EPA TRI Facility · Food
Darling Ingredients Inc.
Butler, KY · Parent: Darling Ingredients Inc
- Total releases
- 307.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Darling Ingredients Inc.: how the 307.5K lbs splits
307.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 186.2K lbs 60.6%
- Land Disposal 106.0K lbs 34.5%
- Water Discharges 14.5K lbs 4.7%
- Off-site Transfers 863 lbs 0.3%
Darling Ingredients Inc.'s 307.5K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 60.6% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 34.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Hydrogen sulfide.
MID volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Darling Ingredients Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Butler, KY, in the food sector. It reported 81.9K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 307.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,548 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kentucky's 422 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Darling Ingredients Inc. is pounds #72 and chemical-count #189 at 307.5K lbs. North American Stainless leads reported pounds (35.2M lbs) at 15 chemicals (chemical-count #36). Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. leads chemical count at 50 chemicals (725.8K lbs, pounds #50). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Gotec Plus Sun LLC; Carmeuse Lime & Stone Black River Facility; Best Sanitizers Inc; Safran Landing Systems Kentucky LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Kentucky: Foremost Farms USA; White River Nutrition LLC; Fitco; Pilgrim's Pride Corp Natchitoches Processing Plant. 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: Hydrogen sulfide; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Methanol.
Darling Ingredients Inc. is a MID · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Butler, KY: 307.5K lbs across 3 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 60.6%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Foremost Farms USA and White River Nutrition LLC.
Darling Ingredients Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
307K 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. inside Pendleton's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Darling Ingredients Inc. reports the 309th-largest volume, placing it in the top 15.6% of its sector. This one site accounts for 43.1% of every pound reported in Pendleton. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Hydrogen sulfide alone is 60.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Kentucky include Foremost Farms USA and White River Nutrition LLC.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Pendleton's reported pounds (713.2K 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 rose from 53.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 81.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc.'s land releases rose from 11.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 27.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc.'s air releases rose from 41.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 54.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Darling Ingredients Inc. Form-R facts
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See how Darling Ingredients Inc. stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
2.8× more than the comparison
25% 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: 307.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 14% (71.6K lbs to 81.9K lbs).
Darling Ingredients Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · MIXED 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 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: Hydrogen sulfide.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 71.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 57.2K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 43.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 53.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 81.9K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen sulfide | 186.2K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 120.7K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 630 lbs | - |
Darling Ingredients Inc. in Pendleton
Nearest TRI Facilities to Darling Ingredients Inc.
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Gotec Plus Sun LLC, Carmeuse Lime & Stone Black River Facility, Best Sanitizers Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 421 other reporting facilities in Kentucky.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Foremost Farms USA, White River Nutrition LLC, Fitco.
Compare beyond Kentucky
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Darling Ingredients Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (307.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Belden Brick Plant 4, Nucor Vulcraft Group - Grapeland Div, Nucor Steel Florida Inc.. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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.
- Belden Brick Plant 4 Sugarcreek, OH · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 307.3K lbs reported
- Nucor Vulcraft Group - Grapeland Div Grapeland, TX · Fabricated Metals 307.8K lbs reported
- Nucor Steel Florida Inc. Frostproof, FL · Primary Metals 307.1K lbs reported
- Crown Food Packaging Crawfordsville, IN · Fabricated Metals 307.0K 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 Hydrogen sulfide, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Methanol; nearby reporters include Gotec Plus Sun LLC. Darling Ingredients Inc. stamps MID volume · MIXED 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 · MIXED · CLEAN · lead Hydrogen sulfide) 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 Butler, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311613 · Food. 43.1% of Pendleton TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Belden Brick Plant 4 (Δ 149 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Darling Ingredients Inc. stamps MID · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 60.6%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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