EPA TRI Facility · Food
Darling Ingredients Inc.
Starke, FL · Parent: Darling Ingredients Inc
- Total releases
- 203.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Darling Ingredients Inc.: how the 203.9K lbs splits
203.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 203.9K lbs 100.0%
Darling Ingredients Inc.'s 203.9K 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 Starke, FL, in the food sector. It reported 81.1K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 203.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,214 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Florida's 659 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Darling Ingredients Inc. is pounds #84 and chemical-count #331 at 203.9K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC leads reported pounds (116.3M lbs) at 27 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Duke Energy Florida Llc-Crystal River Power Plant leads chemical count at 31 chemicals (2.4M lbs, pounds #15). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Chemours - Starke Facility; Pride Union Forestry; US Army National Guard Camp Blanding Ranges; Sivance LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Florida: Lamb Weston Inc. Connell Plant; Harrison Poultry Inc.; Manildra Milling Co; Pacific Foods. 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).
Darling Ingredients Inc. stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (100.0% land disposal) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 203.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Lamb Weston Inc. Connell Plant and Harrison Poultry Inc..
Darling Ingredients Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
204K lbs Top 12% higher than 88% 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. inside Bradford's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Darling Ingredients Inc. reports the 362nd-largest volume, placing it in the top 18.3% of its sector. This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in Bradford. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Florida include Lamb Weston Inc. Connell Plant and Harrison Poultry Inc..
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Bradford's reported pounds (203.9K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Darling Ingredients Inc. Form-R facts
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84% less than the comparison
88% less than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Darling Ingredients Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 203.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 114% (37.9K lbs to 81.1K lbs).
Darling Ingredients Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Darling Ingredients Inc. year-over-year reported totals (increased by 114% 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 | 37.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 33.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 51.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 81.1K 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) | 203.9K lbs | - |
Darling Ingredients Inc. · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Darling Ingredients Inc.
Closest other reporters in Florida - including Chemours - Starke Facility, Pride Union Forestry, US Army National Guard Camp Blanding Ranges, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 658 other reporting facilities in Florida.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Florida - e.g. Lamb Weston Inc. Connell Plant, Harrison Poultry Inc., Manildra Milling Co.
Compare beyond Florida
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Darling Ingredients Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (203.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Poet Biorefining - Hudson, Idaho Forest Group Grangeville Facility, Nashville Wire Products. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD · Chemicals 203.9K lbs reported
- Idaho Forest Group Grangeville Facility Grangeville, ID · Wood Products 203.7K lbs reported
- Nashville Wire Products Nashville, TN · Fabricated Metals 203.6K lbs reported
- Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Menomonee Falls, WI · Hazardous Waste 203.6K 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); nearby reporters include Chemours - Starke Facility. 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.
Use and verify this record
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 Starke, FL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (4 years). NAICS 311613 · Food. 100% of Bradford TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Poet Biorefining - Hudson (Δ 86 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