The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has shut down three pyrolysis factories across the country for operating without an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
An EIA evaluates the potential positive and negative environmental, social, and economic impacts of a proposed project or development to ensure sustainable growth while minimising harm to the environment.
In a statement issued on Friday, March 7, NEMA announced that it had halted operations at one facility in South C, Nairobi, and two others in Samburu and Kilifi counties.
According to the Authority, the three factories were found guilty of fugitive emissions, poor management of black carbon, and improper handling of extracted wires from tyres.
