By Bisola Adeyemo
Rite Foods Limited, a Nigerian foods and beverages company, has sponsored the cleanup of the Alpha beach, in Lekki, Lagos State, where 1,640kg and 127.2kg of solid and recyclable waste were cleared, as part of efforts to clean up the environment and supporting the Lagos State Government cleaner-Lagos initiative.
The clean-up exercise was in collaboration with the Sterling One Foundation and Giving Beach Clean-up took place on March 27, 2021.
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.
The solid waste recovered totalled 1,640kg, while polyethene terephthalate (PET) recyclables weighed 119 kg, carton 3.0kg, nylon1.0kg and returnable glass bottle 4.2kg.
The cleanup was part of the company’s contribution to a cleaner environment and the preservation of one of Lagos beaches known as Alpha beach, which serves as a tourist location in Lagos State, where fun seekers go to for relaxation, picnics, parties and other forms of social engagements.
Speaking on the exercise, the Managing Director of Rite Foods Limited, Mr Seleem Adegunwa, affirmed that the company is committed to a cleaner and healthier environment and will continue to contribute to environmental preservation to make the society habitable, especially in our communities and public spaces.
He stated that the project is to ensure that the solid and packaging wastes do not end up in the ocean from the beach, thereby constituting hazards to aquatic lives and for people that make use of the ocean for other activities, daily times reports
According to him, recyclable waste can be turned into other useful products and helps create more jobs and also keep the environment clean.