Online outrage over Silver Fern Farms' discharge into seaSUPPLIED The photo posted on Facebook of the discharge into the Pacific Ocean south of Timaru. A wastewater discharge into the sea near a meatworks plant south of Timaru has sparked outrage on social media. A photo of the discharge into the sea near Silver Fern Farms' (SFF) Pareora plant circulated on Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday. Silver Fern Farms are in the process of applying for 10-year renewal for their discharge consent. "While meat processing at Silver Fern Farms Pareora has generally been increasing over recent years, the production of wastewater is not increasing proportionally," the documents say.

Source: Stuff February 27, 2018 05:15 UTC