Facility detail

PERDUE FOODS LLC - GEORGETOWN PROCESSING PLANT

20621 SAVANNAH RD, GEORGETOWN, DE, 19947

Parent company: PERDUE FARMS INC

Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) Ammonia Hydrogen sulfide Peracetic acid Chlorine Total (lbs)
2024 549,355 9,711 1,643 2,224 — 562,933
2023 560,726 17,436 3,663 4,230 — 586,055
2022 482,215 14,695 5,683 255 — 502,848
2021 422,064 8,672 3,830 252 — 434,817
2020 344,256 8,419 6,012 290 — 358,977
2019 347,086 — 3,956 184 — 351,226
2018 249,023 — 109 96 — 249,228
2017 272,306 — 4,755 — — 277,061
2016 317,941 — 7,970 39 — 325,950
2015 318,135 — 330 — — 318,465
2014 168,538 — 7,330 — — 175,868
2013 219,000 — 18,000 — — 237,000
2012 360,578 — 49,214 — — 409,792
2011 246,503 — — — — 246,503
2010 183,826 — — — — 183,826
2009 192,852 — — — — 192,852
2008 327,325 — — — — 327,325
2007 487,300 2,616 — — — 489,916
2006 670,060 37,530 — — — 707,590
2005 385,090 — — — — 385,090
2004 370,100 — — — — 370,100
2003 320,001 — — — — 320,001
2002 550,160 — — — — 550,160
2001 310,210 — — — — 310,210
2000 327,018 — — — — 327,018
1999 653,017 — — — — 653,017
1998 288,170 12,150 — — — 300,320
1997 560,140 — — — — 560,140
1996 480,160 — — — — 480,160
1995 235,170 16,047 — — — 251,217
1994 — 40,000 — — — 40,000
1993 — 15,000 — — — 15,000
1992 — 64,000 — — — 64,000
1990 — 30,000 — — — 30,000
1989 — 32,000 — — — 32,000
1988 — 10,000 — — — 10,000
1987 — — — — 6,088 6,088

▎ 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.