£75,000 Fine for River Pollution

A poultry company was today ordered to pay £78,180 in fines and costs for allowing waste from its processing plant to pollute the River Avon in Wiltshire. The case was brought by the Environment Agency.

The Agency was alerted by two fishermen after they arrived at Christian Malford near Chippenham on August 2, 2001 and found the river had turned orange.

Environment protection officers traced the source of the pollution to the Faccenda Group (South) Ltd poultry processing plant at Sutton B... (345 more words)

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