Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance (FBRA) Partners UNIDO to Train Recyclers, Manufacturers on Plastic Recycling

 

In order to curb the growing menace of plastic waste products in our society and promote a healthy, cleaner and safer environment in Nigeria, the Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance (FBRA), in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), held a seminar to raise awareness on how to "Promote Sustainable Plastic Value Chains Through Circular Economy Practices for Recyclers Project" in Abuja. The technical seminar which was aimed at creating a collaboration between relevant sectors in Nigeria on how to reduce the leakages of plastic into the environment

FBRA, which has Nestlé as a member is poised towards having a safer environment where the incidence of plastic leakage will be mitigated. 

Participants to the epoch training included relevant stakeholders across the plastic value chain in Abuja and other states in northern Nigeria. Also in attendance were representatives from FBRA’s member companies, Plastic Waste Value Players: Waste pickers, Collectors, Aggregators, Recyclers and Off-takers. representatives from UNIDO. NESREA and the Federal Ministry of Environment were also present to lend their voices to a cleaner environment where the negative impacts of plastic leakages will be reduced to the bearest minimum in our society.  

Topics discussed during the technical sessions include Resource Efficient, Cleaner Production and its Benefits, Circular Economy, and Plastic Packaging. According to UNIDO Project Manager, Nishio Nahomi, the importance of promoting sustainable plastic value chains through circular economy practices for recyclers project for Nigeria is enormous.  

Contributing was Assistant Director, Plastics Waste Control at National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Mr. Chukwudi Nwabuisiaku, who spoke on the need to adopt circularity within the plastic value chain. He also reassured the participants of the NESREA’s unwavering support for the success of the Promoting Sustainable Plastic Value Chains Through Circular Economy Practices for Recyclers project.

Recommendations include the demonstration of Circular Economy through Resource Efficiency and Cleaner Production (RECP) assessments, adoption of innovative technology and partnership with pilot companies committed to exploring Japanese improvement options.

Participants expressed their appreciation of the training and the impact it would have on their businesses and the environment at large.