Speaking on the initiative, the Category
and Marketing Manager for Culinary, Nestlé Nigeria PLC, Nwando Ajene said, “Our
company is leading efforts in tackling post consumption waste management
through various initiatives including this clean-up exercise. In addition to
removing waste from the environment, we are also raising awareness and
promoting behavioral change, which are both very critical to achieving a
cleaner environment through proper waste management.
We are happy to partner with the African
Cleanup Initiative (ACI), and all the Nestlé volunteers who have come out today
to show their commitment to rejuvenating our planet.”
Also commenting during the clean-up activity,
Alexander Akhigbe, the founder of African Cleanup Initiative (ACI) mentioned
that ACI is proud to cleanup Oniwaya Market, Agege with Maggi. Volunteers from
both teams demonstrated a high level of enthusiasm that aided the effective
waste removal efforts.
This partnership with MAGGI also serves as
an added opportunity for ACI to "environgelize" for environmental
sanity and sustainability. We are also happy with the opportunity to donate
cleaning tools like packers and brooms to the market team which was supported
by Maggi.
Nestlé is committed to packaging and
delivering her products in ways that are safe to continuously protect the
environment for future generations. The company has also announced ambitious
sustainability goals to advance the health of our planet, including cutting
greenhouse gas emissions to achieve net zero by 2050.
The company recognizes that
multi-stakeholder action is required to achieve this objective and is therefore
working with partners including other stakeholders in the Food and Beverage
Recycling Alliance (FBRA), Wecyclers and Chanja Datti and ACI on the management
of post-consumer packaging plastic materials.
These collaborative efforts help to advance
Nestlé’s vision that none of its packaging, including plastics, ends up in
landfills or as litter, in oceans, lakes or rivers.
In 2021 alone, over 4,756.5TMT of plastic
waste was removed from the environment through the collection initiatives and
community projects of FBRA and Nestlé Nigeria partnerships with Wecyclers and
Chanja Datti.
A total of 99.4 Kilograms of solid waste
including 4.1 Kilograms of recyclable waste was removed from the environment
during the recent market clean-up exercise. The collected waste was segregated
and sent for further processing.