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Lafarge Africa partners Lagos Recycler Association to commemorate World Cleanup Day

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As part of its commitment to building a sustainable planet, leading building and innovative solutions company, Lafarge Africa Plc, has commemorated the 2023 World Clean Up Day.

Championed by its Geocycle team, in conjunction with Lagos Recyclers Association, the company embarked on clean-up exercises at the popular Tejuosho Market in Lagos and Olabisi Onabanjo Market in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, to commemorate the day.

Despite the downpour, the event had a large number of Lafarge Africa staff members from Ikoyi, Opebi and Ewekoro along with representatives of Geocycle corporate customers including Julius Berger, Belpapyrus, A&P Foods, Pladis Global and NAMPAK BEVCAN as well as several volunteers participating in the cleaning exercise.

During the exercise, all kinds of waste, including plastic bottles, straws, cans, wrappers and food debris were collected. All the waste went into compostable bags ready for effective disposal and recycling.

Beyond the cleanup, the volunteers drove advocacy using local Nigerian languages such as pidgin, Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa with creative twists on sustainable waste disposal practices that will create a cleaner environment, promote better health and improve productivity.

Addressing the team and volunteers at the Lagos event, Temitope Dosumu, Head Commercial Manager, Geocycle, Lafarge Africa Plc, commended everyone who participated in the exercise for coming together and heeding the call to creating a cleaner environment.

“Today’s exercise is to sensitise people about the need to ensure a clean environment, clean up litter from the market and rid it of trash and mismanaged wastes,” Dosumu said.

This, she said, was in line with the company’s vision for a world without waste and its commitment to doing business sustainably.

“We all have the responsibility to keep our environment clean and Lafarge Africa is not left out as we remain committed to promoting a sustainable environment through our unique and innovative solutions to the problems of waste.

“This approach ensures recycling as well as the recovery of resource value that are inherent in waste.”

Also speaking at the event, Dr Femi Idowu, President, Lagos Recyclers Association (LAGRA), stated that the best way to celebrate the day was to go into markets and street corners to sensitise the people on how to clean up their environment, pick up dirt and debris that litter and pollute the environment for proper management.

Dr Idowu, while stressing the inherent value in waste, noted: “What people see as trash is actually money, suggesting that people should see the economic value in waste materials.”

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