sausagesoup Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Does anyone know if anything can be done about the abhorrant smell in Lerwick from the Heogan Fish Meal factory? I appreciate it is a good industry and employer. BUt the smell is awful sometimes and must have an impact on tourism? Is it not breaking pollution legislation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorrie Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Try phoning them up and ask them to do something about it. Frances144 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 I can't say I've ever noticed a smell from Bressay for years. You used to smell it all through the town years ago if the wind was in the wrong direction. Girzie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances144 Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Does anyone know if anything can be done about the abhorrant smell in Lerwick from the Heogan Fish Meal factory? I appreciate it is a good industry and employer. BUt the smell is awful sometimes and must have an impact on tourism? Is it not breaking pollution legislation?Seriously? What are they supposed to do? Girzie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) Da Gut Factory. I can mind it something awful when I was at the AHS twenty odd year ago. You might get a peerie whiff nooadays, but trust me, the smell is pretty much non-existant now compared to what it was then!. Edited June 5, 2014 by Kavi Ugl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdal Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 I have not noticed a smell from Heogan for years but it certainly used to be horrendous, with a very light north wind, not strong enough to blow it away, it could make your eyes water. You had to keep doors and windows firmly shut. overdahill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasmie Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Are you sure its them and no some crofter spreading environmentally firendly organic muck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 A few years back I ended up stuck in Bressay for several hours due to the ferry having to stop for weather. So, having had enough of Maryfield, we embarked on a touristic tour of the isle. Obviously the gut factory will be high on anyone's list of highlights , so there we went. I was amazed to find it operational. As others have noted, I've not noticed a whiff from Heogan for many, many years. I had actually assumed it had closed long ago. Turns out that forcing the plant to clean up its emissions was SEPA's first achievement in Shetland after being established. Back in the 70s the smell was indeed byocking, but the stinking oil in the harbour and on the beaches was even worse. Clothes affected had to be dumped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted June 7, 2014 Report Share Posted June 7, 2014 The smell was one of the things that came from Bressay that I will remember, the other was the Fog Horn. the 70's certainly had character more recently, a hangover from the many many whiskeys on offer at the Maryfield in the 90's became more noticable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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