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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sandra Laville

Chicken manure can be classified as industrial waste, judge rules

Chickens at an industrial poultry farm.
The worsening health of the River Wye has been linked to poultry manure from intensive chicken farming, which contains high levels of phosphate. Photograph: Westend61 GmbH/Alamy

Industrial poultry farms face tough new regulations around the disposal of chicken manure after a judge ruled it can be classified as waste and requires a detailed and transparent plan to dispose of it without damaging the environment.

The high court ruling means new US-style mega-farms in Herefordshire will have to deal with poultry manure as if it was industrial waste.

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