Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
THE HILLSHIRE BRANDS CO
8300 96TH AVE, ZEELAND, MI, 49464
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 | Certain glycol ethers | Sodium nitrite | Total (lbs) | |
| 2024 | 122,170 | 6,714 | — | 30 | 128,914 | |
| 2023 | 98,345 | 8,609 | — | 27 | 106,981 | |
| 2022 | 100,000 | 9,830 | — | 30 | 109,860 | |
| 2021 | 87,696 | — | — | 27 | 87,723 | |
| 2020 | 39,972 | 11,094 | — | 27 | 51,093 | |
| 2019 | 39,000 | — | — | 31 | 39,031 | |
| 2018 | 50,803 | 1,661 | 1,166 | — | 53,630 | |
| 2017 | 53,865 | — | — | 6 | 53,871 | |
| 2016 | 54,581 | 7,811 | — | 18 | 62,410 | |
| 2015 | 43,032 | — | — | 15 | 43,047 | |
| 2014 | 34,770 | 1,294 | — | 8 | 36,072 | |
| 2013 | 11,624 | 9,492 | — | 10 | 21,126 | |
| 2012 | 8,682 | — | — | 14 | 8,696 | |
| 2011 | 6,239 | — | — | 37 | 6,276 | |
| 2010 | 5,247 | — | — | 44 | 5,291 | |
| 2009 | 8,072 | — | — | 16 | 8,088 | |
| 2008 | 9,346 | — | — | 5 | 9,351 | |
| 2007 | 16,786 | — | — | 10 | 16,796 | |
| 2006 | 11,584 | 21,016 | — | 6 | 32,606 | |
| 2005 | 7,766 | — | — | 5 | 7,771 | |
| 2004 | 25,967 | 6,504 | — | 5 | 32,476 | |
| 2003 | 22,590 | — | — | 5 | 22,595 | |
| 2002 | 32,500 | — | — | 5 | 32,505 | |
| 2001 | 26,107 | — | — | 5 | 26,112 | |
| 2000 | 18,100 | — | — | — | 18,100 | |
| 1999 | 29,950 | — | — | — | 29,950 | |
| 1998 | 51,550 | 26,250 | 250 | 250 | 78,300 | |
| 1997 | 54,850 | — | 1,000 | 255 | 56,105 | |
| 1996 | 51,250 | 28,765 | 2,134 | — | 82,149 | |
| 1995 | 49,450 | 25,523 | — | — | 74,973 | |
| 1994 | — | 4,500 | — | — | 4,500 | |
| 1993 | — | 5,685 | — | — | 5,685 | |
| 1992 | — | 10,107 | — | — | 10,107 | |
| 1991 | — | 2,607 | — | — | 2,607 | |
| 1989 | — | 3,210 | — | — | 3,210 | |
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