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cargill Corn Milling, Cargill Inc, 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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia, Hydrogen sulfide, Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Kent Nutrition Group Inc.. Cargill Meat Solutions Corp stamps HEAVY volume · WATER 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.
Use and verify this record
This Cargill Meat Solutions Corp TRI extract (HEAVY · WATER · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Schuyler, NE, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311611 · Food. 100% of Colfax TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Valero Refining-Texas LP (Δ 26.3K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp stamps HEAVY volume · WATER pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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