Smart Environmental

Name

Smart Environmental

Legal name

Smart Environmental Group New Zealand

Website

https://www.smartenvironmental.co.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Smart Waste Management Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Waste Collection (56211), Remediation and Other Waste Management Services (5629)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950), Refuse Systems (4953), Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900)

akta.pro primary industry

Waste Management & Smart Sanitation (Facilities) (HSAPAPAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Smart Cities & Urban Innovation Programs (Digital Planning, Civic Tech for Cities) (BPAIANAJ)

Keywords

• Smart waste management
• Waste collection services
• Recycling services
• IoT waste monitoring
• Route optimization

Headquarters

HQ city

Auckland

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Core offering

Smart Environmental provides smart waste management services for municipalities and urban centers, leveraging IoT fill-level sensors and AI-driven route optimization to monitor waste in real time and optimize collection operations. The offering addresses inefficient waste collection routes, overflow management, and sustainability compliance for government entities managing urban waste and sanitation services.

Product overview

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Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Smart Waste Monitoring

Quantifiable outcome

• Projected market growth from USD 2,733.1 million in 2024 to USD 13,986.4 million by 2035 at 16% CAGR

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Blue PlanetminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024Blue Planet acquired Smart Environmental Group New Zealand in December 2024, marking a significant consolidation move in the smart waste management industry. This acquisition reflects the ongoing trend of larger environmental services companies acquiring specialized smart waste technology providers to expand their capabilities and market reach.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Sensoneo: Sensoneo delivers smart waste management with ultrasonic fill-level sensors and analytics, addressing municipal and commercial waste collection — a direct IoT and route-optimization peer.
• Enevo: Enevo provides IoT-based waste fill-level sensors and route optimization for municipal and commercial waste collection — a direct technology and customer-overlap peer to Smart Environmental's smart waste stack.
• Bigbelly: Bigbelly manufactures solar-powered smart waste and recycling stations with embedded sensors, targeting municipalities and campuses — closely comparable on IoT-enabled sanitation hardware and municipal customers.
• Compology: Compology uses cameras and AI on waste collection trucks to monitor container fill levels and contamination — a direct AI/IoT smart waste peer serving haulers and municipalities.
• Evreka: Evreka provides IoT sensors, route optimization, and sustainability analytics for municipal waste management — directly comparable on technology stack and customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Rubicon Technologies: Rubicon offers a tech-enabled waste and recycling platform serving municipalities and haulers across North America — an incumbent smart-waste player with overlapping capabilities to Smart Environmental, though with much broader geographic reach.
• Waste Management, Inc. WM is North America's largest waste services provider with smart-waste and route-optimization initiatives at scale — a broad incumbent offering overlapping capabilities to the broader smart waste category.
• Republic Services: Republic Services is a large waste services company operating recycling and solid waste collection with increasing investment in digital and smart routing tools — a broad incumbent serving similar municipal customers.
• Waste Connections: Waste Connections operates solid waste collection and recycling services across the US and Canada — a broad incumbent serving municipalities with similar end-customers to Smart Environmental.

Regional players

• Cleanaway: Cleanaway is Australia's largest waste management company providing collection, recycling, and disposal services with growing smart-waste capabilities. Regionally adjacent and a likely peer for cross-Tasman operational benchmarking.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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