EPA TRI Facility · Food
Firmenich Inc
Plainsboro, NJ
- Total releases
- 216 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Firmenich Inc: how the 437 lbs splits
437 lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 430 lbs 98.5%
- Air Releases 7 lbs 1.5%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Firmenich Inc's 437 lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 98.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran.
TRACE volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Firmenich Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Plainsboro, NJ, in the food sector. It reported 220 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2024, and 216 lbs in total across its 2023-2024 reporting years. That ranks 15,779 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In New Jersey's 327 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Firmenich Inc is pounds #237 and chemical-count #296 at 216 lbs. Phillips 66 Co-Bayway Refinery leads reported pounds (16.1M lbs) at 39 chemicals (chemical-count #2). US Army Picatinny Arsenal leads chemical count at 42 chemicals (9.0K lbs, pounds #130). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: E R Squibb & Sons LLC; B-Way Packaging Inc; Itwcovid Security Group; Richmond Foundry LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside New Jersey: Murphy-Brown LLC Rosemary Feed Mill; Flavorchem Corp; Pepsico Caribbean Inc; Murphy-Brown LLC Chief Feed Mill. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran.
Firmenich Inc stamps TRACE volume with a dominant WATER pathway (98.5% water discharges) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 216 lbs (2023–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Murphy-Brown LLC Rosemary Feed Mill and Flavorchem Corp.
Firmenich Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
216 lbs 39th percentile higher than 39% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Firmenich Inc in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Firmenich Inc reports the 1,255th-largest volume (216 lbs). Scale peers outside New Jersey include Murphy-Brown LLC Rosemary Feed Mill and Flavorchem Corp.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Firmenich Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Firmenich Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 437 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2023 to 2024, total releases increased by 2% (216 lbs to 220 lbs).
Firmenich Inc: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2023–2024
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Firmenich Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 2% from 2023 to 2024). 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: 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 216 lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 220 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2023–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran | 437 lbs | - |
Firmenich Inc · WATER-pathway site
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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 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran; nearby reporters include E R Squibb & Sons LLC. Firmenich Inc stamps TRACE 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.
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This Firmenich Inc TRI extract (TRACE · WATER · CLEAN · lead 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Firmenich Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Plainsboro, NJ, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2023–2024 (2 years). NAICS 311930 · Food. 0.0% of Middlesex TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Okonite Co Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Firmenich Inc stamps TRACE volume · WATER pathway · CLEAN · lead 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran. 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