What Cascais Ambiente does

Cascais Ambiente - Empresa Municipal de Ambiente de Cascais is a wholly government-owned municipal environmental services company controlled by the Câmara Municipal de Cascais (Cascais City Council) in Portugal. The company delivers integrated environmental management across the Cascais municipality's four parishes (Alcabideche, Carcavelos e Parede, Cascais e Estoril, S. Domingos de Rana), providing waste collection services (door-to-door recycling, biowaste, bulky items), urban cleaning operations, management of 17 beaches, 12 parks and gardens, and 35 children's playgrounds, plus environmental education through the PESA program and nature conservation at the 380-hectare Quinta do Pisão park.

The company's technology stack centers on a Smart Waste Management system featuring Caixotes Inteligentes (Smart Bins) with route optimization and fill-level monitoring, the Residómetro public statistics platform (operational since 2014), the GeoCascais geographic information system, and citizen-facing applications including FixCascais (service requests) and the Cascais 360 mobile app. The Smart Waste Management system received national recognition through an honorable mention at the Green Project Award Portugal 2016 in the Sustainable Cities category. The company also operates environmental interpretation centers (CIAPS at Pedra do Sal, Duna da Cresmina), a butterfly house (Borboletário), and the Pedra Amarela Campo Base adventure park.

Cascais Ambiente's revenue model is primarily funded through municipal budget allocations from the Câmara Municipal de Cascais, supplemented by transaction fees from large commercial and industrial waste producers (Grandes Produtores) requiring customized waste collection services, and special service fees such as noise licenses. Most services are free to residents, funded via municipal taxes. The company employs a 170-person street sweeping team covering the entire municipality with frequencies ranging from fortnightly to daily, and extends its operational scope through partnerships including social integration with CERCICA and EU co-financed projects via POSEUR. No subsidiaries, M&A activity, or external private investment are disclosed, and the entity operates without publicly disclosed revenue figures.

Name

Cascais Ambiente

Legal name

Cascais Ambiente - Empresa Municipal de Ambiente de Cascais

Website

https://ambiente.cascais.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Cascais Ambiente is a municipal environmental services company wholly owned by the Câmara Municipal de Cascais, Portugal. It delivers integrated waste collection, urban cleaning, beach management, park maintenance, and environmental education across all four parishes of the Cascais municipality.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Environmental Services

NAICS

Waste Collection (56211), Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (924110)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Street & Public Space Litter Collection (Municipal Cleaning) (BPALAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Commercial & Office Waste Collection (Non-hazardous) (EUAIAGAA), Solid Waste & Recycling Services Administration (BPAIACAH)

Keywords

• Municipal waste management
• Urban cleaning services
• Green space management
• Beach maintenance services
• Environmental education programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Alcabideche

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Budget Funding: Core operations funded through Câmara Municipal de Cascais municipal budget allocations for environmental services including waste management, urban cleaning, and green space maintenance.
2. Service Fees from Large Producers: Fees charged to large producers (commercial and industrial establishments) for specific waste collection services tailored to their business activities.
3. Special Service Fees: Fees for special services including noise licenses (Licenças especiais de ruído) and other environmental permits.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cascais Ambiente delivers integrated municipal environmental services for the Cascais municipality, including door-to-door recyclable and biowaste collection, urban street sweeping and sanitation, management of 17 beaches, 12 parks and gardens, 35 children's playgrounds, nature parks, environmental interpretation centers, and school-based environmental education. It also operates smart waste management technology (intelligent bins, route optimization, waste monitoring platforms) and provides tailored waste collection services to large commercial and industrial producers.

Product overview

Cascais Ambiente is a municipal environmental services company offering a comprehensive portfolio of environmental management services and public facilities. The company operates integrated waste collection services (porta-a-porta recycling, biowaste, garden cuttings, bulky items), urban cleaning (street sweeping, sanitation), and beach and park management across Cascais municipality. The portfolio includes nature parks (Quinta do Pisão at 380 hectares), environmental interpretation centers (Pedra do Sal, Duna da Cresmina), a butterfly house, and the Pedra Amarela Campo Base adventure facility. Digital services include smart waste management systems, the FixCascais reporting app, GeoCascais mapping tool, and MobiCascais transportation platform. The Terras de Cascais program promotes urban agriculture through community gardens and vineyards. Environmental education programs serve schools across all teaching levels. The company manages 17 beaches, 12 major parks and gardens, and 35 children's playgrounds.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Door-to-Door Recyclable Waste Collection (Recolha Porta-a-Porta de Resíduos Recicláveis)

Quantifiable outcome

• Honorable mention at Green Project Award Portugal 2016 in Sustainable Cities category
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CERCICA (Cooperativa de Educação e Reabilitação de Cidadãos Inadaptados de Cascais)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for social integration of young people with special needs. CERCICA supplies shrub and herbaceous plants while young people from the institution perform maintenance of certain green spaces. This protocol contributes to the social integration of citizens with special needs through participation in municipal green space management.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BRAVAL: Waste management and environmental services for the Cávado region in northern Portugal. Compares on municipal waste collection, recycling, and environmental awareness programs analogous to Cascais Ambiente's PESA.
• ECOLEZÍRIA: Intermunicipal waste and environmental services company serving the Lezíria do Tejo region in Portugal. Comparable as a Portuguese multi-municipal environmental services entity with parallel waste collection, treatment, and environmental education activities.
• LIPOR: Intermunicipal waste management service for eight municipalities in the Greater Porto region, providing waste collection, treatment, recycling, and environmental education. Highly comparable as a Portuguese municipal/inter-municipal environmental services entity with a similar portfolio of waste and circular-economy operations.
• AMBISOUSA: Intermunicipal waste management system for the Sousa Valley region in northern Portugal. Comparable as a public-sector Portuguese entity delivering municipal waste collection, recycling, and environmental education.
• RESINORTE: Northern Portugal waste management and treatment system serving multiple municipalities. Comparable to Cascais Ambiente on municipal waste collection, transfer, and treatment operations under a public-sector governance structure.
• VALOR Lisboa: Lisbon region solid waste management concession handling collection, recovery, and disposal for multiple municipalities. Compares directly to Cascais Ambiente on municipal waste operations, recycling infrastructure, and public-sector governance model.
• ALGAR: Municipal environmental services company for the Algarve region, providing integrated water, waste, and environmental management. Comparable multiservice municipal environmental portfolio in a tourism-heavy Portuguese region.
• Ambiolios: Environmental services company for the northern Lisbon metropolitan area, focused on municipal waste collection and street cleaning. Directly comparable to Cascais Ambiente on urban cleaning and waste collection operations.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Portugal: Portuguese subsidiary of Veolia, providing municipal and industrial waste management, water, and environmental services across the country. Comparable as a broad incumbent competing with Cascais Ambiente for large-producer and municipal waste contracts.
• FCC Medio Ambiente: Major Spanish and global environmental services division of FCC, operating municipal waste collection, urban cleaning, and green space management for hundreds of municipalities. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the same municipal environmental services space as Cascais Ambiente.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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