EPA TRI Facility · Food
Darling Ingredients Inc.
Lewiston Woodville, NC · Parent: Darling Ingredients Inc
- Total releases
- 2.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Darling Ingredients Inc.: how the 2.7K lbs splits
2.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 2.5K lbs 94.0%
- Off-site Transfers 160 lbs 6.0%
Darling Ingredients Inc.'s 2.7K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 94.0% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 6.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Darling Ingredients Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lewiston Woodville, NC, in the food sector. It reported 656 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 2.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 12,301 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In North Carolina's 787 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Darling Ingredients Inc. is pounds #396 and chemical-count #590 at 2.7K lbs. Befesa Zinc Metal LLC leads reported pounds (43.1M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #158). Pcs Phosphate Co Inc leads chemical count at 29 chemicals (22.9M lbs, pounds #2). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant; Penco Products Inc; Enviva Pellets LLC - Ahoskie Facility; Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside North Carolina: Heartland Pet Food Manufacturing Indiana LLC; Royal Canin USA Inc.; Elite Spice Inc.; Chobani Idaho. 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: Ammonia.
Darling Ingredients Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (94.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Heartland Pet Food Manufacturing Indiana LLC and Royal Canin USA Inc..
Darling Ingredients Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.7K lbs Top 47% higher than 53% 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.: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Darling Ingredients Inc. reports the 1,094th-largest volume (2.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Heartland Pet Food Manufacturing Indiana LLC and Royal Canin USA Inc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Darling Ingredients Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia 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 570 lb in 2022 to 656 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc.'s air releases rose from 490 lb in 2022 to 577 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: 2.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 73% (379 lbs to 656 lbs).
Darling Ingredients Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR 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 73% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 379 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 546 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 520 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 570 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 656 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 2.7K lbs | - |
Darling Ingredients Inc. · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Darling Ingredients Inc.
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant, Penco Products Inc, Enviva Pellets LLC - Ahoskie Facility, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Heartland Pet Food Manufacturing Indiana LLC, Royal Canin USA Inc., Elite Spice Inc..
Compare beyond North Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Darling Ingredients Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (2.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Hyperion Materials & Technologies - Pompano, Ford Motor Co Dearborn Stamping Plant, Cargill 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.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Hyperion Materials & Technologies - Pompano Pompano Beach, FL · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 2.7K lbs reported
- Ford Motor Co Dearborn Stamping Plant Dearborn, MI · Transportation Equipment 2.7K lbs reported
- Cargill Inc Blooming Prairie, MN · Chemicals 2.7K lbs reported
- Ampacet Corp Cartersville, GA · Chemicals 2.7K 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 Ammonia; nearby reporters include Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant. Darling Ingredients Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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.
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This Darling Ingredients Inc. TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) 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 Lewiston Woodville, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311613 · Food. 0.0% of Bertie TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Hyperion Materials & Technologies - Pompano (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Darling Ingredients Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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