EPA TRI Facility · Food
Darling Ingredients Inc.
Russellville, KY · Parent: Darling Ingredients Inc
- Total releases
- 93.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
MIXED Form-R mix
Darling Ingredients Inc.: how the 93.3K lbs splits
93.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 49.4K lbs 52.9%
- Water Discharges 43.9K lbs 47.1%
Darling Ingredients Inc.'s 93.3K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - land disposal is 52.9% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 47.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Darling Ingredients Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Russellville, KY, in the food sector. It reported 19.1K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 93.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,730 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 #129 and chemical-count #268 at 93.3K 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: Carpenter Co.; Emerson Electric Co; Russellville Engineered Castings Inc; Logan Aluminum Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside Kentucky: Agri-Mark Inc McCadam Plant; Kraft Heinz Foods Co; Riceland Foods Inc. - Stuttgart Rice Div; California Dairies Inc Fresno. 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); Methanol.
Darling Ingredients Inc. is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Russellville, KY: 93.3K lbs across 2 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment land disposal at 52.9%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Agri-Mark Inc McCadam Plant and Kraft Heinz Foods Co.
Darling Ingredients Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
93K lbs Top 18% higher than 82% 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 510th-largest volume (93.3K 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 Kentucky include Agri-Mark Inc McCadam Plant and Kraft Heinz Foods Co.
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 9.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 19.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc.'s land releases rose from 2.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 17.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc.'s water releases fell from 6.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc.'s chemicals reported fell from 2 in 2022 to 1 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.
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60% 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: 93.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Darling Ingredients Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT 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. 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 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 39.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 25.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 9.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 19.1K 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) | 93.3K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 0 lbs | - |
Darling Ingredients Inc. in Logan
Nearest TRI Facilities to Darling Ingredients Inc.
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Carpenter Co., Emerson Electric Co, Russellville Engineered Castings 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. Agri-Mark Inc McCadam Plant, Kraft Heinz Foods Co, Riceland Foods Inc. - Stuttgart Rice Div.
Compare beyond Kentucky
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Darling Ingredients Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (93.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Trivium Packaging, McClarin Plastics LLC Oklahoma Div, Titan Tire Corp of Union City. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- Trivium Packaging Weirton, WV · Fabricated Metals 93.3K lbs reported
- McClarin Plastics LLC Oklahoma Div Oklahoma City, OK · Plastics and Rubber 93.3K lbs reported
- Titan Tire Corp of Union City Union City, TN · Plastics and Rubber 93.4K lbs reported
- Agri-Mark Inc McCadam Plant Chateaugay, NY · Food 93.4K 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), Methanol; nearby reporters include Carpenter Co.. Darling Ingredients Inc. stamps LIGHT 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 (LIGHT · MIXED · 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 Russellville, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311613 · Food. 4.5% of Logan TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Trivium Packaging (Δ 22 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Darling Ingredients Inc. stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (land disposal leads at 52.9%). 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