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Pilgrim'S Pride Corporation Sumter Processing And Rendering Plant — United States

Food & Beverage in United States. Approximate location 33.86294, -80.36241.

Food & BeverageUnited StatesCO₂ estimate (modelled)

Pilgrim'S Pride Corporation Sumter Processing And Rendering Plant is a food & beverage plant in United States. Its listed capacity is 175,207,670 USD. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously. By capacity it ranks #345 among 391 food & beverage plants in United States. It emits about 14,246 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE.

14,246t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#1724CO₂ rank in United States

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38481476.

Data status

Known source data

FacilityPilgrim'S Pride Corporation Sumter Processing And Rendering Plant Climate TRACE
CountryUnited States Climate TRACE
Coordinates33.86294, -80.36241 Climate TRACE
Sector / subsectorfood-beverage-tobacco Climate TRACE
Reported capacity175,207,670 USD Climate TRACE
TRI facility recordPILGRIM'S PRIDE SUMTER PROCESSING PLANT US EPA TRI
TRI parent companyJBS USA FOOD CO US EPA TRI
TRI NAICS311615 US EPA TRI
TRI reported chemicalsAmmonia, Hydrogen sulfide, Methanol, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Peracetic acid US EPA TRI
TRI on-site releases355,490 lb/yr US EPA TRI
Modelled CO₂e14,246 t/yr Climate TRACE

Calculated from the dataset

United States rank#1724 of 1910 · top 90.3% calculated
Global food-beverage-tobacco rank#475 of 560 · top 84.8% calculated
Climate contextderived from coordinates calculated

Not available

Fuel typeNot available not in dataset
Thermal capacity (MW)Not available not in dataset

Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.

Similar facilities by modelled emissions

Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.

Operating power plants within 50 km

PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.

In context: how this facility compares

At 175,207,670 USD, Pilgrim'S Pride Corporation Sumter Processing And Rendering Plant is below the median food & beverage plant in United States (452,469,926 USD). Subsector: food-beverage-tobacco. As food & beverage plant, it requires high process heat (typically 80–200°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 14,246 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

260million cubic feet of natural gas burned
3.3kgasoline cars driven for a year
237ktree seedlings grown for 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions

At its reported 14k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Pilgrim'S Pride Corporation Sumter Processing And Rendering Plant carries no domestic carbon price, and its products are not CBAM-covered goods, so there is no border-carbon liability. At the EU ETS reference price (€75/t) the emissions carry an indicative carbon value of €1.1M/yr.

14k t CO₂e / yrScope 1 emissions
€1.1M/yrindicative carbon value (not a CBAM liability)

Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €85/t, September 10, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.

Parent company

Jbs Usa Food Co US EPA TRI
Parent company per US EPA TRI; the operator itself is not stated in the source dataset.

Local climate

Pilgrim'S Pride Corporation Sumter Processing And Rendering Plant sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 33.9°N in the northern hemisphere.

~18°Ctypical annual mean
~27°Ctypical warm-season
Humid subtropical: hot summers and mild winters

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C4ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
41/100environmental-severity index
19.8°Cseasonal temperature swing
123 kmdistance to coast
HighCUI risk tier

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1327 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.02× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby sites

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Location

Coordinates 33.86294, -80.36241. View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Pilgrim'S Pride Corporation Sumter Processing And Rendering Plant?

Pilgrim'S Pride Corporation Sumter Processing And Rendering Plant is a food & beverage plant in United States. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously.

How much CO₂ does Pilgrim'S Pride Corporation Sumter Processing And Rendering Plant emit?

The page uses about 14,246 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #1724 among facilities in United States by estimated CO₂.

Where is Pilgrim'S Pride Corporation Sumter Processing And Rendering Plant located?

Pilgrim'S Pride Corporation Sumter Processing And Rendering Plant is in United States at approximately 33.86294, -80.36241.

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