EPA TRI Facility · Food
Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility
Winchester, VA · Parent: Darling Ingredients Inc
- Total releases
- 98.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility: how the 121.9K lbs splits
121.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 119.7K lbs 98.2%
- Air Releases 2.1K lbs 1.7%
- Off-site Transfers 127 lbs 0.1%
Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility's 121.9K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 98.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chlorine dioxide.
LIGHT volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Winchester, VA, in the food sector. It reported 23.6K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 98.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 4,625 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Virginia's 434 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility is pounds #100 and chemical-count #211 at 98.4K lbs. U.S. Army Radford Army Ammunition Plant leads reported pounds (50.1M lbs) at 12 chemicals (chemical-count #15). Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc-Front Royal Plant leads chemical count at 28 chemicals (244.6K lbs, pounds #59). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Kingspan Insulation LLC; Apg Mid-Atlantic - Winchester; Evolve Stone LLC; Qg Printing II Corp. Similar-scale Food peers outside Virginia: Belgioioso Cheese; Chr Hansen Inc; California Dairies Inc Turlock North; California Dairies Inc Los Banos. 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-Winchester Facility stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant LAND pathway (98.2% land disposal) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 98.4K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Belgioioso Cheese and Chr Hansen Inc.
Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
98K lbs Top 18% higher than 82% 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-Winchester Facility: Chlorine dioxide-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility reports the 498th-largest volume (98.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Chlorine dioxide alone is 96.0% of the total. Scale peers outside Virginia include Belgioioso Cheese and Chr Hansen Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility's pounds in one chemical - here Chlorine dioxide at 96.0%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility's total reported releases rose from 14.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility's off-site transfers rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 26 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility's land releases rose from 13.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 15.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility's air releases fell from 750 lb in 2022 to 718 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility Form-R facts
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See how Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
56% less than the comparison
2.0× more 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-Winchester Facility releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 121.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 12% (26.9K lbs to 23.6K lbs).
Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 12% from 2019 to 2024). 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 | 26.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 26.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 13.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 14.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 16.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 23.6K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorine dioxide | 117.1K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 3.7K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 1.1K lbs | - |
Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility
Closest other reporters in Virginia - including Kingspan Insulation LLC, Apg Mid-Atlantic - Winchester, Evolve Stone LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 433 other reporting facilities in Virginia.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Virginia - e.g. Belgioioso Cheese, Chr Hansen Inc, California Dairies Inc Turlock North.
Compare beyond Virginia
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility on cumulative reported pounds (98.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Verdant Energy Solutions - Liberty, Colors & Effects USA LLC - Peekskill Facility, Belgioioso Cheese. 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.
- Verdant Energy Solutions - Liberty Liberty, TX · Chemicals 98.4K lbs reported
- Colors & Effects USA LLC - Peekskill Facility Peekskill, NY · Chemicals 98.4K lbs reported
- Belgioioso Cheese Denmark, WI · Food 98.3K lbs reported
- Azz Galvanizing Services-Crowley Crowley, TX · Fabricated Metals 98.4K 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 Kingspan Insulation LLC. Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility stamps LIGHT 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-Winchester Facility TRI extract (LIGHT · LAND · CLEAN · lead Chlorine dioxide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Winchester, VA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311613 · Food. 19.4% of Frederick TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Verdant Energy Solutions - Liberty (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Darling Ingredients Inc-Winchester Facility stamps LIGHT 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