EPA TRI Facility · Food
Darling Ingredients Inc
Blue Earth, MN · Parent: Darling Ingredients Inc
- Total releases
- 335.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Darling Ingredients Inc: how the 335.2K lbs splits
335.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 331.5K lbs 98.9%
- Land Disposal 3.7K lbs 1.1%
Darling Ingredients Inc's 335.2K lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 98.9% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 1.1%. 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 Blue Earth, MN, in the food sector. It reported 54.9K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 335.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,430 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Minnesota's 459 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Darling Ingredients Inc is pounds #39 and chemical-count #325 at 335.2K lbs. Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant leads reported pounds (21.5M lbs) at 24 chemicals (chemical-count #4). 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility leads chemical count at 72 chemicals (3.0M lbs, pounds #8). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Greenfield Global Winnebago LLC; 3M Co-Fairmont; Ccm - Fairmont; Green Plains Fairmont LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Minnesota: Givaudan Flavors Corp; Cargill Meat Solutions Inc; Saputo Cheese USA Inc; Nestle Purina Petcare Co. 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 (98.9% water discharges) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 335.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Givaudan Flavors Corp and Cargill Meat Solutions Inc.
Darling Ingredients Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
335K lbs Top 9% higher than 91% 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 Faribault's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Darling Ingredients Inc reports the 296th-largest volume, placing it in the top 15% of its sector. This one site accounts for 77.9% of every pound reported in Faribault. 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 Minnesota include Givaudan Flavors Corp and Cargill Meat Solutions Inc.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Faribault's reported pounds (430.2K 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 fell from 58.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 54.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc's land releases fell from 2.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc's water releases fell from 56.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 53.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Darling Ingredients Inc Form-R facts
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90% less than the comparison
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Darling Ingredients Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 335.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 42% (95.3K lbs to 54.9K 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 42% 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 | 95.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 62.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 64.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 58.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 54.9K 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) | 335.2K lbs | - |
Darling Ingredients Inc · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Darling Ingredients Inc
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Greenfield Global Winnebago LLC, 3M Co-Fairmont, Ccm - Fairmont, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Givaudan Flavors Corp, Cargill Meat Solutions Inc, Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Compare beyond Minnesota
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Darling Ingredients Inc on cumulative reported pounds (335.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Integrity Cabinets LLC, Heidelberg Materials US Cement LLC, Nucor Steel Nebraska. 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.
- Integrity Cabinets LLC Lineville, AL · Furniture 335.1K lbs reported
- Heidelberg Materials US Cement LLC Logansport, IN · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 335.1K lbs reported
- Nucor Steel Nebraska Norfolk, NE · Primary Metals 334.8K lbs reported
- Givaudan Flavors Corp South Hackensack, NJ · Food 335.6K 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 Greenfield Global Winnebago LLC. 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 Blue Earth, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311613 · Food. 77.9% of Faribault TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Integrity Cabinets LLC (Δ 118 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