{"id":468524,"date":"2018-02-28T19:50:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/28\/epa-closes-down-toxic-la-rubber-factory\/"},"modified":"2018-02-28T19:50:46","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:50:46","slug":"epa-closes-down-toxic-la-rubber-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/28\/epa-closes-down-toxic-la-rubber-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA closes down \u2018toxic\u2019 La rubber factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Wednesday, 28 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-28<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/73189633.295.jpg\" alt=\"Toxic Plastic\" title=\"Toxic Plastic\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Some plastic waste substances to be recycled<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519847446_73_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has shut down Edisaw Company limited, a plastic manufacturing factory in the La Dadekotopon Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, which has been cited for serious air pollution.<\/p>\n<p>This follows Citi News\u2019 report on how the operation of the factory was affecting residents in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The residents had complained about the health challenges the factory exposes them to and called for its closure.<\/p>\n<p>Director of Public Affairs at EPA, Angelina Mensah, told Citi News that the factory was closed down because it was operating without permit. \u201cWe served them a notice in a letter we gave to them on February 27, 2018, approximately around 7:00 in the morning\u2026they do not have a permit. All other things are not secondary though, but if you do not have a permit we close your factory down immediately because you are working out of context. You haven\u2019t complied to the laid down rules and regulations of EPA and the country of Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said the company cannot operate again until the managers of the factory take steps to get a permit, adding that even if the permit is granted, they will certainly be relocated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will not operate again until they come to have discussions with EPA and considering the fact that the community complained about the fumes and pollution, they will pay for us to undertake certain kinds of studies and let them remedy the problem. But I think from the look of things, they have to relocate,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Edisaw Company Limited manufactures takeaway packs, toilet rolls, as well as plastic and polythene bags.<\/p>\n<p>A group of residents in the area have for the past few years complained about the activities of the company.<\/p>\n<p>EPA had closed some factories in recent times following Citi News report on the health hazards posed to residents.<\/p>\n<p>They include the Happy Sunshine Company, producers of La Vonce tomato paste at Kuntunse, and the shutting down of the plastic processing unit of the Shinefeel Ghana Company Limited at Asutuare in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 35 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Wednesday, 28 February 2018 Source: citifmonline.com 2018-02-28 Some plastic waste substances to be recycled The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has shut down Edisaw Company limited, a plastic manufacturing factory in the La Dadekotopon Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, which has been cited for serious air pollution. 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