EPA TRI Facility · Food
General Mills Inc
Wellston, OH · Parent: General Mills Inc
- Total releases
- 24.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
General Mills Inc: how the 24.1K lbs splits
24.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 17.1K lbs 70.8%
- Water Discharges 4.1K lbs 17.0%
- Off-site Transfers 2.9K lbs 12.2%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
General Mills Inc's 24.1K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 70.8% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 17.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
General Mills Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Wellston, OH, in the food sector. It reported 5.2K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 24.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,822 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Ohio's 1,299 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. General Mills Inc is pounds #513 and chemical-count #1027 at 24.1K lbs. Ineos Nitriles USA LLC leads reported pounds (42.4M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #10). Heritage Thermal Services leads chemical count at 217 chemicals (431.4K lbs, pounds #116). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Bellisio Foods; Osco Industries Inc Jackson Div; Austin Powder Co; Gavin Power LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Ohio: General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div; Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Ansonville Nc Animal Nutrition; Coca-Cola N.a.; Hiland Dairy Foods Co LLC. Other General Mills Inc sites in this extract: General Mills Operations LLC; General Mills Reed City Yoplait Plant; General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div; General Mills. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
General Mills Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (70.8% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 24.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div and Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Ansonville Nc Animal Nutrition.
General Mills Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
24K lbs Top 30% higher than 70% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
General Mills Inc: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, General Mills Inc reports the 780th-largest volume (24.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Ohio include General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div and Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Ansonville Nc Animal Nutrition.
Concentrated means ≥60% of General Mills Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- General Mills Inc's total reported releases fell from 6.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Mills Inc's water releases rose from 897 lb in 2022 to 1.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Mills Inc's off-site transfers fell from 782 lb in 2022 to 545 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Mills Inc's air releases fell from 4.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
General Mills Inc Form-R facts
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Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How General Mills Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 24.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 20% (4.3K lbs to 5.2K lbs).
General Mills Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows General Mills Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 20% 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 | 4.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 4.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 4.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 6.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 5.2K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 24.1K lbs | - |
General Mills Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to General Mills Inc
Closest other reporters in Ohio - including Bellisio Foods, Osco Industries Inc Jackson Div, Austin Powder Co, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Ohio - e.g. General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div, Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Ansonville Nc Animal Nutrition, Coca-Cola N.a..
Compare beyond Ohio
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest General Mills Inc on cumulative reported pounds (24.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div, Grady Gas Plant, Container Life Cycle Management LLC DBA Drumco. 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.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div Murfreesboro, TN · Food 24.1K lbs reported
- Grady Gas Plant Lindsay, OK · Natural Gas Processing 24.1K lbs reported
- Container Life Cycle Management LLC DBA Drumco Arkadelphia, AR · Fabricated Metals 24.1K lbs reported
- Univar Solutions USA - Morrisville Branch Morrisville, PA · Chemical Wholesalers 24.2K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other General Mills Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including General Mills Operations LLC, General Mills Reed City Yoplait Plant, General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div.
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 Bellisio Foods. General Mills Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 General Mills Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
General Mills Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Wellston, OH, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311412 · Food. 6.2% of Jackson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div (Δ 6 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
General Mills Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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