Darling Ingredients Inc
30 facilities · 21 states · 20.4M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Darling Ingredients Inc is the reported parent of 30 Form R facilities across 21 states, disclosing 20.4M lbs of toxic releases. 59 chemicals are reported; none carry a carcinogen classification in this extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Maryland (9.1M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds across Darling Ingredients Inc's multi-state Form R set, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Darling Ingredients Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-26.5%
26 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-18.5%
3.7 million lb → 3.0 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 3 facilities filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Darling Ingredients Inc's total reported releases fell from 3.7 million lb in 2022 to 2.7 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc's water releases fell from 489.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 316.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc's land releases fell from 2.5 million lb in 2022 to 1.8 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc's off-site transfers fell from 628.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 498.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Darling Ingredients Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility; Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland; Darling Ingredients Inc; Rousselot Peabody Inc.. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Vibrantz Technologies Inc; Aes Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Chlorine dioxide; Hydrogen sulfide; Chlorine. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Maryland; Texas; Illinois. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food; Chemicals. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility; Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland; Darling Ingredients Inc; Rousselot Peabody Inc.. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Vibrantz Technologies Inc; Aes Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Chlorine dioxide; Hydrogen sulfide; Chlorine. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Maryland; Texas; Illinois. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food; Chemicals.
Darling Ingredients Inc ranks #90 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Darling Ingredients Inc spans 21 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Darling Ingredients Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 30 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Darling Ingredients Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Vibrantz Technologies Inc; Aes Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Darling Ingredients Inc sits among TRI parents
Darling Ingredients Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Vibrantz Technologies Inc and Aes Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Lower disclosed volume
- Vibrantz Technologies Inc · rank #91 · 5.3M lbs
- Aes Corp · rank #92 · 2.2M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Darling Ingredients Inc
Methanol; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Chlorine dioxide; Hydrogen sulfide; Chlorine lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Methanol | 10.0M lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 9.5M lbs |
| Chlorine dioxide | 1.1M lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 478.6K lbs |
| Chlorine | 454.7K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 1 | 9.1M lbs |
| Texas | 2 | 2.8M lbs |
| Illinois | 1 | 1.7M lbs |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 1.2M lbs |
| Michigan | 2 | 1.1M lbs |
| Nebraska | 1 | 638.0K lbs |
| North Carolina | 4 | 512.8K lbs |
| Mississippi | 1 | 507.0K lbs |
| Tennessee | 2 | 428.2K lbs |
| Kentucky | 2 | 400.8K lbs |
| Minnesota | 1 | 335.2K lbs |
| Iowa | 1 | 317.2K lbs |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 244.7K lbs |
| Virginia | 2 | 211.5K lbs |
| Florida | 1 | 203.9K lbs |
| Georgia | 2 | 198.7K lbs |
| South Carolina | 1 | 173.1K lbs |
| California | 1 | 165.3K lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 160.0K lbs |
| Indiana | 1 | 65.7K lbs |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 2.2K lbs |
Facilities (30)
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Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Darling Ingredients Inc on total disclosed release pounds (20.4M lbs) and reporting facility count (30). Release-volume peers include Snf Holding Co, Ssab Enterprises LLC, Ecovyst Inc. Facility-count peers include Alltech Inc, Magna US Holding Inc, Chevron Corp. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
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About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Maryland, Texas, Illinois; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Darling Ingredients Inc's TRI parent record
From Darling Ingredients Inc, open Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility or compare against Vibrantz Technologies Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Darling Ingredients Inc (Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility in MD). Largest facility
- Compare against Vibrantz Technologies Inc, the next-lower disclosed-volume parent. Lower-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Darling Ingredients Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Vibrantz Technologies Inc, Aes Corp) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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