Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
PILGRIM'S PRIDE ELBERTON PROCESSING PLANT
1129 OLD MIDDLETON RD, ELBERTON, GA, 30635
Parent company: JBS USA FOOD 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 | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | Peracetic acid | Total (lbs) | ||
| 2024 | — | 120 | 501 | 621 | ||
| 2023 | — | 117 | 392 | 509 | ||
| 2022 | 14,819 | 97 | 275 | 15,191 | ||
| 2021 | 14,106 | 106 | 316 | 14,528 | ||
| 2020 | 8,001 | 141 | 69 | 8,211 | ||
| 2019 | 16,002 | 96 | 92 | 16,190 | ||
| 2018 | 7,997 | 167 | — | 8,164 | ||
| 2017 | — | 160 | — | 160 | ||
| 2016 | 12,676 | 29 | — | 12,705 | ||
| 2015 | 17,152 | 4,810 | — | 21,962 | ||
| 2014 | 24,394 | 2,680 | — | 27,074 | ||
| 2013 | — | 4,596 | — | 4,596 | ||
| 2012 | 18,004 | 2,400 | — | 20,404 | ||
| 2011 | 15,716 | 1,772 | — | 17,488 | ||
| 2010 | 14,720 | 620 | — | 15,340 | ||
| 2009 | 29,509 | — | — | 29,509 | ||
| 2008 | 8,822 | — | — | 8,822 | ||
| 2007 | 20,045 | — | — | 20,045 | ||
| 2005 | 4,324 | — | — | 4,324 | ||
▎ 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.