EPA TRI Facility · Food
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant
Waco, TX · Parent: Jbs USA Holdings Inc
- Total releases
- 9.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant: how the 9.3K lbs splits
9.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 9.3K lbs 100.0%
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant's 9.3K 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
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Waco, TX, in the food sector. It reported 9.3K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 9,971 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. Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant is pounds #964 and chemical-count #1242 at 9.3K 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: Cargill Value Added Meats; Gholson Ready Mix; Roca Bathroom Products Inc.; Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC Waco Terminal. Similar-scale Food peers outside Texas: Peco Foods Inc - Bay Springs Processing; Upstate Farms Cultured Products LLC; Cobb-Vantress Inc. Feed Mill; Tampa Bay Fisheries Inc. Other Jbs USA Holdings Inc sites in this extract: Swift Prepared Foods - Moberly. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Mixture.
Compare Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant with
Nearest reporters in Texas
- Cargill Value Added Meats Waco · 12.5K lbs
- Gholson Ready Mix Waco · 0 lbs
- Roca Bathroom Products Inc. Waco · 185.1K lbs
- Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC Waco Terminal Waco · 15.1K lbs
Similar-scale Food sites elsewhere: Peco Foods Inc - Bay Springs Processing (MS) · Upstate Farms Cultured Products LLC (NY) · Cobb-Vantress Inc. Feed Mill (AR)
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 9.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Peco Foods Inc - Bay Springs Processing and Upstate Farms Cultured Products LLC.
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
9.3K lbs Top 38% higher than 62% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant reports the 956th-largest volume (9.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Peco Foods Inc - Bay Springs Processing and Upstate Farms Cultured Products LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 9.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (9.3K lbs to 0 lbs).
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant · AIR-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant on cumulative reported pounds (9.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Roger Mills Gas Processing Plant, Lhoist Na of Alabama-Alabaster Plant, Rockland-Bamberg Industries. 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.
- Roger Mills Gas Processing Plant Hammon, OK · Natural Gas Processing 9.3K lbs reported
- Lhoist Na of Alabama-Alabaster Plant Alabaster, AL · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 9.3K lbs reported
- Rockland-Bamberg Industries Bamberg, SC · Textiles 9.3K lbs reported
- Silgan White Cap Corp Richmond, IN · Fabricated Metals 9.3K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Jbs USA Holdings Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Swift Prepared Foods - Moberly.
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, Mixture; nearby reporters include Cargill Value Added Meats. Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant 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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This Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Waco, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 0.1% of Mclennan TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Roger Mills Gas Processing Plant (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Waco Processing Plant 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