RECYCLING: CONTROVERSIAL LIQUID MANURE RECYCLING PROJECT IN FRANCE.(Brief Article)

From: Europe Environment | Date: April 18, 2000 | Copyright information

The project and factory are causing considerable disquiet in Milizac, a town of 3,000 inhabitants North of Brest, where the proposed plant might be located. Town officials have joined forces with environmentalists in an association defending their quality of life, and have resolved to fight the project. A total of five or six districts are concerned by the project which has already attracted interest from 300 farmers in the region, represented by SA Val'Ouest, led by Jean-Michel Bi...

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