The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has shut down three factories for operating without the required Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) licenses.
In a statement on Friday, March 7, NEMA said one of the facilities is in South C, Nairobi County while two are in Samburu, Kilifi County.
In Samburu, NEMA said the factories were engaged in recycling iron and the pyrolysis of waste tyres.
Pyrolysis is a process that involves breaking down materials at high temperatures without oxygen, often used to recover fuel from waste tyres.
Following the closure, NEMA directed the facilities to conduct emission and ambient air quality analysis to assess the environmental impact of their operations.
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"The Authority issued Improvement Notices to three pyrolysis plants for emitting fugitive emissions, poor management of black carbon, and improper handling of extracted wires from the tyres.
"The facilities were instructed to conduct emission and ambient air quality analysis to evaluate the environmental impact of their operations," the statement read.
Notably, this comes a month after NEMA shut down the Ty Woods K factory in Nakuru County.
In a statement dated Wednesday, February 5, NEMA explained that the closure was necessitated by inspections conducted on the facility.
The authority noted that various environmental pollution concerns were exposed during the inspections, adding that the factory also failed to get an Emissions License as stipulated in the Air Quality Regulations 2024.
"NEMA has closed down Ty Woods K. Ltd located at Ketigoi area, Mau Summit, Kuresoi Sub County, Nakuru County after the company failed to comply with conditions of the Environmental Restoration Order issued on 6th August 2024 followed by an inspection undertaken on 23rd January 2024.
"The facility had fugitive emissions visible from various leakages at the boiler area and the entire facility that caused an uproar among the neighbouring community due to the possible effects of such emissions," read the statement in part.
