EPA TRI Facility · Food
Darling Ingredients Inc
Mason City, IL · Parent: Darling Ingredients Inc
- Total releases
- 1.7M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Darling Ingredients Inc: how the 1.7M lbs splits
1.7M lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 1.7M lbs 100.0%
Darling Ingredients Inc's 1.7M 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).
HEAVY volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Darling Ingredients Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mason City, IL, in the food sector. It reported 54.3K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 1.7M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 967 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Illinois's 951 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Darling Ingredients Inc is pounds #37 and chemical-count #735 at 1.7M lbs. Prairie State Generating Co leads reported pounds (37.9M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #8). Veolia N.a. Inc. leads chemical count at 141 chemicals (1.9M lbs, pounds #34). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Eaton Corp; Ardagh Glass Inc; Viper Mine; Havana Power Station. Similar-scale Food peers outside Illinois: Bunge N.a. (east) L.L.C.; Glanbia Foods Inc; Lynn Dairy/lynn Proteins; Cargill Inc. Other Darling Ingredients Inc sites in this extract: Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility; Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland; Rousselot Peabody Inc.; Darling Ingredients Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Darling Ingredients Inc stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.7M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Bunge N.a. (east) L.L.C. and Glanbia Foods Inc.
Darling Ingredients Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.7M lbs Top 4% higher than 96% 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 Mason's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Darling Ingredients Inc reports the 126th-largest volume, placing it in the top 6.4% of its sector. This one site accounts for 88.7% of every pound reported in Mason. 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 Illinois include Bunge N.a. (east) L.L.C. and Glanbia Foods Inc.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Mason's reported pounds (1.9M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Darling Ingredients Inc's total reported releases fell from 217.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 54.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc's off-site transfers fell from 217.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 54.3 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: 1.7M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 82% (309.1K lbs to 54.3K lbs).
Darling Ingredients Inc: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Darling Ingredients Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 82% 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 | 309.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 929.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 144.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 217.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 54.3K 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) | 1.7M lbs | - |
Darling Ingredients Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Darling Ingredients Inc
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Eaton Corp, Ardagh Glass Inc, Viper Mine, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Bunge N.a. (east) L.L.C., Glanbia Foods Inc, Lynn Dairy/lynn Proteins.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Darling Ingredients Inc on cumulative reported pounds (1.7M lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Scepter Inc, Centauri Technologies LLC, Celanese Acetate LLC - Celco Plant. 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.
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, Rousselot Peabody 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 Eaton Corp. Darling Ingredients Inc stamps HEAVY 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 (HEAVY · 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 Mason City, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311613 · Food. 88.7% of Mason TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Scepter Inc (Δ 1.1K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Darling Ingredients Inc stamps HEAVY 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