"Full Response"

Chibuku Products Limited does not discharge effluent into the Nankhaka River. CPL’s effluent discharge and disposal system is not connected to the municipal effluent treatment system because there is currently no municipality infrastructure to support this. The company pays for its effluent to be taken by tanker that has been procured by the company to a disposal site which is managed by the Lilongwe City Assembly, and CPL pays for this service.

We are aware of the effluent discharge identified and attributed to CPL in the report, but we know that does not originate from CPL but from a neighbouring facility. This is substantiated by the fact the City Assembly Inspector visited our site recently and found all drainage systems to be dry.