EPA TRI Facility · Food
Freshpet
Ennis, TX · Parent: Freshpet Inc
- Total releases
- 4.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
Reported-total composition
How the reported total is distributed
4.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 4.7K lbs 100.0%
The segments reconcile to the cumulative total shown above. Off-site transfers are shown separately from releases to air, water, and land.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Freshpet is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Ennis, TX, in the food sector. It reported 4.7K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023. That ranks 11,298 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Freshpet is pounds #1085 and chemical-count #1632 at 4.7K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Polyguard Products; Polyguard Products; Schirm USA Inc.; Sherwin-Williams Co. Similar-scale Food peers outside Texas: Unilever Manufacturing (us) Inc.; Nutra Blend LLC; Nestle Purina Petcare Co; Mariah Foods Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Freshpet has reported 4.7K lbs of toxic releases across 1 chemical to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, based on annual facility disclosures from 2019 through 2023. The facility operates in the Food sector. The primary release pathway is air releases, accounting for 100% of total releases. All release data shown below is self-reported to the EPA under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Section 313.
Freshpet vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
4.7K lbs Top 43% higher than 57% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Where this facility sits in the TRI record
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Freshpet reports the 1,039th-largest volume (4.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total.
Placement is computed from reported TRI pounds in this database. Thresholds are fixed across every facility page: concentrated ≥60% of volume in one chemical, county-dominant ≥25% of the county total, carcinogen-heavy ≥50% of pounds. Share-based statements are shown only for sites reporting at least 1,000 lbs, because a share of a very small total is not a meaningful signal. Reported pounds are self-reported estimates and do not measure toxicity or health risk.
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Freshpet releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 4.7K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2023–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 4.7K lbs | - |
Location
Nearest TRI Facilities to Freshpet
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Polyguard Products, Polyguard Products, Schirm USA Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Unilever Manufacturing (us) Inc., Nutra Blend LLC, Nestle Purina Petcare Co.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Freshpet on cumulative reported pounds (4.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Polygon Co, US Doe Slac National Accelerator Laboratory, Mplx Terminals LLC - Oregon Oh Terminal. 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.
- Polygon Co Walkerton, IN · Plastics and Rubber 4.7K lbs reported
- US Doe Slac National Accelerator Laboratory Menlo Park, CA · Other 4.7K lbs reported
- Mplx Terminals LLC - Oregon Oh Terminal Oregon, OH · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 4.7K lbs reported
- Unilever Manufacturing (us) Inc. Independence, MO · Food 4.7K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Polyguard Products. Freshpet 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.
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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