What Schneider Umweltservice does

Schneider Umweltservice AG is a fourth-generation, family-owned Swiss environmental services company headquartered in Meilen, Switzerland, operating continuously in the waste management and recycling sector since 1905. The company provides container (Mulde) rental in 10+ formats from 1 m³ to 36 m³, scheduled collection logistics, specialized disposal (medical, asbestos, document destruction), recycled construction aggregates (Kies), and gastronomy waste services to construction/garden contractors, trade and industry, gastronomy/hospitality, municipalities, and private households across the Zürich, Zug, and Lucerne regions. Distribution is hybrid — direct field sales for enterprise accounts, an online ordering platform and customer portal for self-service, and 11 recycling centers plus 16+ collection points for physical drop-off.

The business model is transaction-based, with pay-as-you-go pricing tied to actual disposed volume (per m³ and per tonne) and additional surcharges for weekends, night service, and excess handling time, supplemented by revenue from selling recovered materials (metals, paper, wood, card) and alternative fuels (EBS) to cement manufacturers. Schneider operates a vertically integrated circular-economy stack: it collects waste via its container service and 130-truck daily fleet, processes mixed commercial waste at its NIR-enabled sorting facility in Volketswil (35,000+ tonnes/year in its first year, extracting 20% recyclables and converting up to 50% to alternative fuels), and channels non-recyclable fractions as EBS to cement plants — a 70% total material recovery rate. The company is mid-transition to an emissions-free fleet (25 electric trucks deployed as of October 2025, targeting 90% by 2029), supported by 800 kW of installed EV charging infrastructure (in partnership with Scania Schweiz AG) and 11,800 rooftop solar modules across its facilities that produce on the order of 1.7 million kWh annually. It holds ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, and a climate protection certificate, and was awarded 2nd place at the Prix SVC Zürich 2024. The company is controlled by owner René Schneider and led by Geschäftsführer Rico Sommerhalder.

Name

Schneider Umweltservice

Legal name

Schneider Umweltservice AG

Website

https://umweltservice.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1905

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Schneider Umweltservice AG is a fourth-generation Swiss family-owned environmental services company (founded 1905) operating 11 recycling centers and a 130-truck fleet across Zürich, Zug, and Luzern, providing container rental, waste collection, automated sorting, and material recovery to commercial and private customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management and Recycling Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Materials Recovery Facilities (56292), Hazardous Waste Collection (562112)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Recycling Transfer & Consolidation (Single-Stream, Dual-Stream, Source-Separated) (EUAIABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Packaging Waste Services (Pallets, Cardboard, Film, IBCs/Drums—Non-hazardous) (EUAIAGAD), Industrial Hazardous Waste Services (Manufacturing, Refineries, Metals, Automotive) (EUAIAFAG)

Keywords

• Waste management services
• Recycling services
• Container rental
• Construction waste disposal
• Industrial waste recycling

Headquarters

HQ city

Meilen

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices16 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Container/Mulde Rental and Collection Services: Rental of various container types (standard, press, wash, roll containers) with collection and disposal services. Pricing based on volume (m³) and actual disposed quantity. Additional fees for overtime, weekend service, and empty pickups.
2. Material Processing and Recycling: Processing of collected materials with revenue from selling recycled materials (metals, wood, card, paper) and alternative fuels to cement plants and manufacturing facilities.
3. Gravel and Construction Materials: Delivery of recycled construction aggregates (Kies) and removal services. Minimum order 0.5t with delivery fees.
4. Online Shop: E-commerce platform for container ordering and services. Payment via invoice.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Schneider Umweltservice is a Swiss environmental services company providing comprehensive waste management and recycling solutions. Its core offerings include container (Mulde) rental and collection in 10+ types and sizes from 1 m³ to 36 m³, eleven recycling centers that accept, sort, and process waste streams, scheduled collection logistics for commercial and municipal customers, and specialized disposal services for medical, hazardous, gastronomy, and construction waste. The company also sells recycled construction aggregates (Kies) and operates an automated sorting facility that extracts recyclables and converts residual material into alternative fuels (EBS) for cement plants.

Product overview

Schneider Umweltservice is a Swiss environmental services company operating as a recycling-pioneer with over 120 years of history (founded 1905) in its core businesses of transportation and recycling facility operations. The company's product portfolio centers on comprehensive waste management and recycling services organized around several interlocking offerings: (1) a Muldenservice providing skip/container solutions in 10+ types (Standard, Sperrgut, Schlamm, Deckel, Aufsatz, Flach, Press, Wasch, Rollcontainer, and others) in sizes from 1 m³ to 36 m³, including compaction and cleaning variants; (2) eleven Recycling-Center locations across the Zürich, Zug, and Luzern regions that process waste and return materials to the circular economy; (3) specialized disposal services for sectors including gastronomy/hospitality, hospitals/special waste, construction, asbestos, and events; (4) collection logistics and route-based pickup services; (5) a network of public Sammelstellen and mobile collection vehicles serving private households; and (6) supplementary digital and infrastructure services including an online customer portal (Kundenportal), an online shop, an e-Grümpelbus rental, electric vehicle charging infrastructure (E-Ladeparks), and a proprietary sorting facility. As a recent brand extension, Schneider launched the 'Essence of Circularity' own fragrance collection in April 2026 — its first consumer lifestyle product. The company is also in a fleet electrification phase transitioning to an emissions-free vehicle fleet by 2029, with self-generated solar power from rooftop PV installations on its recycling centers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Muldenservice (Container Service) Rental and collection of various skip/container types (Standardmulden, Sperrgutmulden, Schlammmulden, Deckelmulden, Pressmulden, Waschmulden, Rollcontainer, and others) in sizes from 1 m³ to 36 m³ for commercial and private customers, with online ordering and fair billing by actual disposed quantity.
• Recycling-Center Operations Eleven recycling centers across the Zürich, Zug, and Luzern regions (Baar, Perlen, Adliswil, Bülach, Kriens/Herrenallmend, Rotholz Uetikon am See, Volketswil Hard Nord/Süd, Regensdorf, and Chrüzegg) accepting and processing waste volumes and returning materials to the circular economy.
• Sammellogistik (Collection Logistics) Scheduled collection logistics for commercial and municipal customers including route planning, scheduled pickups, and waste transportation from customer sites to recycling centers.
• Kies & Abfuhren (Recycled Aggregates and Excavation Removal) Supply of recycled construction aggregates (Kies) compliant with BAFU guidelines and removal of excavation material, delivered by silo truck (minimum 18 tonnes) or by skip (minimum 0.5 tonnes).
• Kran- & Baustellenfahrzeuge (Crane and Construction Vehicles) Crane and construction vehicle services for heavy material handling on construction sites including skip placement, exchange, and removal.
• Spital- & Sonderabfälle (Hospital and Special Waste Disposal) Specialized disposal of medical/hospital waste, infectious waste, pathology waste, irradiated materials, and other hazardous waste streams requiring special handling and regulatory compliance.
• Räumungen (Clearance and Clean-up Services) Commercial and private clearance and clean-up services including removal of all waste fractions with professional on-site sorting and disposal.
• Entsorgung für Events (Event Waste Disposal Concepts) Custom disposal concepts for events including mobile container solutions, scheduled collections, and post-event clean-up.
• Aktenvernichtung (Document Shredding) Secure document shredding and destruction services for businesses and organizations, with compliant destruction of sensitive papers and certificate of destruction.
• Asbest/Eternit Disposal Specialized collection and disposal of asbestos and eternite materials with strict regulatory-compliant handling, transport, and disposal procedures.
• Gastro Recycling (Gastronomy Waste Disposal) Specialized gastronomy and hospitality waste disposal including collection containers for hot (up to 110°C) kitchen waste, fats, and food residues, with sealed containers preventing liquid leakage and odors and on-site disinfection.
• Öffentliche Sammelstellen (Public Collection Points) Network of public collection points across the service area (Baar, Küsnacht, Erlenbach, Rotholz, Pfäffikon ZH, Volketswil) accessible to private households for waste disposal with favorable opening hours.
• e-Grümpelbus (Electric Junk Removal Bus Rental) Electric junk/removal bus available for half-day or full-day rental to private customers; customers load the bus with unwanted items and return it full, and Schneider handles removal and proper disposal.
• Sortieranlage Volketswil (Automated Sorting Facility) Automated mixed waste sorting facility at the Volketswil recycling center using ballistic separation and NIR technology to extract recyclables and produce alternative fuels (EBS) for cement plants; processes 35,000+ tonnes annually with a 70% material recovery rate (20% recyclables plus 50% alternative fuels).
• Essence of Circularity Duftkollektion (Fragrance Line) Limited-edition own-brand fragrance line with three scents (Fresh Compost, Old Paper Breeze, Metallic Musk) representing the circular economy, sold at weighing stations and selected retailers; the company's first branded consumer lifestyle product.

Quantifiable outcome

• 70% material recovery rate from mixed waste (20% recyclables + 50% alternative fuels)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Scania Schweiz AGcoreTechnology or Integration · 12 November 2024Partnership for electric truck charging infrastructure. Scania installed two Power Units with 8 total charging points (800 kW capacity) at Volketswil location. Enables simultaneous overnight charging of multiple E-LKWs. Partnership supports goal of 90% electric fleet by 2029.
• TerraRail Modalsplit AGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2024Rail transport network for excavated materials from construction sites. Schneider Umweltservice is founding partner alongside HASTAG (Zürich) AG and Eberhard Bau AG. Enables compliance with Zurich canton requirement for rail transport of excavation materials over 25,000 m³. Toggenburger AG joined as additional partner for Winterthur region.
• Zementwerke (Cement Works)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with cement manufacturing plants to supply alternative fuels (EBS - Ersatzbrennstoffe) produced from processed waste. Enables thermal utilization of non-recyclable materials while displacing fossil fuels. Growing demand due to coal price increases and Climate Strategy 2050.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Entsorgung + Recycling Zürich (ERZ): City of Zürich's municipally owned waste management organization providing collection, recycling, and special-waste services in the same Zürich market where Schneider is headquartered, with directly overlapping residential, commercial, and hazardous-waste offerings.
• Kehrichtverwertung Zürcher Oberland AG (KEZO): Waste-to-energy operator in the Hinwil/Zürich-Oberland corridor that processes combustible fractions from regional haulers, including material streams that compete with Schneider's EBS offtake and sorting-facility residuals in the same catchment area.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Umweltservice Schweiz AG: Swiss arm of global environmental-services major Veolia, offering collection, recycling, and hazardous-waste services across multiple Swiss cantons with a broader portfolio; competes for the same industrial, municipal, and special-waste contracts Schneider serves.
• SUEZ (Switzerland operations): Global water-and-waste major with Swiss recycling, collection, and special-waste activities that overlap with Schneider's container, materials-recovery, and regulated-waste offerings, though as part of a much wider service portfolio.
• Remondis GmbH: Largest privately held waste- and recycling-services company in Europe, operating across collection, sorting, and raw-material recovery — a broad benchmark for Schneider's mulden/collection-plus-MRF model, though at vastly greater scale and geographic reach.
• Biffa plc: UK-listed integrated waste-management company covering commercial collection, recycling, and special waste — a comparable public-market bellwether for revenue mix, multi-site MRF economics, and electrification strategy.
• Waste Management, Inc. Largest North American integrated waste-services company with collection, transfer, recycling, and renewable-energy offtake — a global benchmark for the container-collection + materials-recovery + alternative-fuel model Schneider is scaling in Switzerland.
• Renewi plc: Netherlands/UK-listed 'waste-to-product' company operating collection, sorting, and secondary-material recovery across Europe; directly comparable business-model thesis to Schneider's mulden-plus-sorting value chain.
• Stericycle, Inc. US-listed specialist in regulated medical, hazardous, and document-destruction services — comparable for the Spital-/Sonderabfälle and Aktenvernichtung lines in Schneider's portfolio, though at vastly greater scale and geography.

Direct peers

• AVG Galgenen (Abfallentsorgungs-Gesellschaft): Regional Swiss waste-disposal and recycling operator in the Schwyz/Innerschweiz corridor offering collection and materials-recovery services comparable to Schneider's Muldenservice and recycling-center business in the same Swiss German-speaking market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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