EPA TRI Facility · Food
Frito-Lay Inc.
Fayetteville, TN · Parent: Pepsico Inc
- Total releases
- 109.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Frito-Lay Inc.: how the 109.6K lbs splits
109.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 109.6K lbs 100.0%
Frito-Lay Inc.'s 109.6K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Frito-Lay Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fayetteville, TN, in the food sector. It reported 26.4K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 109.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,401 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Tennessee's 595 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Frito-Lay Inc. is pounds #144 and chemical-count #348 at 109.6K lbs. Nyrstar Clarksville Inc leads reported pounds (72.9M lbs) at 13 chemicals (chemical-count #31). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Tn leads chemical count at 75 chemicals (6.3M lbs, pounds #13). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Franke Foodservice Systems; Latham Pool Products Inc D/b/a Viking Pools-Tn; Copperweld Bimetallics LLC; Goodman Co LP. Similar-scale Food peers outside Tennessee: Rembrandt Enterprises Inc.; Hillshire Brands Plant-Wholly Owned Sub of Tyson Foods Inc; Grande Cheese Co Brownsville; Graf Creamery Inc. Other Pepsico Inc sites in this extract: Frito-Lay,inc.; Frito Lay Inc.; Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant; Frito-Lay Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Frito-Lay Inc. stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (100.0% land disposal) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 109.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Rembrandt Enterprises Inc. and Hillshire Brands Plant-Wholly Owned Sub of Tyson Foods Inc.
Frito-Lay Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
110K lbs Top 17% higher than 83% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Frito-Lay Inc.: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Frito-Lay Inc. reports the 480th-largest volume, placing it in the top 24.3% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Tennessee include Rembrandt Enterprises Inc. and Hillshire Brands Plant-Wholly Owned Sub of Tyson Foods Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Frito-Lay Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Frito-Lay Inc.'s total reported releases fell from 29.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 26.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Frito-Lay Inc.'s land releases fell from 29.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 26.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Frito-Lay Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Frito-Lay Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 109.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Frito-Lay Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Frito-Lay Inc. year-over-year reported totals. 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 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 28.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 26.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 29.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 26.4K lbs | 2 |
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) | 109.6K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Frito-Lay Inc. · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Frito-Lay Inc.
Closest other reporters in Tennessee - including Franke Foodservice Systems, Latham Pool Products Inc D/b/a Viking Pools-Tn, Copperweld Bimetallics LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Tennessee - e.g. Rembrandt Enterprises Inc., Hillshire Brands Plant-Wholly Owned Sub of Tyson Foods Inc, Grande Cheese Co Brownsville.
Compare beyond Tennessee
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Frito-Lay Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (109.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Afl Telecommunications, Anheuser-Busch LLC, Akron Brass. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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 Pepsico Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Frito-Lay,inc., Frito Lay Inc., Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant.
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), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Franke Foodservice Systems. Frito-Lay Inc. stamps MID volume · LAND 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 Frito-Lay Inc. TRI extract (MID · LAND · 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.
Frito-Lay Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fayetteville, TN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311919 · Food. 17.6% of Lincoln TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Afl Telecommunications (Δ 34 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Frito-Lay Inc. stamps MID volume · LAND 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