EPA TRI Facility · Food
Darling Ingredients Inc
Crows Landing, CA · Parent: Darling Ingredients Inc
- Total releases
- 165.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Darling Ingredients Inc: how the 165.3K lbs splits
165.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 165.3K lbs 100.0%
Darling Ingredients Inc's 165.3K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Darling Ingredients Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Crows Landing, CA, in the food sector. It reported 85.9K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 165.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,567 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In California's 1,149 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Darling Ingredients Inc is pounds #106 and chemical-count #537 at 165.3K lbs. Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC leads reported pounds (50.4M lbs) at 45 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Chevron Products Co Richmond Refinery leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (3.0M lbs, pounds #13). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: California Dairies Inc Turlock North; California Dairies Inc Turlock; Dairy Farmers of America Inc; Super Store Industries Turlock Dairy Div. Similar-scale Food peers outside California: Omega Protein-Abbeville Plant; Riviana Foods; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc; Commonwealth Dairy LLC. Other Darling Ingredients Inc sites in this extract: Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility; Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland; Darling Ingredients Inc; Rousselot Peabody Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia.
Compare Darling Ingredients Inc with
Nearest reporters in California
- California Dairies Inc Turlock North Turlock · 99.0K lbs
- California Dairies Inc Turlock Turlock · 140.2K lbs
- Dairy Farmers of America Inc Turlock · 52.9K lbs
- Super Store Industries Turlock Dairy Div Turlock · 41.6K lbs
Similar-scale Food sites elsewhere: Omega Protein-Abbeville Plant (LA) · Riviana Foods (TN) · Tyson Fresh Meats Inc (IA)
Darling Ingredients Inc stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (100.0% land disposal) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 165.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Omega Protein-Abbeville Plant and Riviana Foods.
Darling Ingredients Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
165K lbs Top 14% higher than 86% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Darling Ingredients Inc: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Darling Ingredients Inc reports the 399th-largest volume, placing it in the top 20.2% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 79.4% of the total. Scale peers outside California include Omega Protein-Abbeville Plant and Riviana Foods.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Darling Ingredients Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 79.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Darling Ingredients Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Darling Ingredients Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 165.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 75% (49.1K lbs to 85.9K lbs).
Darling Ingredients Inc: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Darling Ingredients Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 75% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 49.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 30.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 85.9K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 131.2K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 34.1K lbs | - |
Darling Ingredients Inc · LAND-pathway site
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Compare beyond California
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Darling Ingredients Inc on cumulative reported pounds (165.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Chalk Point Power LLC, Bridgestone Metalpha USA Inc, Hitachi Astemo Americas Inc. - Berea Ky. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Chalk Point Power LLC Aquasco, MD · Electric Utilities 165.2K lbs reported
- Bridgestone Metalpha USA Inc Clarksville, TN · Primary Metals 165.2K lbs reported
- Hitachi Astemo Americas Inc. - Berea Ky Berea, KY · Transportation Equipment 165.2K lbs reported
- Usb Tennessee LLC Gleason, TN · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 165.5K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Darling Ingredients Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility, Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland, Darling Ingredients Inc.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia; nearby reporters include California Dairies Inc Turlock North. Darling Ingredients Inc stamps MID volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This Darling Ingredients Inc TRI extract (MID · LAND · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Darling Ingredients Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Crows Landing, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (3 years). NAICS 311613 · Food. 7.1% of Stanislaus TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Chalk Point Power LLC (Δ 87 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Darling Ingredients Inc stamps MID volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov