EPA TRI Facility · Food
Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility
Linkwood, MD · Parent: Darling Ingredients Inc
- Total releases
- 9.1M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility: how the 10.7M lbs splits
10.7M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 10.6M lbs 99.1%
- Water Discharges 47.8K lbs 0.4%
- Off-site Transfers 35.3K lbs 0.3%
- Air Releases 11.9K lbs 0.1%
Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility's 10.7M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 99.1% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 0.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Methanol.
HEAVY volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Linkwood, MD, in the food sector. It reported 1.6M lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2024, and 9.1M lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 234 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Maryland's 152 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility leads reported pounds (9.1M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #37). Brandon Shores & Wagner Complex leads chemical count at 27 chemicals (560.1K lbs, pounds #9). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Vienna Generating Station; Valpac Inc.; Reliance Treated Wood; Plymouth Tube Co. Similar-scale Food peers outside Maryland: Swift Pork; McCain Foods USA Inc; Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant; Amalgamated Sugar Co. Other Darling Ingredients Inc sites in this extract: Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland; Darling Ingredients Inc; Rousselot Peabody Inc.; Darling Ingredients Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Chlorine; Chlorine dioxide; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
In-state chemical count is not the pounds ranking
Maryland TRI reporters with pounds > 0 and chemicals > 0 (n=152)
- Brandon Shores & Wag...
- Darling Ingredients... 4
What this shows Brandon Shores & Wagner Complex leads Maryland chemical count. Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility leads reported pounds and sits at chemical-count #37. Chemical count is a disclosure mix, not toxicity or health risk.
Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (99.1% land disposal) across 4 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 9.1M lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Swift Pork and McCain Foods USA Inc.
Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
9.1M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
Each bar is a $1M-wide band; taller bars hold more reporting TRI facilities. The dashed line and filled bar mark this facility. Hover, focus, or tap a bar for its full count, share, and position.
Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility inside Dorchester's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility reports the 18th-largest volume, placing it in the top 0.9% of its sector. This one site accounts for more than 99.9% of every pound reported in Dorchester. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methanol alone is 93.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Maryland include Swift Pork and McCain Foods USA Inc.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Dorchester's reported pounds (9.1M 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.- Linkwood Facility's total reported releases fell from 1.9 million lb in 2022 to 1.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility's off-site transfers rose from 1.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility's water releases fell from 30 lb in 2022 to 12 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility's land releases fell from 1.9 million lb in 2022 to 1.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 10.7M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 2% (1.7M lbs to 1.6M lbs).
Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023 1
- 2024
What this shows Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 2% from 2019 to 2024). 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: Methanol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.7M lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 2.6M lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 1.8M lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 1.9M lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 1.2M lbs | 4 |
| 2024 | 1.6M lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 10.0M lbs | - |
| Chlorine | 326.6K lbs | - |
| Chlorine dioxide | 262.6K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 47.6K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 47.4K lbs | - |
Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility
Closest other reporters in Maryland - including Vienna Generating Station, Valpac Inc., Reliance Treated Wood, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Maryland - e.g. Swift Pork, McCain Foods USA Inc, Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility on cumulative reported pounds (9.1M lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas Orange Site, Si Group Inc, Conemaugh Generating Station. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis 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).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
Other Darling Ingredients Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland, Darling Ingredients Inc, 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 Methanol, Chlorine, Chlorine dioxide, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); nearby reporters include Vienna Generating Station. Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility stamps HEAVY volume · LAND 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.- Linkwood Facility TRI extract (HEAVY · LAND · CLEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Linkwood, MD, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311613 · Food. more than 99.9% of Dorchester TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas Orange Site (Δ 3.4K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN · lead Methanol. 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