EPA TRI Facility · Computers and Electronic Products
Tesla
Buffalo, NY · Parent: Tesla Inc
- Total releases
- 289.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Tesla: how the 297.5K lbs splits
297.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 297.5K lbs 100.0%
- Air Releases 3 lbs <0.1%
Tesla's 297.5K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Tesla is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Buffalo, NY, in the computers and electronic products sector. It reported 7.9K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 289.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 2,635 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In New York's 581 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Tesla is pounds #49 and chemical-count #110 at 289.6K lbs. St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill leads reported pounds (9.7M lbs) at 10 chemicals (chemical-count #40). Norlite LLC leads chemical count at 93 chemicals (28.3K lbs, pounds #152). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Pvs Chemical Solutions; Safety-Kleen Systems Inc Buffalo Oil Recovery Facility; Pvs Nolwood Chemicals Inc; Engineered Composites Inc.. Similar-scale Computers and Electronic Products peers outside New York: Ttm Technologies Inc.; Intel Corp-Ronler Acres Campus; Kemet a Yageo Co; Texas Instruments Inc. Other Tesla Inc sites in this extract: Tesla Gigafactory; Tesla Inc.; Tesla Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Zinc compounds; Ethylene glycol; Nitric acid.
Compare Tesla with
Nearest reporters in New York
- Pvs Chemical Solutions Buffalo · 116.8K lbs
- Safety-Kleen Systems Inc Buffalo Oil Recovery Facility Buffalo · 10.9K lbs
- Pvs Nolwood Chemicals Inc Buffalo · 258 lbs
- Engineered Composites Inc. Buffalo · 116.3K lbs
Similar-scale Computers and Electronic Products sites elsewhere: Ttm Technologies Inc. (UT) · Intel Corp-Ronler Acres Campus (OR) · Kemet a Yageo Co (SC)
Tesla stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 289.6K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ttm Technologies Inc. and Intel Corp-Ronler Acres Campus.
Tesla vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
290K lbs Top 10% higher than 90% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tesla: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 760 Computers and Electronic Products facilities in this database, Tesla reports the 22nd-largest volume, placing it in the top 2.9% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 96.7% of the total. Scale peers outside New York include Ttm Technologies Inc. and Intel Corp-Ronler Acres Campus.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Tesla's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 96.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Tesla's total reported releases rose from 774 lb in 2022 to 1.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tesla's off-site transfers rose from 773 lb in 2022 to 1.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Tesla Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Tesla releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 297.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 95% (167.4K lbs to 7.9K lbs).
Tesla: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Tesla year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 95% from 2019 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 167.4K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 120.3K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 774 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 1.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 7.9K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 287.7K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 9.8K lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 0 lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 0 lbs | - |
Tesla · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Tesla
Closest other reporters in New York - including Pvs Chemical Solutions, Safety-Kleen Systems Inc Buffalo Oil Recovery Facility, Pvs Nolwood Chemicals Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Computers and Electronic Products Facilities
Other Computers and Electronic Products facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New York - e.g. Ttm Technologies Inc., Intel Corp-Ronler Acres Campus, Kemet a Yageo Co.
Compare beyond New York
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tesla on cumulative reported pounds (289.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Century Industrial Coatings I Nc., Hexion Inc, Dynax America Corp. 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 Tesla Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Tesla Gigafactory, Tesla Inc., Tesla 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), Zinc compounds, Ethylene glycol, Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Pvs Chemical Solutions. Tesla stamps MID 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 Tesla TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · 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.
Tesla totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Buffalo, NY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 334413 · Computers and Electronic Products. 5.9% of Erie TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Century Industrial Coatings I Nc. (Δ 118 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tesla stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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