TACOMA, Wash. — A Tacoma animal rendering facility wants to renew its lease and restart operations.
The Darling International Plant on the Tideflats has been shut since a fire in September of last year.
The Texas-based company is in negotiations with the Port of Tacoma to stay in the location it’s been in since 1971.
Strong smells from the plant have been a consistent issue for neighbors.
But Darling told the News Tribune it wants to build a new facility with enhanced emission controls and air scrubbing technology.