What Silea does

Silea Spa - Società Benefit is an Italian in-house environmental utility founded in 1995 and headquartered in Valmadrera, in the Province of Lecco (Lombardy). The company is wholly owned by its municipal shareholders (Comuni Soci) and operates under extended service mandates through 2033. It serves 90+ municipalities through integrated urban hygiene, differentiated waste collection, and street cleaning services, with downstream owned infrastructure including a composting and biomethane plant in Annone Brianza, the Seruso materials recovery facility for plastics/metals/Tetra Pak, a waste-to-energy termovalorizzatore, and a network of 55 collection centers currently being upgraded to the 4.0 standard with €20M of PNRR funding.

The company's technology layer combines IoT-based citizen-facing systems — RFID-tagged bag tracking under the Misurazione Puntuale pay-as-you-throw model, SILEA APP, QR-code-accessible Collection Centers 4.0 with touchscreen totems, smart-bin ecoisoles, and the Segnala online reporting platform — with industrial optical sorting at the Seruso facility. Silea Circular bundles circular-economy extensions including anaerobic digestion, district heating (teleriscaldamento), sewage sludge reception, plastic coffee capsule collection, reuse centers, and the BeeLab biomonitoring initiative. Revenue is generated primarily through long-term municipal service contracts funded by the TARI waste tax, supplemented by electricity and thermal energy sales from waste-to-energy, compost and biomethane sales, and ancillary educational and citizen engagement services.

Name

Silea

Legal name

SILEA SPA - SOCIETÀ BENEFIT

Website

https://sileaspa.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Silea Spa is an Italian in-house municipal environmental utility serving 90+ municipalities in Lombardy with integrated waste collection, urban hygiene, composting, materials recovery, and waste-to-energy services under mandates running through 2033.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Waste Management

NAICS

Waste Collection (5621), Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622), Waste Treatment and Disposal (56221)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950), Refuse Systems (4953), Hazardous Waste Management (4955)

akta.pro primary industry

Multi-Family / HOA MSW Collection (Apartments, Condos) (EUAIAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Waste Management & Smart Sanitation (Facilities) (HSAPAPAM)

Keywords

• Municipal waste management
• Urban hygiene services
• Circular economy solutions
• Waste-to-energy operations
• Recycling infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Valmadrera

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Waste Collection Services: Core revenue from waste collection and urban hygiene services provided to 90+ municipalities through multi-year service contracts, funded through TARI (waste tax).
2. Waste-to-Energy Generation: Electricity and thermal energy production from waste combustion at the termovalorizzatore facility.
3. Compost and Biomethane Sales: Revenue from sale of compost produced at composting facility and biomethane from anaerobic digestion section.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Silea is an Italian municipal environmental utility that delivers integrated waste management and urban hygiene services to 90+ municipalities in the Province of Lecco. Its offering combines door-to-door differentiated waste collection, street cleaning, and a network of 55 collection centers with owned processing infrastructure (composting and biomethane plant, Seruso materials recovery facility, and a waste-to-energy incinerator). Digital citizen-facing tools — the SILEA mobile app, RFID-based point-use measurement, Collection Centers 4.0 with touch-screen totems, and smart eco-islands — connect households and businesses to the physical service network.

Product overview

Silea is a multi-service environmental utility (Società Benefit) operating in the Province of Lecco and surrounding areas, offering an integrated waste management and circular economy platform. The core offering spans waste collection (door-to-door, container-based, smart-compactor ecoislands, mobile eco-stations, and automated bag dispensers) and urban hygiene (street sweeping), supported by owned processing infrastructure: a composting and biomethane plant, a materials recovery facility (Seruso) for plastics/metals/Tetra Pak sorting, and a waste-to-energy incinerator (termovalorizzatore). Digital citizen-facing services — the SILEA APP, QR code-accessible Collection Centers 4.0 with touch screen totems, point-use measurement (misurazione puntuale) using RFID-tagged bags for pay-as-you-throw pricing, the ABC dove lo butto sorting guide, and an online reporting portal (Segnala online) — form a technology layer that connects citizens to the physical service network. Silea Circular is the branded program encompassing anaerobic digestion expansion, sewage sludge reception, district heating (teleriscaldamento), aluminum capsule collection, and reuse centers, closing material loops. Environmental education programs for schools and free compost distribution to citizens complete the circular model.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Raccolta rifiuti (Waste Collection Services) Integrated differentiated waste collection services spanning door-to-door pickup, smart-bin systems, bulky and WEEE home collection, textile, battery, pharmaceutical, and organic waste streams, provided to households and businesses across dozens of municipalities in the Lecco area.
• Igiene urbana (Urban Hygiene) Municipal street cleaning services using mechanical sweepers and manual cleaning crews, conducted across served municipalities on area-dependent scheduled frequencies.
• Impianto di compostaggio e biometano (Composting and Biomethane Plant) Composting and anaerobic digestion facility in Annone Brianza that processes organic waste from separate collection into compost (distributed free to citizens and agricultural businesses) and biomethane.
• Impianto Seruso (Materials Recovery Facility) Materials recovery and sorting facility for plastics, metals, and Tetra Pak packaging, equipped with optical readers and automated sorting systems that process multimaterial waste streams into sorted, baled recyclables.
• Termovalorizzatore (Waste-to-Energy Plant) Waste-to-energy incineration plant that recovers energy from non-recyclable residual waste, generating electricity and/or heat, with continuous emissions monitoring and regulatory transparency reporting.
• Centri di Raccolta (Collection Centers / Riciclerie) Network of 55 communal collection centers (centri di raccolta / riciclerie) across the served territory where citizens and businesses can drop off bulky waste, hazardous materials, green waste, electronics, construction debris, and other materials not collected door-to-door.
• SILEA Circular (Circular Economy Program) Branded program of circular economy projects including an anaerobic digestion section producing biomethane, a sewage sludge reception facility, district heating (teleriscaldamento) infrastructure, aluminum coffee capsule collection, a network of reuse centers (centri del riuso), and the BeeLab biomonitoring initiative using bees for environmental quality assessment.
• SILEA APP Mobile application launched in December 2025 consolidating all Silea citizen services into a single smartphone platform: waste collection calendars, collection center locations and hours, online waste reporting, bag dispenser locations, and real-time service updates.
• Centri di Raccolta 4.0 (Collection Centers 4.0) Upgraded collection centers featuring QR code-based access via touch-screen totems that recognize users and the type of waste being disposed of, with controlled-access gates, video surveillance, and real-time occupancy tracking, rolled out across a 45-site PNRR-funded renovation program.
• Educazione ambientale (Environmental Education Programs) School and community environmental education programs including the Sostenibilità a scuola curriculum, facility tours, workshops, creative recycling projects, school vegetable garden programs, and the Trivial Trash inter-class tournament, reaching 7,000+ students annually.

Quantifiable outcome

• Maximum Rating di Legalità score maintained (7/7)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 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

Feature5 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CoreplacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 April 2026Joint initiative to launch first differentiated collection of plastic coffee capsules in the territory. Corepla (Consorzio Nazionale per la Raccolta, il Riciclaggio e il Recupero degli Imballaggi in Plastica) partners with Silea to expand plastic recycling streams.
• LegambientecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 March 2024Ongoing partnership for EcoHackathon events and environmental initiatives. Legambiente is Italy's largest environmental association, collaborating on educational and awareness campaigns.
• Nameless FestivalminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 May 2023Sustainability partnership with the Nameless music festival, providing environmental services and promoting sustainable practices at events.
• Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2023Research collaboration on GenZ environmental attitudes and green behaviors in the territory.
• AuserminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 April 2023Protocollo d'intesa (memorandum of understanding) for environmental and social sustainability initiatives involving volunteer work and community engagement.
• UtilitaliaminorOthersIndustry association membership for utility companies operating in Italy
• ConfserviziminorOthersAssociation of local public services companies in Lombardy
• CIC (Consorzio Italiano Compostatori)minorOthersItalian composting consortium membership for organic waste processing standards
• CoRePlaminorOthersNational consortium for plastic packaging recovery and recycling
• COMIECOminorOthersNational consortium for paper and cardboard packaging recovery
• Green AllianceminorOthersEnvironmental partnership network for sustainability initiatives
• ANCIminorGTM or Marketing PartnerJoint communication campaign with ANCI (Associazione Nazionale Comuni Italiani) and Coreve for glass collection awareness ('Ma che coccio...fai' campaign).
• Provincia di LeccominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on RoadTrash project for collection of abandoned waste on roadsides and public areas.
• Politecnico di MilanominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual degree prize collaboration with Politecnico di Milano and Lions Club for theses on sustainable territorial governance.
• TelethonminorOthersCharitable partnership supporting Telethon fundraising initiatives.
• Fondo Ambiente e CulturaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental fund supporting trails, cycling paths, and urban green projects in the territory.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Utilitalia: Italian federation representing public utility companies (water, environment, energy). Not a direct competitor but the industry association of which Silea is a member, representing the broader municipal utility ecosystem in which Silea operates.

Direct peers

• Contarina S.p.A. Multi-municipal waste management utility operating in the Treviso area (Veneto) under a comparable in-house public utility model. Closely comparable to Silea in door-to-door collection, separate waste collection leadership, and award-winning recycling performance.
• AMSA Milano: Municipal waste management utility serving Milan, owned by the Municipality of Milan. Directly comparable to Silea in municipal waste collection, street cleaning, differentiated collection, and digital citizen services within an urban Lombardy context.
• ASM Brescia: Municipal multi-utility based in Brescia providing waste collection, treatment, and disposal services to municipalities in Lombardy. Directly comparable to Silea in municipally-owned multi-utility model, integrated waste services, and circular economy positioning.
• Aprica S.p.A. Lombardy-based waste collection, street cleaning, and environmental services company (A2A subsidiary). Comparable to Silea in door-to-door collection, separate waste collection, and urban hygiene services for municipal clients in Lombardy.
• Econord S.p.A. Waste management company operating across Lombardy with services in differentiated collection, treatment, and recycling. Comparable to Silea in focus on separate waste collection, materials recovery, and municipal client base within the Lombardy region.
• A2A Ambiente: Waste management and environmental services arm of A2A, one of Italy's largest multi-utilities, with operations concentrated in Lombardy. Directly comparable to Silea across waste collection, treatment, materials recovery, and municipal customer base.
• Iren Ambiente: Multi-utility group operating waste collection, treatment, and disposal across Northern Italy (Emilia-Romagna, Liguria, Piedmont). Highly comparable to Silea in integrated municipal waste management, circular economy programs, and regulated revenue model.

Broad incumbents

• Hera S.p.A. One of Italy's largest multi-utilities providing waste management, water, and energy services across multiple regions. Overlaps with Silea in waste collection, recycling, and disposal but operates at materially larger scale and broader geographic footprint.

Regional players

• Acsm Agam: Multi-utility serving Como and surrounding municipalities in Lombardy, providing waste collection and environmental services alongside gas, water, and electricity. Comparable regional multi-utility operating model with municipal shareholders serving Lombardy communities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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