EPA TRI Facility · Food
Darling Ingredients Inc.
Bastrop, TX · Parent: Darling Ingredients Inc
- Total releases
- 292.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Darling Ingredients Inc.: how the 292.1K lbs splits
292.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 292.1K lbs 100.0%
Darling Ingredients Inc.'s 292.1K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Darling Ingredients Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bastrop, TX, in the food sector. It reported 23.5K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 292.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,624 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Darling Ingredients Inc. is pounds #271 and chemical-count #1160 at 292.1K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 46; Acme Brick Co-Elgin Plant; US Army National Guard Camp Swift Ranges; Oldcastle Lawn & Garden. Similar-scale Food peers outside Texas: Nasoya Foods USA Llc.; Grassland Dairy Products Inc; Saputo Cheese USA Inc; Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility. 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); Ammonia.
Darling Ingredients Inc. stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (100.0% land disposal) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 292.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Nasoya Foods USA Llc. and Grassland Dairy Products Inc.
Darling Ingredients Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
292K lbs Top 10% higher than 90% 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 Bastrop's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Darling Ingredients Inc. reports the 322nd-largest volume, placing it in the top 16.3% of its sector. This one site accounts for 65.4% of every pound reported in Bastrop. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 73.1% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Nasoya Foods USA Llc. and Grassland Dairy Products Inc.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Bastrop's reported pounds (446.4K 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.'s total reported releases fell from 85.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 23.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc.'s land releases fell from 85.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 23.5 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.
11.0× more than the comparison
50% 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: 292.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 73% (86.2K lbs to 23.5K lbs).
Darling Ingredients Inc.: 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. year-over-year reported totals (decreased 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 86.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 57.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 39.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 85.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 23.5K 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) | 213.5K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 78.6K lbs | - |
Darling Ingredients Inc. · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Darling Ingredients Inc.
Closest other reporters in Texas - including General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 46, Acme Brick Co-Elgin Plant, US Army National Guard Camp Swift Ranges, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Nasoya Foods USA Llc., Grassland Dairy Products Inc, Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Darling Ingredients Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (292.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Permacast, Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp, South Atlantic Galvanizing. 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.
- Permacast Troy, AL · Plastics and Rubber 292.3K lbs reported
- Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp Kapolei, HI · Fabricated Metals 292.5K lbs reported
- South Atlantic Galvanizing Shannon, MS · Fabricated Metals 292.6K lbs reported
- High Steel Structures - Lancaster Facility Lancaster, PA · Fabricated Metals 291.4K 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), Ammonia; nearby reporters include General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 46. Darling Ingredients Inc. 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. TRI extract (MID · LAND · 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 Bastrop, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311613 · Food. 65.4% of Bastrop TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Permacast (Δ 231 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Darling Ingredients Inc. stamps MID volume · LAND 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