Agricon Nederland

What Agricon Nederland does

Agricon Nederland BV is a Dutch circular economy services provider headquartered in Made, Netherlands (KVK 58106146), operating as a B2B intermediary that collects, transports, and processes commercial and industrial waste streams across the Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium) under VIHB registration 527906 and OVAM registration 146622. The company handles a broad base of general waste streams (paper, cardboard, glass, metals, construction debris, wood, plastics, mattresses, hazardous waste, confidential documents, food waste) and a portfolio of specialized material programs: aramide fiber recycling (post-industrial and post-consumer, closed- and open-loop, via the Aramide Recycling division at aramiderecycling.com), maritime rope take-back (Blue Label Ropes for Hendrik Veder Group), Dutch drink carton recycling (paper fiber separation from Polyal plastic with biochemical enzyme processing, demo factory planned for 2025 with Innovation Recycling and Recell), decommissioned defense uniform processing into wall panel raw material for the Ministry of Defence and Rijksvastgoedbedrijf, and rare earth metal recovery from plastic waste streams (e.g., europium) in partnership with C-Recycle, co-financed by the European Union and Just Transition Fund through July 2026. Confidential destruction services extend to medical devices using degaussing technology, in addition to paper, HDD/SSD, and electronic media destruction under customs supervision. The firm also offers circular economy consultancy, Design for Recycling and Design with Recycling advisory, and circular damage claim processing (Duurzame Schadeafhandeling) for insurance carriers, with a digital material passport layer (C_passport®, C_bank®, C_dashboard®) co-developed with Cirmar.

Agricon monetizes through professional services fees for waste collection and processing, consultancy engagements, and managed take-back systems; pricing is contact-based and not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales and direct outreach to businesses, government institutions, and insurance carriers in the Benelux region, with EU Waste Shipment Regulation (EVOA) compliant cross-border transport. The company has one named director (Eric Peterson) in the provided leadership data, no disclosed headcount, no funding rounds, and no disclosed revenue, operating as a privately held BV with no parent or external investor information available. Notable risks include the delayed bijmengverplichting (mandatory recycled content blending) flagged on the company's homepage, which pressures near-term recycling demand in the Netherlands, and the small scale of disclosed operations relative to total addressable waste streams.

Name

Agricon Nederland

Legal name

Agricon Nederland BV

Website

https://agriconnederland.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Agricon Nederland BV is a Dutch circular economy services provider that collects, transports, and recycles commercial and industrial waste streams across the Netherlands and Flanders, with specialized programs for aramide fibers, drink cartons, defense textiles, maritime ropes, rare earth metals, and confidential destruction, plus circular consultancy and material passport services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Circular Economy & Waste Management Services

NAICS

Waste Collection (56211), Waste Management and Remediation Services (562)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Source-Separated Recycling (Paper/Plastics/Metals/Glass) Processing (IMAIAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Special Waste Transfer (Tires, Mattresses, Appliances) (BPALABAG), Industrial Packaging Waste Services (Pallets, Cardboard, Film, IBCs/Drums—Non-hazardous) (EUAIAGAD)

Keywords

• Circular economy consultancy
• Waste collection services
• Industrial recycling
• Hazardous waste processing
• Material passport solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Terheijden

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Waste Collection and Processing Services: Agricon provides comprehensive waste management services to businesses, handling collection, transport, and processing of diverse waste streams. The company charges for its collection and processing services, serving as an intermediary between waste producers and certified recyclers/processors. Services are provided for hazardous waste, confidential destruction, and general waste streams in compliance with Dutch and Belgian regulations.
2. Circular Consultancy: Advisory services supporting companies in transitioning from linear to circular economy models. Includes specific waste knowledge, processing possibilities assessment, and hands-on guidance through the circular transition process.
3. Take-Back System Services: Developed Blue Label Ropes take-back system for Hendrik Veder Group, managing collection, sorting, and processing of end-of-life maritime ropes into input material for plastic or textile recycling. Creates both open and closed-loop solutions for customers.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Agricon Nederland provides end-to-end waste collection, transport, and processing services for commercial, industrial and government clients across the Netherlands and Flanders, with a strong focus on maximizing recycling and reuse into raw materials. The company supplements these core collection and recycling services with circular economy consultancy and Design for/with Recycling advisory, material passport digital services (C_passport®, C_bank®, C_dashboard® developed with Cirmar), and specialized recycling programs such as Aramide Recycling, defense uniform processing, maritime rope take-back, confidential destruction, and sustainable insurance damage processing.

Product overview

Agricon Nederland operates as a comprehensive circular economy services provider offering integrated waste management, recycling, and consultancy solutions. The core offering consists of waste collection and processing services for commercial and industrial clients across the Netherlands and Flanders, complemented by specialized recycling services for aramide fibers, maritime ropes, beverage cartons, defense uniforms, and confidential destruction. The product portfolio includes four key pillars: (1) core collection/recycling services for various waste streams, (2) circular consultancy and product design services (Design for/with Recycling), (3) material passport solutions (C_passport, C_bank, C_dashboard developed with Cirmar), and (4) specialized processing services for specific materials. The company facilitates both open-loop (waste to different products) and closed-loop (waste to original product) material cycles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Aramide Recycling: A brand of Agricon Nederland BV focused on the collection, confidential destruction, and recycling of aramide fibers from post-industrial and post-consumer products across Europe, operating open-loop and closed-loop recycling solutions.
• Blue Label Ropes

Products and services

• Afval Inzameling & Verwerking (Waste Collection & Processing) Collection and processing of commercial and industrial waste streams including residual waste, paper, cardboard, glass, metals, confidential destruction, hazardous waste, construction debris, wood, plastics, mattresses, and organic waste for businesses across the Netherlands and Flanders.
• Circulaire Consultancy (Circular Economy Consultancy) Advisory services supporting businesses in transitioning from linear to circular economy, providing specific waste knowledge, processing solutions assessment, and hands-on guidance through the circular transition.
• Product, Ontwikkeling & Design (Design for Recycling / Design with Recycling) Design consulting offering two complementary services: Design for Recycling (advising on product design to enable future reuse/recycling) and Design with Recycling (creating new products or upcycle initiatives from recovered raw materials leveraging urban mining insight).
• Materiaal Paspoorten (C_passport®, C_bank®, C_dashboard®) Digital material passport services delivered with partner Cirmar: C_passport® identifies and digitizes products and their components, C_bank® traces and maintains quality and value across the lifecycle, and C_dashboard® monitors and communicates product impact.
• Aramide Recycling Collection, confidential destruction, and recycling of aramide fibers from both post-industrial and post-consumer products across Europe using closed-loop (back to same/equivalent application) and open-loop (alternative sustainable applications) methods including shredding, cutting, pressing, and pyrolysis.
• Vertrouwelijke Vernietiging (Confidential Destruction) Secure destruction of confidential information from paper documents, hard drives (HDD, SSD), electronic devices, and medical devices such as pacemakers, using degaussing technology and destruction under customs supervision for compliant chain-of-custody.
• Duurzame Schadeafhandeling (Sustainable Damage Processing) Circular processing of waste streams arising from insurance damage claims by routing materials through Agricon's network of certified processors and recyclers, evaluating open/closed-loop and biological/technical cycle options to reduce claim costs and environmental impact.
• Blue Label Ropes — Maritieme Touwen (Maritime Rope Take-Back) Take-back system for used synthetic maritime ropes developed with Hendrik Veder Group; ropes are sorted by composition and quality and processed into input material for plastic or textile recycling, generating both open-loop and closed-loop solutions.
• Drankenkarton Recycling Concept (Beverage Carton Recycling) Recycling concept for Dutch beverage cartons developed with Innovation Recycling and Recell that separates paper fibers from plastic fractions (Polyal), separates the plastic into film, aluminum foil, and hard plastic, and converts cellulose into glucose via biochemical enzyme processing for bio-based industry.
• Zeldzame Aardmetalen Recovery (Rare Earth Metals Recovery Project) Research partnership with C-Recycle to develop economically viable methods for extracting rare earth metals such as europium from plastic waste streams, reducing dependency on primary raw materials; EU and Just Transition Fund co-financed, running until July 2026.

Quantifiable outcome

• 120 tons of textile waste processed annually, converting to approximately 12,000 square meters of construction material
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• C-Recycle (Centre for Chemical Recycling Education and Research)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025Agricon Nederland and C-Recycle are conducting joint research on extracting rare earth metals (such as europium) from plastic waste streams. C-Recycle combines advanced chemical recycling technologies with education and training for the circular chemical industry in West-Brabant. The project aims to develop efficient and economically viable extraction methods, running until July 2026 with EU and Just Transition Fund co-financing.
• CirmarcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to develop and introduce circular products through C_passport® (product identification and digitalization), C_bank® (quality and value tracking), and C_dashboard® (impact monitoring and communication). These material passport services facilitate the transition to a circular economy.
• Ministerie van Defensie (Ministry of Defence)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgricon signed an agreement with the Ministry of Defence and Rijksvastgoedbedrijf for processing decommissioned defense uniforms. Old army uniforms are processed into raw material for wall panels used in government buildings. The textiles (polyester, cotton, nylon, aramide) are converted into construction material for the built environment.
• Rijksvastgoedbedrijf (National Real Estate Agency)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the defense uniform processing project, receiving processed textile material for application as wall panels in national government buildings. This represents a concrete construction application for textile waste streams.
• Innovation RecyclingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating with Innovation Recycling to develop a recycling concept for Dutch drink cartons that can be processed into sustainable, high-quality raw materials. The joint initiative includes plans to establish a demo factory in 2025.
• RecellcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in developing drink carton recycling concept that separates paper fibers from plastic fractions (Polyal), with paper fibers processed via biochemical enzyme technology to convert cellulose into glucose. Plans for joint demo factory in 2025.
• Hendrik Veder GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloped the Blue Label Ropes take-back system for used synthetic maritime ropes. Agricon manages collection, sorting by composition and quality, and processing of end-of-life ropes into input material for plastic or textile recycling. Creates both open and closed-loop solutions.
• Aramide RecyclingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAramide Recycling is an important division of Agricon Nederland BV, providing efficient and reliable recycling services for aramide fibers. The division collects both post-industrial and post-consumer aramide products from across Europe, offering confidential destruction and both closed-loop and open-loop recycling.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Attero: Dutch waste processing company operating sorting and treatment facilities for household and commercial waste. Comparable to Agricon as a Netherlands-based processor of multiple waste streams, with stronger in-house infrastructure.
• Twence: Regional waste processor operating in Eastern Netherlands, handling collection, recycling, and waste-to-energy. Overlaps with Agricon's processing role but at regional monopoly scale rather than consultancy-led intermediation.
• AVR (Afvalverwerking Rijnmond): Rotterdam-based waste-to-energy and processing company serving the Rijnmond region. Overlaps with Agricon downstream of collection, providing residual processing capacity that Agricon's network relies on.

Broad incumbents

• SUEZ Recycling and Recovery Netherlands: Dutch arm of global waste and water major offering collection, recycling, and circular services across municipalities, commercial, and industrial customers. Broadly comparable service portfolio to Agricon but as part of a much wider international group.
• Veolia Milieu Nederland: Dutch subsidiary of global environmental services major providing waste collection, treatment, and recycling to B2B and B2G clients. Overlaps with Agricon's collection-and-processing offering as part of a much larger portfolio.

Emerging players

• Prezero: Schwarz Group's recycling and environmental services arm operating across Europe with a strong focus on closing material cycles. Comparable circular-economy orientation and multi-stream capability, with backing of a major retail group.
• Circulair Friesland: Dutch regional circular economy platform connecting businesses, governments, and knowledge institutions to develop circular projects. Closely comparable to Agricon in consultancy and partnership-driven circular program development, though more regional and convening-focused.

Others

• Bollegraaf ApS: Dutch-based supplier of recycling machinery and MRF systems. Comparable in serving the recycling ecosystem in the Netherlands and Benelux, but as equipment/technology provider rather than service intermediary.
• Circle Economy: Amsterdam-based impact organization providing circular economy metrics, advisory, and tooling (including the Circularity Gap Report). Closely comparable to Agricon in circular consultancy and tooling (analogous to C_passport®) but operating internationally and on a nonprofit model.

Direct peers

• Renewi plc: UK-listed waste management company with significant Dutch and Belgian operations covering collection, recycling, and circular economy services. Direct overlap with Agricon in collection/processing and circular positioning, but at materially larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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