EPA TRI Facility · Food
Darling Ingredients Inc
Clinton, IA · Parent: Darling Ingredients Inc
- Total releases
- 317.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Darling Ingredients Inc: how the 317.2K lbs splits
317.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 252.0K lbs 79.4%
- Land Disposal 40.6K lbs 12.8%
- Off-site Transfers 24.7K lbs 7.8%
Darling Ingredients Inc's 317.2K lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 79.4% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 12.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Darling Ingredients Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Clinton, IA, in the food sector. It reported 24.7K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 317.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,513 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Iowa's 460 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Darling Ingredients Inc is pounds #64 and chemical-count #321 at 317.2K lbs. Climax Molybdenum Co leads reported pounds (16.4M lbs) at 5 chemicals (chemical-count #117). Helena Industries LLC leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (9.4K lbs, pounds #247). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Sethness Products Co; Adm Corn Processing; Timken Drives; Nestle Purina Petcare Co. Similar-scale Food peers outside Iowa: Simmons Farm Raised Catfish I Nc.; Primary Products Ingredients Americas LLC; Belgioioso Glenmore; West Point Dairy Products 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 MID volume with a dominant WATER pathway (79.4% water discharges) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 317.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Simmons Farm Raised Catfish I Nc. and Primary Products Ingredients Americas LLC.
Darling Ingredients Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
317K lbs Top 10% higher than 90% 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 306th-largest volume, placing it in the top 15.5% of its sector. 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 Iowa include Simmons Farm Raised Catfish I Nc. and Primary Products Ingredients Americas LLC.
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 fell from 177.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 24.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc's off-site transfers rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 24.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc's water releases fell from 177.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 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: 317.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 14% (28.7K lbs to 24.7K lbs).
Darling Ingredients Inc: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · WATER 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 (decreased by 14% 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 | 28.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 40.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 45.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 177.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 24.7K 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) | 317.2K lbs | - |
Darling Ingredients Inc · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Darling Ingredients Inc
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Sethness Products Co, Adm Corn Processing, Timken Drives, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. Simmons Farm Raised Catfish I Nc., Primary Products Ingredients Americas LLC, Belgioioso Glenmore.
Compare beyond Iowa
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Darling Ingredients Inc on cumulative reported pounds (317.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Boardwalk Louisiana Midstream LLC, Vibrantz Corp, Ykk Ap America Inc. 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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Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Boardwalk Louisiana Midstream LLC Plaquemine, LA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 317.6K lbs reported
- Vibrantz Corp Penn Yan, NY · Chemicals 317.6K lbs reported
- Ykk Ap America Inc Dublin, GA · Fabricated Metals 317.7K lbs reported
- Michelin N.a. Inc. Ardmore Plant Ardmore, OK · Plastics and Rubber 316.6K 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 Sethness Products Co. Darling Ingredients Inc stamps MID volume · WATER 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 · WATER · 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 Clinton, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311613 · Food. 1.7% of Clinton TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Boardwalk Louisiana Midstream LLC (Δ 374 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Darling Ingredients Inc stamps MID volume · WATER 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