EPA TRI Facility · Food
Belgioioso Cheese - Freedom Plant
Appleton, WI · Parent: Belgioioso Cheese Inc
- Total releases
- 100.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Belgioioso Cheese - Freedom Plant: how the 100.3K lbs splits
100.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 91.5K lbs 91.2%
- Off-site Transfers 8.8K lbs 8.8%
Belgioioso Cheese - Freedom Plant's 100.3K lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 91.2% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 8.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Belgioioso Cheese - Freedom Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Appleton, WI, in the food sector. It reported 28.3K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 100.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,578 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 - Freedom Plant is pounds #161 and chemical-count #478 at 100.3K 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: Agropur Inc.; Profile Finishing Systems LLC; Team Industries Inc; Ati Forged Products. Similar-scale Food peers outside Wisconsin: Shamrock Foods Dairy Div; Valley Queen Cheese Factory Inc.; California Dairies Inc Turlock North; Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility. Other Belgioioso Cheese Inc sites in this extract: Belgioioso Glenmore; Belgioioso - Chase; Belgioioso Cheese Inc. Polly-O Campbell Plant; Belgioioso Cheese. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Belgioioso Cheese - Freedom Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant WATER pathway (91.2% water discharges) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 100.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Shamrock Foods Dairy Div and Valley Queen Cheese Factory Inc..
Belgioioso Cheese - Freedom Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
100K 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 - Freedom Plant: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Belgioioso Cheese - Freedom Plant reports the 493rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 24.9% of its sector. 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 Shamrock Foods Dairy Div and Valley Queen Cheese Factory Inc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Belgioioso Cheese - Freedom Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Belgioioso Cheese - Freedom Plant Form-R facts
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How Belgioioso Cheese - Freedom Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 100.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 6411% (435 lbs to 28.3K lbs).
Belgioioso Cheese - Freedom Plant: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Belgioioso Cheese - Freedom Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 6411% 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 | 435 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 71.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 28.3K 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) | 100.3K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Belgioioso Cheese - Freedom Plant · WATER-pathway site
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Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Belgioioso Cheese - Freedom Plant on cumulative reported pounds (100.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Lta II Manufacturing LLC, Owensboro Grain Biodiesel LLC, Saco Aei Polymers Inc.. 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.
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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 Agropur Inc.. Belgioioso Cheese - Freedom Plant stamps MID 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.
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This Belgioioso Cheese - Freedom Plant TRI extract (MID · 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 - Freedom Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Appleton, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (4 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 1.7% of Outagamie TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Advanced Plating Technologies (Δ 33 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Belgioioso Cheese - Freedom Plant stamps MID 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