EPA TRI Facility · Food
Belgioioso Cheese
Denmark, WI · Parent: Belgioioso Cheese Inc
- Total releases
- 98.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Belgioioso Cheese: how the 98.3K lbs splits
98.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 92.8K lbs 94.5%
- Off-site Transfers 5.5K lbs 5.5%
Belgioioso Cheese's 98.3K lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 94.5% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 5.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Belgioioso Cheese is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Denmark, WI, in the food sector. It reported 5.6K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 98.3K lbs in total across its 2020-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,626 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Wisconsin's 836 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Belgioioso Cheese is pounds #167 and chemical-count #481 at 98.3K lbs. Mullins Cheese Inc leads reported pounds (11.2M lbs) at 3 chemicals (chemical-count #319). Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (2.2M lbs, pounds #16). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Belgioioso Glenmore; Scott's Industrial Coatings LLC; Little Rapids-Printing Div; Valley Cabinet Inc.. Similar-scale Food peers outside Wisconsin: Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility; California Dairies Inc Los Banos; California Dairies Inc Turlock North; Novus Arkansas LLC. Other Belgioioso Cheese Inc sites in this extract: Belgioioso Glenmore; Belgioioso - Chase; Belgioioso Cheese Inc. Polly-O Campbell Plant; Belgioioso Cheese - Freedom Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Belgioioso Cheese stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant WATER pathway (94.5% water discharges) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 98.3K lbs (2020–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility and California Dairies Inc Los Banos.
Belgioioso Cheese vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
98K lbs Top 18% higher than 82% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Belgioioso Cheese: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Belgioioso Cheese reports the 499th-largest volume (98.3K 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 Wisconsin include Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility and California Dairies Inc Los Banos.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Belgioioso Cheese's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Belgioioso Cheese Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Belgioioso Cheese releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 98.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2020 to 2023, total releases decreased by 77% (24.3K lbs to 5.6K lbs).
Belgioioso Cheese: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2020–2023
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Belgioioso Cheese year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 77% from 2020 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 24.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 68.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 5.6K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2020–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 98.3K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Belgioioso Cheese · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Belgioioso Cheese
Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Belgioioso Glenmore, Scott's Industrial Coatings LLC, Little Rapids-Printing Div, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Wisconsin - e.g. Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility, California Dairies Inc Los Banos, California Dairies Inc Turlock North.
Compare beyond Wisconsin
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Belgioioso Cheese on cumulative reported pounds (98.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Equistar Chemicals LP Chocolate Bayou Polymers Plant, Poet-Dsm Project Liberty LLC, Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility. 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.
- Equistar Chemicals LP Chocolate Bayou Polymers Plant Alvin, TX · Chemicals 98.3K lbs reported
- Poet-Dsm Project Liberty LLC Emmetsburg, IA · Chemicals 98.2K lbs reported
- Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility Winchester, VA · Food 98.4K lbs reported
- Verdant Energy Solutions - Liberty Liberty, TX · Chemicals 98.4K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Belgioioso Cheese Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Belgioioso Glenmore, Belgioioso - Chase, Belgioioso Cheese Inc. Polly-O Campbell 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 Belgioioso Glenmore. Belgioioso Cheese stamps LIGHT volume · WATER 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 Belgioioso Cheese TRI extract (LIGHT · WATER · 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.
Belgioioso Cheese totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Denmark, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2020–2023 (3 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 2.5% of Brown TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Equistar Chemicals LP Chocolate Bayou Polymers Plant (Δ 32 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Belgioioso Cheese stamps LIGHT volume · WATER 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