Rite Foods Cleans up Lagos to Protect Environment

April 6, 2021
Rite Foods Alpha Beach

By Modupe Gbadeyanka

More than 110 volunteers, including members of staff of Rite Foods Limited, recently cleaned up the waters of Lagos of 1,640kg and 127.2kg of solid and recyclable waste respectively

The effort is to protect the environment, especially Lagos, where most products are of the company are consumed daily.

The team was at the popular Alpha Beach in Lekki, Lagos with locals in the community to pick up and remove plastics, solid waste and other unwanted materials from the beach.

The clean-up exercise, which was in collaboration with the Sterling One Foundation and Giving Beach Clean-up, took place on March 27, 2021, and it was to in support of the cleaner-Lagos initiative of the Lagos State Government.

A statement from representatives of the world-class proudly Nigerian foods and beverages organisation disclosed that 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, 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 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.

According to him, recyclable waste can be turned into other useful products and helps create more jobs and also keep the environment clean.

“Food and beverage packaging waste like the PET bottles end up in the wrong places, in our beaches, oceans and waterways or litter the communities where we work and live. We have a responsibility to protect the environment hence we have gathered today to clear all sorts of waste from the beach,” he stated.

The Rite Foods boss, therefore, enjoined Nigerians to dispose and separate their waste properly, in order to keep Lagos healthier for habitation.

“Keeping the environment clean should be the concern of all its citizens, and this will rid the society of certain diseases associated with a dirty environment,” Mr Adegunwa added.

The company’s effort was commended by Sterling One Foundation, the Giving Beach Cleanup team and Alpha beach community patrons.

Established in 2007, Rite Foods Limited set the pace with the commencement of the production of the high-quality family preferred Bigi soft drinks, Fearless Energy Drink and today’s market-leading brand of Rite Sausages.

The Rite Foods products line currently includes the Bigi Cola, Bigi Cherry Cola, Bigi Ginger Ale, Bigi Orange, Bigi Apple, Bigi Bitter Lemon, Bigi Soda Water, Bigi Lemon & Lime, Bigi Tropical, Bigi Chapman, Bigi Ginger Lemon, Bigi Tamarind, Fearless Redberry Energy Drink, Fearless Classic Energy Drink, Rite Spicy, Bigi Beef Sausage roll and Rite Sausage roll.

The Bigi Premium Table Water is produced with global best practices in purification for hydration, freshness, and healthy living.

Rite Foods’ disruptive innovation introduced into the energy drinks segment, the first PET packaged energy drinks, comprising the Fearless Red Berry and the Fearless Classic.

Rite Foods is perhaps the fastest-growing Foods and Beverages Company in West Africa, with the ambition of becoming Africa’s number one foods and beverages conglomerate by the year 2030.

Modupe Gbadeyanka

Modupe Gbadeyanka is a fast-rising journalist with Business Post Nigeria. Her passion for journalism is amazing. She is willing to learn more with a view to becoming one of the best pen-pushers in Nigeria. Her role models are the duo of CNN's Richard Quest and Christiane Amanpour.

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