EPA TRI Facility · Food
Caribbean Refrescos Inc.
Cidra, PR · Parent: The Coca-Cola Co
- Total releases
- 298 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Caribbean Refrescos Inc.: how the 385 lbs splits
385 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 385 lbs 100.0%
Caribbean Refrescos Inc.'s 385 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Ozone.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Caribbean Refrescos Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Cidra, PR, in the food sector. It reported 87 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2024, and 298 lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 15,374 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Puerto Rico's 104 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Caribbean Refrescos Inc. is pounds #73 and chemical-count #40 at 298 lbs. Ecw Landfill Corp. leads reported pounds (8.3M lbs) at 2 chemicals (chemical-count #41). Aes Puerto Rico LP leads chemical count at 25 chemicals (6.5M lbs, pounds #2). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Caribbean Can Manufacturing Co LLC; Congar International Corp; Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico; Quality Electroplating Corp. Similar-scale Food peers outside Puerto Rico: Tyson Chicken Inc.; Farbest Foods Inc; Mead Johnson Nutrition; Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC. Other The Coca-Cola Co sites in this extract: Coca-Cola N.a.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ozone; 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; n-Hexane.
Caribbean Refrescos Inc. stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 298 lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tyson Chicken Inc. and Farbest Foods Inc.
Caribbean Refrescos Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
298 lbs 41st percentile higher than 41% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Caribbean Refrescos Inc. in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Caribbean Refrescos Inc. reports the 1,239th-largest volume (298 lbs). Scale peers outside Puerto Rico include Tyson Chicken Inc. and Farbest Foods Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Caribbean Refrescos Inc.'s total reported releases rose from 70 lb in 2022 to 187 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Caribbean Refrescos Inc.'s air releases rose from 70 lb in 2022 to 187 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Caribbean Refrescos Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Caribbean Refrescos Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 385 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 8600% (1 lbs to 87 lbs).
Caribbean Refrescos Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Caribbean Refrescos Inc. year-over-year reported totals (increased by 8600% 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: Ozone.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 39 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 70 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 187 lbs | 3 |
| 2024 | 87 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ozone | 385 lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 0 lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 0 lbs | - |
Caribbean Refrescos Inc. · AIR-pathway site
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Puerto Rico - e.g. Tyson Chicken Inc., Farbest Foods Inc, Mead Johnson Nutrition.
Other The Coca-Cola Co Facilities
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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 Ozone, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, n-Hexane; nearby reporters include Caribbean Can Manufacturing Co LLC. Caribbean Refrescos Inc. stamps TRACE 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 Caribbean Refrescos Inc. TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ozone) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Caribbean Refrescos Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Cidra, PR, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311930 · Food. 0.1% of Cidra Municipio TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Heiq Chemtex Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Caribbean Refrescos Inc. stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ozone. 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