Pig and poultry farming harms environment on huge scale, report warns

Pollution from the pig and poultry farming sectors is harming the environment, a report has warned.

The findings from the report from the Wildlife Trusts into the environmental impact of the sectors reveal the waste from producing millions of pigs and billions of birds and eggs a year is about 10.4 million cubic metres annually – the equivalent to 4,160 Olympic-sized swimming pools.