Facility detail

TYSON FARMS INC-PROCESSING

901 W JACKSON ST, SHELBYVILLE, TN, 37160

Parent company: TYSON FOODS 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 Peracetic acid Chlorine Copper compounds Total (lbs)
2024 — 7,712 2,180 — — 9,892
2023 180,758 — 2,180 — — 182,938
2022 175,329 — 200 — — 175,529
2021 164,591 13,513 200 — — 178,304
2020 190,665 12,440 500 — — 203,605
2019 210,000 10,490 500 — — 220,990
2018 250,911 10,661 500 — — 262,072
2017 266,527 — 174 — — 266,701
2016 262,468 — — — — 262,468
2015 216,175 10,672 — — — 226,847
2014 205,863 5,221 — — — 211,084
2013 275,045 11,651 — — — 286,696
2012 292,119 — — — — 292,119
2011 103,506 17,217 — — — 120,723
2010 114,292 22,580 — — — 136,872
2009 421,323 31,423 — — — 452,746
2008 44,241 20,050 — — — 64,291
2007 122,160 34,185 — — — 156,345
2006 20,949 22,357 — — — 43,306
2005 35,111 27,037 — — — 62,148
2004 30,937 32,439 — 59 — 63,435
2003 31,672 38,641 — 48 — 70,361
2002 44,282 33,185 — 70 — 77,537
2001 50,971 34,189 — 23 — 85,183
2000 100,400 27,000 — 500 — 127,900
1999 — 35,714 — 250 — 35,964
1998 — 33,003 — 250 — 33,253
1997 — 33,000 — 615 — 33,615
1996 — 34,002 — 1,200 — 35,202
1995 — 8,348 — — 750 9,098
1994 — 28,960 — — — 28,960
1993 — 31,667 — — — 31,667
1992 — 9,540 — — — 9,540
1991 — 27,984 — — — 27,984
1990 — 23,093 — — — 23,093
1989 — 34,000 — — — 34,000
1988 — 32,770 — — — 32,770

▎ 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.