The National Environmental Standards and Regulation Enforcement Agency, NESREA, on Friday urged manufacturers to carefully manage their waste and electronic gadgets to prevent environmental degradation.
The Director-General of NESREA, Aliyu Jauro, gave the advice at an Interactive Forum with members of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria in Lagos.
Represented by Director, Inspection and Enforcement, NESREA Miranda Amachree, noted that industrial activities of MAN had greatly contributed to the economic development of the country.
The Director-General said that proper waste management by companies could curtail the problem of arbitrary disposal of toxic wastes and pollution in the country.
He said available records showed that environmental pollution was as result of some unethical practices of the manufacturers, through the release of gadgets and effluents into the environment.
According to him, due to the hazardous nature of chemicals from industrial activities, the need for companies to go the extra mile to manage them is pertinent.
