Local road littered with chicken waste after spill

The Crumlin Road/Station Road junction near Ballinderry. Pic by Google

A local resident has recalled how he came across a horrific scene near Ballinderry this week after a lorry containing chicken waste and body parts spilled some of its contents onto the Crumlin Road.

Poultry firm Moy Park - which uses outside companies to transport the waste - described the incident as ‘unacceptable’ and confirmed they would be taking appropriate corrective measures.

Local man Ashley Dunwood told the Ulster Star that he had noticed a bad smell on the Crumlin Road near the junction with the Station Road on Tuesday.

Ashley said: “There was two men doing work on the house earlier, there was this absolutely awful stench. They said it was a lorry drove up the road just there now and left that smell.

“I couldn’t understand why the smell had lingered, 10 minutes later the smell was just as bad.

“On the Crumlin Road there was a pile of waste, the size of a really good-sized living room, full of chicken waste, heads, guts, feathers and feet.”

It was revealed that the truck belonged to contractors, hired by poultry processing firm Moy Park.