Rite Foods supports environmental protection initiative, urges waste recycling activities

As part of its commitment to environmental protection, Rite Foods Limited, a world-class Nigerian food and beverage company, embarked on and sponsored the clean-up of Alpha beach, a major tourist location in Lekki, Lagos,

The clean-up exercise took place in March 2021, with the Sterling One Foundation, the Giving Beach Clean-up team and Alpha Beach Community Patrons as partners.

Staff members of Rites Foods Limited were joined by 116 volunteers and locals in the community to pick up and remove plastics, solid waste and other unwanted materials from the beach, all weighing 1767.2kg

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During the clean-up, the solid waste recovered totalled 1,640kg, while polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recyclables weighed 119 kg, carton 3.0kg, nylon1.0kg and returnable glass bottle 4.2kg.

Speaking on the exercise, Seleem Adegunwa, managing director, Rite Foods Limited, affirmed that the company is committed to a cleaner and healthier environment and will continue to contribute to environmental preservation to make society habitable.

He further added that the waste recovered can be recycled into useful products which will help create more jobs and also keep the environment clean.

“Food and beverage packaging waste like the PET bottles end up in the wrong places, especially in our beaches, oceans and waterways thereby constituting hazards to aquatic lives, they also litter the communities where we work and live. We have a responsibility to protect the environment,” he stated.