Pure Waters

Smithfield Foods’ “fix” won’t solve the biggest swine waste problems

by Will Hendrick
Oct 26 2018

At Waterkeeper Alliance, we’ve spent decades advocating for Smithfield Foods to improve its waste management. The company announced yesterday that it would invest in cesspool covers and digesters to convert swine waste to energy. This move fails to do what we’ve long demanded: Address the problems pools of swine waste cause for North Carolina’s air ...