Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
HERSHEY CO WEST HERSHEY PLANT
1033 OLD W CHOCOLATE AVE, HERSHEY, PA, 17033
Parent company: HERSHEY CO
Top chemical totals
The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.
Full release table
Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.
| All values in pounds (lbs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Ammonia | Nitric acid | Total (lbs) | |||
| 2012 | 1,000 | 10 | 1,010 | |||
| 2011 | 1,000 | 10 | 1,010 | |||
| 1992 | 600 | — | 600 | |||
▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.