The idyllic chalk stream 'left polluted' by a Waitrose salad supplier

The idyllic chalk stream 'left polluted' by a Waitrose salad supplier

A company that supplies salad to Waitrose and Ocado has been accused of polluting a Hampshire chalk stream with pesticides via a “temporary backdoor license” from the Environment Agency (EA).  One of Europe’s largest salad producers, Vitacress Salads Limited (Vitacress), grows watercress and operates a salad washing plant on the banks of the Bourne Rivulet, a tributary to the River Test in Hampshire.  Vitacress’s “Steve’s Leaves” salad bags, whi…