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
AIR Form-R mix
Freshpet: how the 4.7K lbs splits
4.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 4.7K lbs 100.0%
Freshpet's 4.7K 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: Ammonia.
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.
Compare Freshpet with
Nearest reporters in Texas
- Polyguard Products Ennis · 0 lbs
- Polyguard Products Ennis · 15.3K lbs
- Schirm USA Inc. Ennis · 18.1K lbs
- Sherwin-Williams Co Ennis · 24.2K lbs
Similar-scale Food sites elsewhere: Unilever Manufacturing (us) Inc. (MO) · Nutra Blend LLC (CA) · Nestle Purina Petcare Co (AZ)
Freshpet stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4.7K lbs (2023–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Unilever Manufacturing (us) Inc. and Nutra Blend LLC.
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
Freshpet: Ammonia-led volume
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. Scale peers outside Texas include Unilever Manufacturing (us) Inc. and Nutra Blend LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Freshpet's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Freshpet Form-R facts
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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 | - |
Freshpet · AIR-pathway site
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.
Use and verify this record
This Freshpet TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Freshpet totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Ennis, TX, latest year 2023. NAICS 311111 · Food. 0.1% of Ellis TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Polygon Co (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Freshpet 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