EPA TRI Facility · Food
Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility
Ward, SC · Parent: Darling Ingredients Inc
- Total releases
- 173.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility: how the 173.1K lbs splits
173.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 152.1K lbs 87.9%
- Off-site Transfers 11.1K lbs 6.4%
- Air Releases 9.3K lbs 5.4%
- Water Discharges 609 lbs 0.4%
Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility's 173.1K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 87.9% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 6.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chlorine dioxide.
MID volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Ward, SC, in the food sector. It reported 20.1K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 173.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,499 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In South Carolina's 574 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility is pounds #117 and chemical-count #219 at 173.1K lbs. Oceanagold Haile Gold Mine leads reported pounds (30.2M lbs) at 19 chemicals (chemical-count #14). Giant Cement Co leads chemical count at 90 chemicals (53.3K lbs, pounds #185). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Amick Farms LLC; Generac Power Systems Trenton; Federal Bureau Prisons Edgefield; 72186 - the Carlstar Group LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside South Carolina: Dairiconcepts L.P.; California Dairies Inc Visalia; Belgioioso Cheese Inc. Polly-O Campbell Plant; Tyson Farms Inc. River Valley Ingredients - Cuthbert. 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: Chlorine dioxide; Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (87.9% land disposal) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 173.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Dairiconcepts L.P. and California Dairies Inc Visalia.
Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
173K lbs Top 13% higher than 87% 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 - Ward Facility inside Saluda's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility reports the 394th-largest volume, placing it in the top 19.9% of its sector. This one site accounts for 50.3% of every pound reported in Saluda. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Chlorine dioxide alone is 70.0% of the total. Scale peers outside South Carolina include Dairiconcepts L.P. and California Dairies Inc Visalia.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Saluda's reported pounds (344.4K 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 - Ward Facility's total reported releases fell from 26.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 20.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility's water releases fell from 121 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility's air releases fell from 2.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 468 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility's off-site transfers fell from 811 lb in 2022 to 303 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 173.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 53% (43.2K lbs to 20.1K lbs).
Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 53% 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: Chlorine dioxide.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 43.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 39.8K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 43.0K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 26.9K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 20.1K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorine dioxide | 121.2K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 26.8K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 25.1K lbs | - |
Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including Amick Farms LLC, Generac Power Systems Trenton, Federal Bureau Prisons Edgefield, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Carolina - e.g. Dairiconcepts L.P., California Dairies Inc Visalia, Belgioioso Cheese Inc. Polly-O Campbell Plant.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility on cumulative reported pounds (173.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Luvata Appleton LLC, Teijin Automotive Technologies Inc., Pierce Manufacturing Inc Florida Di V. 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.
- Luvata Appleton LLC Appleton, WI · Primary Metals 173.0K lbs reported
- Teijin Automotive Technologies Inc. Huntington, IN · Plastics and Rubber 173.3K lbs reported
- Pierce Manufacturing Inc Florida Di V Bradenton, FL · Transportation Equipment 172.7K lbs reported
- Select Engineering Inc Fitchburg, MA · Computers and Electronic Products 173.4K 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 Chlorine dioxide, Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); nearby reporters include Amick Farms LLC. Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility stamps MID 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 - Ward Facility TRI extract (MID · LAND · CLEAN · lead Chlorine dioxide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Ward, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311613 · Food. 50.3% of Saluda TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Luvata Appleton LLC (Δ 93 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Darling Ingredients Inc - Ward Facility stamps MID volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN · lead Chlorine dioxide. 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