EPA TRI Facility · Food
General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div
Murfreesboro, TN · Parent: General Mills Inc
- Total releases
- 24.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div: how the 24.1K lbs splits
24.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 24.1K lbs 100.0%
General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div's 24.1K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers 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).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Murfreesboro, TN, in the food sector. It reported 1.7K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 24.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,821 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. General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div is pounds #239 and chemical-count #364 at 24.1K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Wegmann Automotive USA Inc; Paulo - Murfreesboro; Heritage Farms Dairy; Kasai Na Inc / Nissan Ilc Building. Similar-scale Food peers outside Tennessee: General Mills Inc; Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Ansonville Nc Animal Nutrition; Coca-Cola N.a.; New Dairy/select Milk a Borden Joint Venture. Other General Mills Inc sites in this extract: General Mills Operations LLC; General Mills Reed City Yoplait Plant; General Mills Inc; General Mills. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. 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 Inc and Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Ansonville Nc Animal Nutrition.
General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div 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 Operations Inc Yoplait Div: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div reports the 779th-largest volume (24.1K lbs). 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 General Mills Inc and Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Ansonville Nc Animal Nutrition.
Concentrated means ≥60% of General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div'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
- General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div's total reported releases rose from 282 lb in 2022 to 1.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div's off-site transfers rose from 282 lb in 2022 to 1.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 24.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 54% (1.1K lbs to 1.7K lbs).
General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div year-over-year reported totals (increased by 54% 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 18.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 3.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 282 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 1.7K 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) | 24.1K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div on cumulative reported pounds (24.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include General Mills Inc, Grady Gas Plant, Univar Solutions USA - Morrisville Branch. 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.
- General Mills Inc Wellston, OH · Food 24.1K lbs reported
- Grady Gas Plant Lindsay, OK · Natural Gas Processing 24.1K lbs reported
- Univar Solutions USA - Morrisville Branch Morrisville, PA · Chemical Wholesalers 24.2K lbs reported
- Container Life Cycle Management LLC DBA Drumco Arkadelphia, AR · Fabricated Metals 24.1K 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 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), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Wegmann Automotive USA Inc. General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div stamps LIGHT 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.
Use and verify this record
This General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div TRI extract (LIGHT · 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.
General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Murfreesboro, TN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 0.6% of Rutherford TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: General Mills Inc (Δ 6 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div stamps LIGHT 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