Rite Foods, the Nigerian food and beverage maker, has set 2030 as the year by which none of the waste from its operations will go to landfill. Ekuma Eze, its head of corporate affairs and sustainability, announced the target at an event with the Ogun State Waste Management Authority (OGWAMA) to mark World Cleanup Day on 19 September 2026.
The company gave 600 coveralls to street sweepers in Ogun State, where it operates, and said about 30 per cent of the material in them came from its own waste. Eze said the partnership with OGWAMA will continue for as long as Rite Foods stays in business. The cost of the programme and of reaching the 2030 target was not disclosed.
Where the company stands
Rite Foods reports that solid waste per litre of beverage fell 27 per cent in 2025, from 10.6 grams to 7.71 grams, and that its waste recovery rate reached 97.44 per cent. The figures come from its 2025 sustainability report, which the company says was independently assured. They do not make clear how much waste still goes to landfill, which is the quantity the 2030 target addresses.
What the waste becomes
The company says it has turned waste materials into the coveralls and discarded product labels into school bags, which have reached more than 2,000 pupils in underserved communities. Labels are one stream among many. The target depends on finding a use for the rest of what its plants discard, and Eze said the aim is for all operational waste to be reused, repurposed or recycled.
The state’s role
Farouk Akintunde Adeniyi, the governor’s special adviser on environment and managing director of OGWAMA, called for residents, companies and other groups to share the work of keeping the state clean. Kafayat Lawal, the state’s permanent secretary for environment, urged other companies to follow Rite Foods. OGWAMA also runs a scheme under which residents are paid for recyclable waste, the supply side that any manufacturer’s recovery target relies on.
What to watch
No interim milestones for the 2030 target have been reported. The measure to watch is landfill tonnage in the company’s next sustainability report, because the reported 2025 figures give a recovery rate but not the amount still sent for disposal. Without that number, progress toward zero cannot be checked from outside.
