Ogijo Pollution: NESREA Threatens To Shut Down Non-Compliant Recyclers

NESREA Threatens to Revoke Licenses of Errant Recycling Facilities - Voice of Nigeria Broadcasting Service

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has warned that recycling facilities in Ogijo Community, Ogun State Southwest Nigeria that fail to comply with environmental remediation protocols will face revocation of their operational licenses. The warning follows growing concerns over unsafe practices by battery and scrap metal recyclers in the Community, including improper disposal of hazardous slag, uncontro…

Ogijo Pollution: NESREA Threatens To Shut Down Non-Compliant Recyclers

The Director-General of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Prof. Innocent Barikor, has threatened to revoke the operational licenses of recycling facilities that refuse to comply with the agreed protocol for remediation of Ogijo Community in Ogun State. Barikor gave the warning during a meeting with recyclers whose facilities were sealed in a recent clampdown on recalcitrant facilities in the South …