Elias Valavanis

What Elias Valavanis does

Citizen Recycle is a Greek recycling and confidential destruction services provider founded in 2021 and headquartered in Nigrita, Serres, with a secondary branch office in Athens. The company operates a multi-material collection and processing service covering paper, plastic caps, electrical appliances, electronic equipment, lamps, toner and ink cartridges, CDs/DVDs, radiographic films, car spark plugs, cables, and metals. It complements recycling with confidential destruction services for files, documents, electronics, and radiographic films, plus secure transportation and logistics services described as supporting the operational chain. Service access is delivered via direct doorstep pickup, phone and email intake, a partner login portal (my.citizenrecycle.gr), and a web-based content footprint.\n\nThe customer base is structurally distributed across three segments: individual citizens and SMBs requiring convenient recycling or secure disposal in the Serres region, business entities needing compliance-driven recycling and confidential destruction, and schools participating in a reward-based recycling program that issues stationery and office supplies in exchange for collected recyclables, managed through a Reward Recycling Management System with school-specific access codes. The company's go-to-market is community-led rather than digital-led, relying on local awareness, school engagement, and partner networks rather than performance marketing or enterprise sales motions. The flagship 2024 pilot offering free doorstep collection of electrical appliances and books is explicitly free to the user, which signals a market-development phase rather than a transactional revenue model.\n\nAs a private company with no disclosed funding rounds, ownership structure, executive team, pricing, or financials in the public record, Citizen Recycle presents as an early-stage regional operator. No certifications, patents, trademarks, or enterprise customer logos are documented. Revenue mechanics are not disclosed but, given the free core service and absence of disclosed pricing, likely depend on a mix of material resale, processing fees, and potential municipal or government subsidies. Geographic scope is currently limited to the Serres prefecture with a satellite presence in Athens, indicating a regional rather than national footprint at this stage.

Name

Elias Valavanis

Legal name

Citizen Recycle

Website

https://valglass.gr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Citizen Recycle is a Greek recycling and confidential destruction services provider founded in 2021. The company serves individual citizens, businesses, and schools in the Serres region with multi-material collection, secure document destruction, and logistics services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management & Recycling Services

NAICS

Waste Collection (56211)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Recycling & E-Waste Collection/Hauling (HSAKALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Consumer Electronics Recycling (TVs, AV, Small Electronics) (BPALAIAH), Printer, Copier & Imaging Equipment Recycling (MPS Returns) (BPALAIAJ), Consumer E-waste Collection & Take-Back Programs (EUAIAIAA), E-Waste (WEEE) Collection, Refurbishment & Recycling (IMAIAFAH)

Keywords

• Recycling services
• Confidential destruction
• Waste management
• Electronic waste recycling
• Document destruction

Headquarters

HQ city

Lárisa

HQ country

Greece

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Recycling Collection Services: Free recycling collection services for citizens and businesses. Revenue likely derived from processing fees, material resale, or government subsidies for recycling operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Citizen Recycle is a Greek environmental services company offering recycling collection for paper, plastics, electrical appliances, electronic equipment, lamps, toners/inks, CDs/DVDs, radiographic films, car spark plugs, cables, and metals. The company provides confidential destruction services for documents, electronics, and radiographic films, along with secure transportation services. It operates a free doorstep collection pilot in the Serres region for electrical appliances and books and a rewards-based school recycling program.

Product overview

Citizen Recycle is a recycling and confidential destruction services company offering a portfolio of environmental services. The core offerings include recycling services (handling paper, plastic caps, electrical appliances, electronic equipment, lamps, toners/inks, CDs/DVDs, radiographic films, car spark plugs, cables, and metals) and confidential destruction services for documents, electronics, and films. The company operates a school recycling incentive program with a rewards system, and a free collection pilot program for electrical appliances and books in the Serres region. Secure transportation services support the operational logistics. The company maintains locations in Nigrita, Serres and Athens.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Recycling Services
• Confidential Destruction Services
• Transportation Services
• School Recycling Program
• Free Doorstep Collection Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Free collection from customer location (pilot program in Serres)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• REMONDIS: REMONDIS is a major European waste management and recycling company with extensive collection networks and material recovery facilities. It is a broad incumbent because it competes for the same household and commercial recycling volume as Citizen Recycle, but at a much larger geographic and infrastructure scale.
• Iron Mountain: Iron Mountain is a global information-management and secure destruction services company providing document and electronics shredding. It is a broad incumbent because it competes directly with Citizen Recycle's confidential destruction service line for Greek business customers, but at much larger scale.
• Stena Recycling: Stena Recycling is a large European metals and electronics recycling company with extensive collection and processing infrastructure. It is a broad incumbent because it competes at scale for the same WEEE and metals streams Citizen Recycle targets, but operates across many countries and broader industrial contracts.
• ERP (European Recycling Platform): ERP is a pan-European WEEE and packaging compliance scheme operator that collects and recycles electronics on behalf of producers. It is a broad incumbent because it sets the EPR collection infrastructure against which Citizen Recycle competes for consumer e-waste in Greece.
• Veolia: Veolia is a global environmental services group that operates waste collection, recycling, and hazardous waste treatment across Europe. It is a broad incumbent because it offers the same collection-and-recycling services as Citizen Recycle but as part of a much wider municipal and industrial portfolio.
• Stericycle: Stericycle is a global regulated waste management company with a strong focus on secure document and specialized waste destruction. It is a broad incumbent because it targets the same B2B confidential-destruction segment that Citizen Recycle's Εμπιστευτική Καταστροφή service addresses, but at multinational scale.
• Suez: Suez is a global water and waste management company with recycling and WEEE collection operations across Europe. It is a broad incumbent because it provides overlapping recycling and confidential destruction-like services for municipal and commercial clients, competing indirectly for the same B2B segment.

Direct peers

• Polyeco: Polyeco is a Greek integrated hazardous and non-hazardous waste management company, including WEEE collection and treatment. It is a direct peer because it operates in the same Greek market with overlapping e-waste and recycling services that compete with Citizen Recycle's electronics and electronics-recycling streams.
• TerraCycle: TerraCycle is a global recycling solutions company that collects hard-to-recycle waste streams from households and businesses via drop-off and pickup programs. It is a direct peer because its community-based, multi-stream collection model closely mirrors Citizen Recycle's free doorstep pickup and school programs.
• Electrocycling S.A. Electrocycling is a Greek WEEE collection and processing company operating under the country's EPR scheme. It is a direct peer because it handles the same consumer electronics and small-appliance recycling streams as Citizen Recycle and competes for the same household and SME generators.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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