Lafarge Africa celebrates 2021 Geocycle week
Lafarge Africa celebrates 2021 Geocycle week
Lafarge Africa celebrates 2021 Geocycle week
By Matthew Eloyi
Lafarge Africa Plc celebrated its 2021 Geocycle week with the theme “Think Planet, Think Solutions” to coincide with the World Clean-up Day on 18 September.
The Lafarge’s company, Geocycle partnered with the Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance (FBRA) to commemorate the World Clean Up Day with a cleaning exercise at Bariga market in Lagos.
Employees and volunteers from Lafarge Africa Plc together with volunteers from the FBRA recycling partners participated in the cleaning exercise.
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The Head of Geocycle, Lafarge Africa Plc, Daniel Adedokun remarked: “At Lafarge, our commitment to sustainability is unwavering. We drive a circular economy across everything we do, to keep materials in use for as long as possible, giving them a second life and a third and a fourth and using only what is needed to preserve nature.
Improving waste collection is fundamental to advancing the circular economy and to reducing marine litter.”
The Commercial Manager, Geocycle, Temitope Dosumu during the cleanup event said: “The purpose of today’s cleaning event is to sensitize people within Bariga community and its environs on the importance of sorting waste from source and cleaning up the environment and streets. This will go a long way to reduce the volume of waste that goes to the dump sites and drainages and will prevent poor waste management. The World Clean Up Day is a reminder that we all have a part to play in attaining a zero-waste future.”
Lafarge Africa Plc is a member of the Holcim group, the world’s leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions.
The Group is committed to building progress for people and the plant in line with the four pillars of their sustainability strategy including Climate and Energy, Circular Economy, Environment and Community.
As a Group fully committed to achieving climate targets that are validated by Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), Holcim also aims to accelerate CO2 reduction by 20 per cent.
Geocycle, which is Holcim’s waste management arm, sits on the Circular Economy pillar of its sustainability strategy.
Lafarge Africa celebrates 2021 Geocycle week
