Reporting Period · January–May 2026

Verified circular economy infrastructure for Nigeria's informal waste sector.

ACRI captures field-level material recovery data through a network of formalised informal aggregators, producing audit-grade evidence of material flow, source-collector dignity, and climate impact across African cities.

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Material Recovered
Verified through field-level transaction capture
How this is verified
Every kilogram counted here is captured at the moment of handover from source collector to Network Operator using the ACRI Field Capture App. Weight is recorded against the operator's calibrated weighing scale, with verbal confirmation between Field Data Agent and collector before submission. Transactions cannot be retroactively edited. Each record carries a tamper-evident timestamp and is structured to Verra Plastic Waste Reduction Standard and ISO 22095 Chain of Custody requirements.
Capture methodReal-time field transaction
VerificationVerbal at point of handover
Audit standardVerra PWRS · ISO 22095
Independent auditAvailable on request
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Collectors Registered
Each with ACRI ID and verified consent
How this is verified
Each registered collector is issued a unique ACRI ID (format ABJ-A2-NNNN) at the moment of formal registration. Registration captures gender, age range, primary material, and primary operating zone. Name is optional — collectors retain the right to remain anonymous while still receiving verified records of their material contributions. Consent to participate is given at registration and can be withdrawn.
Identity protectionName optional · ID always
Demographic captureGender-disaggregated · Age-banded
Consent modelAffirmative at registration · revocable
Data sovereigntyPer Network Operator Agreement
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Active Sites
Network Operators across FCT and beyond
How this is verified
Each operational site is anchored by a Network Operator — an established informal aggregator who has joined ACRI under a formal Network Operator Agreement. Agreements establish terms of partnership, data sharing protocols, and shared governance. Sites operate under their Network Operator's existing relationships and trust networks, with ACRI providing the verified data infrastructure layer.
Network Operators0 active
Years experience (avg)0 years
Geographic spreadFCT Abuja · expanding
Onboarding modelVoluntary partnership
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Offtake Partners
Chain of custody verified end-to-end
How this is verified
Material leaving each site is dispatched to registered offtakers under a structured dispatch workflow. Each dispatch generates a waybill linking specific transactions to the destination, providing end-to-end chain of custody from source collector through Network Operator to final offtake. Offtakers undergo verification before being marked Verified; new offtakers operate as Pending until verified.
Offtaker typesRecyclers · Processors · Reusers
Verification0% verified
Dispatch records0 recorded
Confirmation modelTwo-sided pending offtaker side
Material Recovery

Recovery by material category

Operational categories drawn from informal sector practice: KWALI (paper and carton), GORA (bottles), ROBA (other plastics), and KWANO (aluminium). Each transaction is captured at the point of handover with weight, condition grade, and source collector identity.

Framework Alignment

Mapped to Sustainable Development Goals and Nigeria's Circular Economy Roadmap

Every transaction captured by ACRI contributes to specific SDG indicators and the Nigeria Circular Economy Roadmap's plastic and metal recovery sectors. The data is verifiable, time-stamped, and structured for institutional reporting.

SDG 12
Responsible Consumption and Production
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Indicator 12.5.1 — Material recycling rate, by national level
Indicator Definition
SDG 12.5.1: National recycling rate, tons of material recycled. UN custodian agencies UNEP and UNSD. ACRI contributes verified field-level recovery data to this indicator at the FCT jurisdiction level, with potential to extend across additional Nigerian states.
How ACRI Maps
Material recovered at ACRI-registered sites is recorded at point of handover and tracked through to offtake destination. The figure here represents verified recovery, not estimated potential. Reporting aligned with Nigeria National Voluntary Review framework.
SDG 8
Decent Work and Economic Growth
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Indicator 8.3.1 — Informal sector workers brought into verified registration
Indicator Definition
SDG 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in non-agriculture employment, by sex. ACRI's contribution: verified registration of informal sector waste workers, producing baseline data for transitions toward formal recognition under Nigeria's Cooperative-Led EPR Model.
How ACRI Maps
Each registered collector represents a previously invisible informal worker now visible in a verified registry. ACRI ID issuance creates the documentation foundation for future cooperative membership, financial inclusion, and social protection programmes.
SDG 5
Gender Equality
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Indicator 5.5.2 — Women as proportion of registered participants
Indicator Definition
SDG 5.5.2: Proportion of women in managerial positions. ACRI extends this framework into the informal sector through gender-disaggregated registration data, surfacing women's participation in waste recovery work that is typically uncounted in formal labour statistics.
How ACRI Maps
Gender is captured at collector registration and disaggregated across all reporting. The figure here represents women's proportion of the registered collector population, providing visibility into the gender dimension of informal waste work in the FCT.
SDG 11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Indicator 11.6.1 — Operating sites contributing to urban waste recovery
Indicator Definition
SDG 11.6.1: Proportion of urban solid waste regularly collected and with adequate final discharge out of total urban solid waste generated. ACRI contributes to this indicator through verified material recovery sites within urban jurisdictions.
How ACRI Maps
Each active site is a node of verified waste recovery within the Federal Capital Territory. Site-level data feeds AEPB and FCT Ministry of Environment reporting on urban waste management, supporting the territorial mandate for sustainable city operations.
SDG 13
Climate Action
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Indicator 13.2.2 — Estimated emissions avoided through material diversion
Indicator Definition
SDG 13.2.2: Total greenhouse gas emissions per year. ACRI's contribution is calculated as emissions avoided through diverting plastic and other materials from landfill or open dumping, using illustrative coefficients pending Verra-aligned methodology certification.
Methodology Notes
Current illustrative coefficient: 2.5 tCO₂e avoided per tonne plastic diverted. Production methodology will use polymer-specific coefficients verified against Verra Plastic Waste Reduction Standard. Climate Impact Methodology document available in Downloads.
NIGERIA EPR
National Extended Producer Responsibility
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Plastic and metal recovery contributing to NESREA compliance
Framework Context
Nigeria's National Environmental (Plastic Waste Control) Regulations 2026 mandate EPR compliance for producers and packaging users. ACRI's verified recovery data supports Producer Responsibility Organisations (FBRA, others) in evidencing the recovery side of their compliance obligations.
Alignment
Directly aligned with NESREA's Cooperative-Led EPR Model proposed by Nigeria Environmental Stewardship Cooperative Society. ACRI's data infrastructure is the operational mechanism by which informal aggregator activity becomes EPR-creditable.
CE ROADMAP
Nigeria Circular Economy Roadmap (2023–2050)
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Priority sectors directly addressed: Plastics, Metals
Roadmap Context
Adopted 2023 (3 sectors), extended 2024 (7 sectors). Launched by Federal Ministry of Environment with EU, ECOWAS, Netherlands, and AfDB support. Technical development led by ACEN Foundation. ACRI's work directly addresses the Plastics and Metals sectors of the roadmap.
Strategic Position
ACRI operates as an implementation infrastructure layer beneath the roadmap's strategic objectives. The roadmap defines the policy framework; ACRI's data architecture is the verified evidence that the framework is producing measurable outcomes on the ground.
UN POWER OF DATA
High Impact Initiative — Nigeria
Active
Aligned with national data infrastructure priorities
Initiative Context
Power of Data is a UN High Impact Initiative co-led by UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNDESA, World Bank, and the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD). Nigeria is a founding 15-country participant through the National Bureau of Statistics.
ACRI Alignment
ACRI's data architecture produces the kind of verified, disaggregated, real-time data the Power of Data initiative is designed to support. Engagement with OSSAP-SDGs (Office of Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs) and NBS is the institutional pathway for inclusion.
Material composition
Cumulative recovery by material category
Cumulative recovery trend
14-day rolling network material flow
KWALI
GORA
ROBA
KWANO
Methodology

How the data is captured, verified, and made auditable

ACRI's data architecture is built for audit-grade verification from the field interface upward. Every transaction is structured, time-stamped, and traceable from source collector to offtake destination.

Four-Level Chain of Custody
Each record links four entities: Source Party (the collector), Operator (the aggregator), Transaction (the material handover), and Offtake (the destination). Every kilogram is traceable end to end.
Real-Time Field Capture
Transactions captured by Field Data Agents at the moment of material handover. No retroactive entry. No estimation. Verbal confirmation with each source collector before submission.
Source Collector Registration
Each source collector receives an ACRI ID with verified consent. Demographic data is gender-disaggregated and age-banded. Name is optional. Identity protection is built in.
Audit-Grade Verification
Data structured to meet Verra Plastic Waste Reduction Standard and ISO 22095 Chain of Custody requirements. Independent third-party audit-ready from day one.
Network Operator Agreement
Each aggregator joins under a formal Network Operator Agreement establishing terms of partnership, data sharing, dispute resolution, and shared governance.
Open Methodology
Full methodology documentation available for review. Reproducible by independent verifiers. Designed to support — not bypass — existing institutional frameworks.
Network

Where ACRI operates

Operating sites across the Federal Capital Territory and partnering aggregators. Each site is anchored by a Network Operator — an established informal aggregator with operational experience and community trust.

People

The work in their own words

ACRI is built around the dignity, recognition, and economic participation of people whose work in waste recovery has been invisible to formal systems. The data infrastructure exists to serve them, not the other way around.

"Fifteen years I have been doing this work. No one ever asked my name. Now I am ACRI-NO-001. My boys know who they are working for. My buyers know who they are buying from."
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Network Operator · Area 2, Garki Zone
ACRI-NO-001 · Operating since pre-Phase 0
"Before, when I bring plastic, they pay me what they want to pay. Now there is a receipt. There is my number. The price is on the paper. The respect is different."
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Source Collector · ABJ-A2-0002
Registered November 2025 · Wuse zone
Population characteristics
Disaggregated data across the registered collector population
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Women in the registered population
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Under 25 in the registered population
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From vulnerable or displaced groups
Ecosystem

Partners, frameworks, and institutional context

ACRI is built to complement existing institutional infrastructure, not replace it. Partnerships span regulatory bodies, formal recyclers, civil society networks, and continental finance institutions.

Regulatory
NESREA · National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency
Regulatory
FCT Ministry of Environment
Operational
AEPB · Abuja Environmental Protection Board
Compliance
FBRA · Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance
Civil Society
WAPAN · Waste Pickers Association of Nigeria
Industry
Chanja Datti · Jabi MRF
International
UNDP Nigeria · Plastic Waste Solutions Cohort
International
UN Power of Data · Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics
Continental
AfDB · Africa Circular Economy Facility
Knowledge
ACEN Foundation · African Circular Economy Network
Research
NBRRI · Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute
Operations
OSSAP-SDGs · Office of the Senior Special Assistant
Reports

Download verified reports

Pre-configured reports for institutional reporting, compliance verification, and partnership documentation. Each report draws from the same verified field-level data with audit trail intact.

Quarterly Impact Report
Full impact assessment with methodology and verification — PDF
Contents
Executive summary · Network overview · Material recovery by category · Site-level performance · Collector population characteristics · SDG indicator mapping · Climate impact estimate · Methodology and verification statement · Audit trail summary.
Reporting periodQ1 2026 · Jan–Mar
Data sourcesField Capture App · all sites
VerificationInternal · audit-ready
FormatPDF · 18–24 pages
SDG Indicator Brief
Mapped to Nigeria National Voluntary Review framework — PDF
Contents
Indicator-by-indicator mapping with methodology notes. SDG 12.5.1 (recycling rate), SDG 8.3.1 (informal employment), SDG 5.5.2 (gender disaggregation), SDG 11.6.1 (urban waste), SDG 13.2.2 (climate). Each with calculation methodology and source citation.
Indicators covered5 SDGs · 5 indicators
Reporting frameworkNigeria NVR
AudienceOSSAP-SDGs · NBS · UN
FormatPDF · 12–16 pages
EPR Compliance Evidence Pack
Material flow with chain of custody for FBRA and NESREA — PDF + CSV
Contents
Material recovery summary by polymer and category. Chain of custody documentation linking source collectors to offtake destinations. Offtaker verification status. Transaction-level audit trail for spot-checking. Compliance methodology aligned with NESREA's Cooperative-Led EPR Model.
Material typesPlastics · Paper · Metals
Custody verificationFour-level chain
AudienceFBRA · NESREA · PROs
FormatPDF summary + CSV audit trail
Disaggregated Population Brief
Gender, age, geography breakdown — PDF + CSV
Contents
Gender-disaggregated registration data. Age band distribution. Geographic distribution by zone. Vulnerable population identification (where relevant). Anonymised throughout — no individual identification. Methodology for data protection and consent compliance.
AnonymisationFull · individual-level removed
DisaggregationGender · age · zone
AudienceUNDP · UN Women · funders
FormatPDF summary + CSV detail
Climate Impact Methodology
Emissions avoidance with Verra PWRS alignment — PDF
Contents
Emissions avoidance methodology with polymer-specific coefficients. Verra Plastic Waste Reduction Standard alignment notes. Counterfactual analysis (landfill, dumping, burning). Conservative assumption rationale. Pathway to third-party verification.
Methodology basisVerra PWRS aligned
Coefficient sourcePolymer-specific · cited
AudienceAfDB · climate funders
FormatPDF · 14–18 pages
Raw Data Export
Full transaction-level data with audit trail — CSV (verifier access)
Contents
Full anonymised transaction records. Dispatch records with offtaker linkage. Collector demographic data (anonymised). Audit trail with timestamp and recording agent. Verifier-grade access — requires data use agreement before access is granted.
Access levelVerifier · DUA required
Data granularityTransaction-level
AudienceAuditors · researchers
FormatCSV with schema doc