Resourceful Handling of Plastic Waste of Water and Drink Business Enterprises in Nigeria

Authors

  • Joshua F. Obisanya Institute for Entrepreneurship and Development Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
  • Folashade O. Akinyemi Institute for Entrepreneurship and Development Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

Keywords:

Greening, Environmental Sustainability, Plastic Waste, Circular Economy, Water and Drinks Business

Abstract

Interactions of business activities with the environment are on the increase around the globe nowadays. This phenomenon is known to have led to a series of environmental challenges such as pollution, climate change, erosion and depletion of natural resources. Those aforementioned issues could impair societal well-being in turn. However, global environmental stakeholders, in recent times, birthed and created awareness of the greening concept, a resourceful means to promote a healthy economy, society and environment, in business endeavours. That is. an effort to make all sorts of business enterprises, particularly manufacturing and production businesses, environmentally friendly (harm-free) via a model of production and consumption (circular economy), which involves sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials or products cum wastes. Despite the awareness of greening of business in Nigeria, the extant literature revealed that its adoption is extremely low in the country. Also, there is little or no information in the literature on greening of businesses involving water and drink production in Nigeria, in the context of resourceful plastic waste management in the business sector, which this study is set to provide. A systematic review of the literature was employed for the study to: provide an overview of plastic wastes in water and drinks businesses, identify economic/value-addition benefits of greening strategy to the business sector, pinpoint factors that are responsible for low adoption of greening strategies in the business sector of the country, and propose a framework to promote greening of the business’ plastic wastes. These findings have implications for the key stakeholders on greening of business in Nigeria – government at all levels; water and drink business owners; as well as traders and consumers of the products, to improve on promoting resourceful plastic waste management. The study will serve as a baseline information for future empirical investigation on the subject matter.

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Published

2024-07-01

How to Cite

Obisanya, J. F., & Akinyemi, F. O. (2024). Resourceful Handling of Plastic Waste of Water and Drink Business Enterprises in Nigeria. Ife Social Sciences Review, 32(1), 29–42. Retrieved from https://issr.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/issr/article/view/240