Thanks to Lisa Young , Cornwall of BBC Online News.
I am afraid I had to laugh at this. A few days ago I did a #HeadlineTherapy about a young farming couple who were struggling due to the price of milk they receive being less than what they can produce it for due to current over capacity in the industry. To diversify into other markets like cheese and yoghurts was not an option as these were flat. Thus my conclusion is that there is over capacity in the Industry
Enter Saputo Dairy UK and the Environment Agency. Saputo want to increase their production of cheese at the Davidstow Creamery from 9.6 tonnes an hour to 11.4 tonnes an hour. The Environment Agency think it’s wise to give them a permit to do so. Has the Environment Agency thought this through? Do we need more Cheese? Well I know Wallace and Grommit would say so but….
Yes the big but …. in all of this is in 2022 Saputo were fined 1.5million for discharging unprocessed waste into local rivers causing pollution and affecting local wildlife.
This continued into 2023, despite being fined with multiple breeches of their permit to dispose of waste.
Saputo have promised that the increase in production will lead to better processing and that they will be able to better manage their discharges.
The problem is , we just don’t need more cheese, and why believe a Company that has ignored repeatedly the requests to monitor their discharges into a small local River. The Environment Agency should simply not have issued a permit on the basis that we do not need more Cheese. That is protecting the Environment.
Namaste and Thank You for Reading.🙏
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