World Clean-up Day: Firm partners Lasgidi Recyclers to clear Lagos of waste

Rite Foods Limited has joined other organizations around the globe to mark this year’s World Clean-up Day by partnering with Lasgidi Recyclers, a Lagos based plastic waste collection company, in ridding the Iru community in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of post-consumer polyethene terephthalate (PET) bottles, plastics, and solid waste, as part of efforts at curbing environment pollution.

The clean-up exercise, which was focused on the drainages and the environment in Iru Community, housing the popular Oniru Royal Palace and Estate, was held recently on this year’s World Clean-up Day.

It reverberates Rite Foods’ commitment to intensifying awareness on proper waste disposal and separation from source to recycling the plastics as measures of eradicating the hazards caused by these wastes.

The initiative was embarked upon by staff members of the food and beverage company and the recycling company, as well as volunteers in the community who picked up and removed waste from the environment, thereby making it healthier for habitation.

Because of that, the Managing Director of Rite Foods Limited, Mr Seleem Adegunwa, posits that his company is committed to a clean environment especially a plastic waste-free environment. He added that environmental protection is an intentional project for Rite Foods Limited. “It is important we all join hands to make these vulnerable communities especially in Lagos clean,” he asserted.

In the partnership, the Co-Founder of Lasgidi Recyclers, Mrs Idu Okeahialam, said it is an opportunity to advance her course on waste collection and recycling in the pursuit of a waste-free state.

Okeahialam also affirmed that by this laudable support from the market leader in the carbonated soft drink segment, with the 12 Bigi variants, Fearless energy drink, and sausages, she would now encourage her staff, friends, and loved ones to always buy Rite Foods’ products.

In his remark, His Royal Majesty, Abdul Wasiu Omogbolahan Abisogun 11, the Oniru of Iruland, who was represented by the Councilor of Iru ward, Honourable Joel Adesola, expressed his satisfaction with the exercise and commended Rite Foods and its partner for keeping to their vision of making Lagos cleaner, especially with plastics collection which can be recycled for other valuable purposes.

“Rite Foods has taken its clean-up programme to an admirable height, and l hope the community will practice what has been learnt on proper waste disposal,” he stated.