Stakeholders harp on sustainable waste conversion initiatives to promote cleaner, greener future

The Vice-Chancellor (VC), Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Prof. Babatunde Kehinde,  has reaffirmed the university’s committedness  to sustainable discarded conversion initiatives that tin beforehand a cleaner, greener future.

Speaking astatine an lawsuit to people the 2025 International Day of Zero Waste astatine assemblage field successful Abeokuta, helium  disclosed that done accordant advocacy, research, and capacity-building, the assemblage would proceed to acceptable the gait for environmentally- conscious innovation successful Nigeria and beyond.

Represented by the Dean of College of Environmental Resources Management , Prof. Olusegun Oguntoke, the VC  commended the beingness of textile and manufacturing companies astatine the event.

He assured participants that the assemblage was unfastened to partnerships that would heighten the improvement and implementation of sustainable discarded conversion technologies.

Speaking earlier, the Team Leader of  Co-Producing Knowledge connected Sustainable Growth Through Service-Learning Pedagogy betwixt African and European Higher Educational Institutions (COPAFEU), Prof. Babatunde Bada, described the Union arsenic an planetary probe inaugural funded by Erasmus.

 He  emphasised the value of discarded utilisation successful achieving biology sustainability noting that the task supports E-Science Learning (E-SL) and the integration of non-academic actors successful countries specified arsenic Ethiopia, Tanzania, and South Africa.

Also , Chief Executive Officer of Natural Eco Capital and an alumnus of FUNAAB, Dr. Eugene Itua,while delivering his keynote code  tagged “Circular Economy Principles for Sustainable Management of Fashion and Textile Waste.” explained   that circular system principles connection applicable pathways for minimising discarded and maximising assets utilisation wrong the manner and textile worth chain.

He recalled that the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared March 30 arsenic the International Day of Zero Waste successful December 2022 to promote discarded simplification and beforehand policies that enactment the displacement towards a circular economy.

Director of Inspectorate and Compliance Monitoring astatine the Ogun State Environmental Protection Agency (OGEPA), Mrs. Oluyemisi OsinaikeIn described the circular system arsenic a departure from the accepted “take-make-dispose” model.

According to her, the conception promotes the continual reuse of materials, thereby reducing discarded and enhancing assets efficiency.

While speaking connected Metal Recycling for Sustainable Economic Development, Administrative Manager astatine Metal Manufacturing Nigeria Ltd,  Mr. Oluwasegun Alabi, explained  that that existent economical improvement indispensable beryllium environmentally sustainable noting that  economic maturation provides jobs and improves surviving standards, helium warned against the consequences of unchecked development, specified arsenic biology degradation and assets depletion.