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An appropriate waste management will be beneficial for improving environmental quality and provide business opportunities. Greenpreneurship is one of the concepts that can be beneficial for waste management and the quest for environmental sustainability. This chapter seeks to explore the concept of greenpreneurship basing on waste management, examine its fundamentals, look at the current and future trends, explore the role played by green entrepreneurship in attaining sustainable development goals, challenges encountered in developing a green business, and propose solutions for addressing them. Various case studies in architecture, agriculture, environment, and business are used for demonstrating the growth and status of green entrepreneurship today. The practical application is about green business ideas for the aspiring green entrepreneurs, while the individual matter of Achenyo Idachaba is used for more in-depth exploration of the topic. This chapter acts as a timely contribution to the Going Green initiatives by demonstrating the way businesses can orient themselves to promote environmental sustainability.
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Akinsemolu, A.A. (2020). Green Entrepreneurship. In: The Principles of Green and Sustainability Science. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2493-6_11
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