EPA TRI Facility · Food
Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland
Grapeland, TX · Parent: Darling Ingredients Inc
- Total releases
- 2.5M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
MIXED Form-R mix
Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland: how the 2.5M lbs splits
2.5M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 1.6M lbs 65.3%
- Off-site Transfers 858.5K lbs 34.7%
Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland's 2.5M lbs Form-R total is MIXED - land disposal is 65.3% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 34.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
HEAVY volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Grapeland, TX, in the food sector. It reported 362.6K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 2.5M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 745 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. - Grapeland is pounds #75 and chemical-count #1481 at 2.5M 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Nucor Vulcraft Group - Grapeland Div; Aquapharm Pchem Llc.; Alamo Gas Plant; Verdant Energy Solutions - Palestine. Similar-scale Food peers outside Texas: Tyson Farms Inc.; Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative; Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc.; Southwest Cheese LLC. Other Darling Ingredients Inc sites in this extract: Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility; Darling Ingredients Inc; Rousselot Peabody Inc.; Darling Ingredients Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland is a HEAVY · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Grapeland, TX: 2.5M lbs across 1 chemical. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment land disposal at 65.3%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tyson Farms Inc. and Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative.
Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.5M lbs Top 3% higher than 97% 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. - Grapeland inside Houston's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland reports the 88th-largest volume, placing it in the top 4.4% of its sector. This one site accounts for 88.7% of every pound reported in Houston. 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 Texas include Tyson Farms Inc. and Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Houston's reported pounds (2.8M 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. - Grapeland's total reported releases rose from 157.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 362.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland's land releases rose from 112.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 287.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland's off-site transfers rose from 45.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 75.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland Form-R facts
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See how Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
8.0× more than the comparison
75% 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. - Grapeland releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.5M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 11% (408.1K lbs to 362.6K lbs).
Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 11% 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 | 408.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.2M lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 329.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 157.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 362.6K 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) | 2.5M lbs | - |
Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland in Houston
Nearest TRI Facilities to Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Nucor Vulcraft Group - Grapeland Div, Aquapharm Pchem Llc., Alamo Gas Plant, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Tyson Farms Inc., Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc..
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland on cumulative reported pounds (2.5M lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Hawaii, East Penn Manufacturing Co Inc, Georgia-Pacific Wauna LLC. 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.
- Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Hawaii Jbphh, HI · Other 2.5M lbs reported
- East Penn Manufacturing Co Inc Lyon Station, PA · Electrical Equipment 2.5M lbs reported
- Georgia-Pacific Wauna LLC Clatskanie, OR · Paper 2.5M lbs reported
- Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station Muscatine, IA · Electric Utilities 2.5M 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, 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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); nearby reporters include Nucor Vulcraft Group - Grapeland Div. Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland stamps HEAVY volume · MIXED 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. - Grapeland TRI extract (HEAVY · MIXED · 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. - Grapeland totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Grapeland, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311613 · Food. 88.7% of Houston TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Hawaii (Δ 41 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland stamps HEAVY · MIXED pathway (land disposal leads at 65.3%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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