Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
TYSON FARMS, INC.
250 TYSON RD, BUENA VISTA, GA, 31803
Parent company: TYSON FOODS INC
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 | Chlorine | Total (lbs) | ||
| 2014 | 834,269 | 120 | — | 834,389 | ||
| 2013 | 256,917 | — | — | 256,917 | ||
| 2012 | 178,133 | 11,640 | — | 189,773 | ||
| 2011 | 148,240 | 8,510 | — | 156,750 | ||
| 2010 | 106,496 | — | — | 106,496 | ||
| 2009 | 111,865 | — | — | 111,865 | ||
| 2008 | 122,073 | — | — | 122,073 | ||
| 2007 | 564,095 | — | — | 564,095 | ||
| 2006 | 143,351 | 9,965 | — | 153,316 | ||
| 2005 | 117,831 | — | — | 117,831 | ||
| 2004 | 1,017,353 | — | — | 1,017,353 | ||
| 2002 | — | 3,096 | — | 3,096 | ||
| 1997 | — | 10,460 | — | 10,460 | ||
| 1996 | — | 500 | — | 500 | ||
| 1995 | — | 500 | — | 500 | ||
| 1991 | — | — | 14,700 | 14,700 | ||
| 1989 | — | 6,620 | 5,700 | 12,320 | ||
| 1988 | — | — | 6,388 | 6,388 | ||
| 1987 | — | 750 | 6,388 | 7,138 | ||
▎ 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.