KreisAbfallVerwertungsGesellschaft

Name

KreisAbfallVerwertungsGesellschaft

Legal name

EMiL Entsorgungswirtschaft Minden-Lübbecke AöR

Website

https://kavg-ml.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Waste Management

NAICS

Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562219), Waste Collection (56211), Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Subtitle: Waste Treatment & Disposal — Sub-industries (L4) (EUAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Leachate Collection & Treatment Services (BPALACAI), Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection & Transfer (BPALABAF)

Keywords

• Municipal waste management
• Recycling services
• Composting facility
• Biowaste treatment
• Renewable energy generation

Headquarters

HQ city

Hille

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Waste Collection and Disposal Fees: EMiL AöR operates as a public law institution (Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts) providing waste management services to the district of Minden-Lübbecke. Revenue is generated through municipal waste disposal fees charged to households, businesses, and public institutions for waste collection, treatment, and disposal services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

EMiL Entsorgungswirtschaft Minden-Lübbecke AöR is a municipal waste management utility providing collection, recycling, treatment, and disposal services to households, businesses, and public institutions across the Kreis Minden-Lübbecke district. Its operations span the Ressourcenzentrum Pohlsche Heide (housing the MBA mechanical-biological treatment facility, composting plant, landfill, and recycling yards), Wertstoffhöfe in Lübbecke and Hüllhorst, the Heizkraftwerk Minden combined heat and power plant, the Sickerwasser-Kläranlage Heisterholz leachate treatment plant, an in-house Umweltlabor, and an in-house fire brigade, producing saleable compost, potting soil, and mulch products while supplying renewable energy to neighboring facilities.

Product overview

EMiL Entsorgungswirtschaft Minden-Lübbecke AöR is a modern municipal waste management utility operating as a public-law institution owned by Kreis Minden-Lübbecke. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of waste collection, treatment, and recycling services centered around its flagship Ressourcenzentrum Pohlsche Heide facility. The product portfolio includes digital service portals (Sperrmüll-Portal and Grünabfall-Portal) for scheduling bulky and green waste collection; biological waste treatment and composting operations producing marketable products like Humus aus dem Mühlenkreis, peat-reduced Blumenerde, and Mulchprodukte; mechanical-biological waste treatment (MBA); and energy generation through the Heizkraftwerk Minden combined heat and power plant. Additional facilities include Wertstoffhöfe (resource recovery centers), a modern landfill, leachate treatment plant, environmental laboratory, and in-house fire brigade. The company also runs the public awareness campaign #WIRFUERBIO to promote correct bio-waste separation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Humus aus dem Mühlenkreis: Humus products marketed under this brand name from the composting facility at Pohlsche Heide.
• #WIRFUERBIO

Quantifiable outcome

• Through EMiL AöR waste processing activities, significant quantities of CO2 are saved annually through recycling and composting operations.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ASA e.V. (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Stoffspezifische Abfallbehandlung)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerASA e.V. is a professional association focused on material-specific waste treatment. EMiL AöR participates in this industry organization to share knowledge and advance waste treatment practices. ASA publishes environmental communications and promotes the role of waste management in climate protection.
• Verbraucherzentrale Nordrhein-WestfalencoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership for the 'Mülltrennung wirkt' initiative (Deutschland trennt campaign), which is the largest nationwide awareness action for proper waste separation. EMiL co-hosts showtruck events with the consumer advice center to educate citizens.
• BGK (Bundesgütekraft)minorOthersGerman quality association for composting, represented through kompost.de.
• InwesDminorOthersIndustry association membership displayed in partner logos section.
• ITADminorOthersIndustry association for waste management companies, displayed in partner logos section.
• KlimabündnisminorOthersClimate alliance partnership supporting climate protection initiatives.
• CREeDminorOthersRegional development organization displayed in partner logos section.
• OWL (OstWestfalenLippe GmbH)minorOthersRegional economic development organization for OstWestfalenLippe region.
• VHE NordminorOthersAssociation of composting and waste treatment companies in northern Germany.
• VKU (Verband kommunaler Unternehmen)coreOthersNational association of municipal utilities representing public service providers including waste management companies.
• Umweltberatungsstelle MindenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEMiL AöR cooperates with the environmental advisory service Minden for waste separation tips and consumer education.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ALBA Group: Berlin-headquartered recycling and environmental services group with collection, sorting, and material-recovery operations across Germany — comparable services at much broader geographic and corporate scale.
• Remondis: Largest private-sector waste and recycling company in Germany, offering collection, treatment, and energy-from-waste across multiple regions — overlaps with EMiL's service lines but at national/international scale.
• Veolia Umweltservice: German subsidiary of Veolia providing municipal and commercial waste collection, treatment, and disposal — directly comparable integrated services with national footprint.
• PreZero: Recycling and waste management division of the Schwarz Group, operating collection, sorting, and treatment across Germany — a broad incumbent with overlapping services to municipal customers.
• SUEZ Deutschland: German arm of the global SUEZ group, providing waste collection, treatment, and recycling services to municipalities and industry — an established incumbent with overlapping capabilities.

Regional players

• Berliner Stadtreinigung (BSR): Municipal waste management utility owned by the State of Berlin, operating collection, recycling, and street cleaning — a direct functional peer to EMiL but at much larger scale in a different German city.
• Stadtreinigung Hamburg (SRH): Hamburg's municipal waste and street-cleaning utility. Directly comparable business model (public-law waste utility with collection, recycling, and energy recovery) but in a different geography and larger scale.
• Abfallwirtschaftsbetriebe München (AWM): Munich's municipal waste management operator handling collection, recycling, and treatment for the city of Munich — a comparable public-utility waste operator with a similar integrated service model.

Others

• MVV Energie: Mannheim-based municipal utility operating a large waste-to-energy (CHP) plant — comparable in the energy-from-waste capability EMiL operates at its Heizkraftwerk Minden, but with a primary utility/energy business model.

Direct peers

• KreisAbfallVerwertungsgesellschaft Main-Kinzig (KAVG-MKK): District-level (Kreis) municipal waste management company in Main-Kinzig, Hesse, operating a comparable AöR-style model with treatment, recycling, and energy recovery — a near-identical functional and structural peer to EMiL.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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