EPA TRI Facility · Food
Darling Ingredients Inc.
Ellenwood, GA · Parent: Darling Ingredients Inc
- Total releases
- 41.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Darling Ingredients Inc.: how the 41.8K lbs splits
41.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 41.8K lbs 100.0%
Darling Ingredients Inc.'s 41.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers 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).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Darling Ingredients Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Ellenwood, GA, in the food sector. It reported 9.0K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 41.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,541 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Georgia's 705 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Darling Ingredients Inc. is pounds #190 and chemical-count #519 at 41.8K lbs. Rayonier Performance Fibers Jesup Mill leads reported pounds (22.6M lbs) at 26 chemicals (chemical-count #4). Bowen Steam Electric Generating Plant leads chemical count at 30 chemicals (3.3M lbs, pounds #18). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Georgia Masonry Supply Conley; Arch Wood Protection Inc; Clorox Products Manufacturing Co; Polynt Composites USA Inc.. Similar-scale Food peers outside Georgia: Houston Retail Support Center; Cargill Inc; Caviness Beef Packing Ltd.; Byrne Dewitt 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).
Darling Ingredients Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 41.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Houston Retail Support Center and Cargill Inc.
Darling Ingredients Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
42K lbs Top 25% higher than 75% 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 666th-largest volume (41.8K lbs). 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 Georgia include Houston Retail Support Center and Cargill Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Darling Ingredients Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Darling Ingredients Inc.'s total reported releases rose from 8.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 9.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc.'s off-site transfers rose from 8.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 9.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
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: 41.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 26% (7.1K lbs to 9.0K lbs).
Darling Ingredients Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Darling Ingredients Inc. year-over-year reported totals (increased by 26% 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 | 7.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 7.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 9.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 8.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 9.0K 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) | 41.8K lbs | - |
Darling Ingredients Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Darling Ingredients Inc.
Closest other reporters in Georgia - including Georgia Masonry Supply Conley, Arch Wood Protection Inc, Clorox Products Manufacturing Co, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Georgia - e.g. Houston Retail Support Center, Cargill Inc, Caviness Beef Packing Ltd..
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Darling Ingredients Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (41.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Butler Printing & Laminating Inc, Hydro Composites LLC, Gac Chemical Corp. 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.
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Similar chemical count
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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 Georgia Masonry Supply Conley. Darling Ingredients Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 (LIGHT · OFFSITE · 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 Ellenwood, GA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311613 · Food. 8.5% of Clayton TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Butler Printing & Laminating Inc (Δ 4 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Darling Ingredients Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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