We didn't start with waste. We started with a question nobody was answering.
Why does a country generating this much recyclable material have almost no infrastructure to move it? Utopia Crest Limited (RC 1503068) was founded in Port Harcourt in 2018 to be that missing infrastructure, the collection networks, the financing, and the market access that turn a waste problem into a working economy.
We don't collect waste. We built the system that makes collecting it worth doing.
Three structural commitments that define how we work and what we build.
Vision
A Nigeria where no recyclable material goes to waste, where the value of what's recovered flows back to the people who collected it, at scale.
Mission
To build and operate the collection networks, financing rails, logistics systems, and technology platforms that turn individual recyclers into bankable entrepreneurs and recycling into a formal, scalable sector.
Approach
We operate directly, owning the infrastructure, running the training, issuing the financing, and managing the off-taker relationships, rather than advising from a distance. We are operators first.
Measured in tonnes, not slides.
How we got here
Incorporated in Port Harcourt
Utopia Crest Limited registered (RC 1503068) with a mandate to build the missing infrastructure layer for recycling in Nigeria.
Ecosystem built in phases
Collection networks, training curriculum, WasteMonie platform, and financing facility built and deployed across Rivers State phase by phase.
Active across Rivers State
7 active collection centres, 97 trained entrepreneurs, 35,000+ tonnes recovered, and the Green Growth Facility actively advancing working capital.
Multi-state expansion
Scaling proven infrastructure playbook beyond Rivers State — more regions, more collectors, more market access.
Leadership
Partner ecosystem