Learn waste from peoplewho do it every day.
Practical courses on waste, recycling and circularity for governments, manufacturers, banks, workplaces, recycling yards, schools and the people building businesses from waste. Taught by a working Nigerian recycling company.
Courses
Start with the course made for your work.
Each course has five modules, practice questions and a final assessment. Pass it and you receive an Earthsavers Academy Certificate of Completion.
GOVRunning Waste and Recycling Programmes
A practical course for public officers who plan, fund and run waste and recycling services in Nigeria.
For: Officers in state and federal ministries, environment and waste management agencies, and local government councils who design, procure, run or report on waste and recycling programmes.
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MFGWaste, Packaging and Circularity for Manufacturers
Cut waste costs, meet producer responsibility and report figures that stand up to scrutiny.
For: Plant managers, EHS and sustainability teams, procurement, packaging and finance staff in FMCG and general manufacturing companies in Nigeria.
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FINWaste and Environmental Risk in Lending and Investment
Spot waste risk in a credit file, finance recycling businesses well and add value to the companies you fund.
For: Credit, risk, sustainability and relationship teams in commercial banks, development finance institutions such as the Bank of Industry, microfinance banks and investors in Nigeria.
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ENTBuilding a Business from Waste
Start, run and grow a recycling business that is safe, honest, well recorded and ready for finance.
For: Entrepreneurs, small businesses, cooperatives, women's groups and young people starting or growing a recycling or waste-based business in Nigeria, including those preparing to seek loans from banks and development finance institutions.
See the courseESGWaste and ESG Essentials for All Staff
What waste and ESG really mean, the Nigerian rules in brief, and the simple daily habits that make your organisation cleaner, safer and more credible.
For: Every employee in a Nigerian company, bank, government agency or NGO, from cleaners, drivers, security and front desk staff to officers, supervisors and managers. No technical background is needed.
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ZWWZero Waste Workplace
Set up and run a zero waste programme in an office, hotel, campus, bank branch or canteen, and report results you can prove.
For: Facility managers, admin and HR leads, office managers, hotel, school and hospital operations staff, and sustainability champions who want to set up and run a zero waste programme at a site in Nigeria.
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SAFYard Safety for Recyclers
Protect your people, stock and business with simple safety habits that work in a real Nigerian yard.
For: Yard managers, supervisors, sorters, machine operators, loaders, drivers and owners of recycling yards, scrap dealers and aggregation centres in Nigeria, including informal operators moving to formal.
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SCHWaste Heroes for Schools
A practical course for teachers and club patrons who want to teach waste and recycling well, safely and for a whole term.
For: Teachers, head teachers, school club patrons, school administrators and NGO facilitators in Nigerian primary and junior secondary schools, public and private, who want to run waste education, a Waste Education Club or a school recycling project.
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Training for your team, your sector or your state.
Every course can be run for a whole organisation, as a live cohort, with reporting on who was trained and how they did.
GovernmentsState and federal agencies, ministries, local governments
Train the officers who design, run and monitor waste and recycling programmes. Or launch a state academy of your own, run on Earthsavers Academy courses and platform under your state's name.
- Officer training cohorts
- A state academy under your name
- Train the trainer
- Reports on every learner
ManufacturersFMCG and general manufacturing
Give plant, EHS, sustainability, packaging and procurement teams the skills to cut waste, meet packaging obligations and report with confidence.
- Team cohorts on site or online
- Factory waste audit support
- Packaging and producer responsibility
- Reporting readiness
Banks and development financeCommercial banks, development banks, microfinance, investors
Help credit and risk teams judge waste and environmental risk, and see the opportunity in financing recycling. Then offer the Academy to the businesses you fund, so your borrowers become better run and better at managing risk.
- Staff training for credit and risk teams
- A readiness programme for your borrowers
- Co-branded programmes for your portfolio
- Results reported per borrower
EntrepreneursSmall businesses, cooperatives, women's and youth groups
Learn to build a recycling or waste-based business that earns, stays safe and keeps the records lenders want to see.
- Self-paced online, on a phone
- Sponsored places for groups
- Yard days in Jos
- A path to finance readiness
SchoolsPupils, teachers and school clubs
Waste Heroes brings eight short illustrated episodes into the classroom, and the recycling game gives school clubs badges and a printable certificate.
- Waste Heroes for Schools, the teacher course
- Waste Heroes episodes
- The recycling game
- Waste Education Club
- Free for schools
How it works
Learn, practise, prove it.
- 1
Learn
Short lessons with real Nigerian examples, on a phone or a laptop, at your own pace.
- 2
Practise
Questions at the end of every module, with the reasoning behind each answer.
- 3
Pass
A final assessment, marked on our servers, with a pass mark of 70%.
- 4
Show it
A certificate with a unique ID and QR code, and a page anyone can use to check it.
What we teach to
Built on recognised standards and Nigerian law.
Our courses explain and apply these frameworks in plain words, with Nigerian examples.
Earthsavers Academy certificates confirm that a learner completed a course and passed its assessment. They are not ISO certification and do not certify an organisation against any standard; that is done only by accredited certification bodies.
Talk to us
Bring the Academy to your organisation.
Tell us who you'd like to train. We'll reply on WhatsApp with options, timelines and costs.
Check a certificate
Every Earthsavers Academy certificate has an ID. Enter it with the learner's name to confirm it's real.