Grønt Punkt Norge

What Grønt Punkt Norge does

Grønt Punkt Norge is a Norwegian non-profit organization that finances and manages the return and recovery schemes for packaging in Norway. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Oslo, the entity functions as a Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO), collecting fees from packaging producers and importers who are obligated under Norwegian extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulations to finance the collection, sorting, and recycling of used packaging. Its core service is the operation of the "Grønt Punkt" (Green Dot) scheme, a recognized national packaging-recovery system tied to a long-established European trademark.

The organization runs the national scheme with a small staff of 11–50 employees, consistent with a centralized, high-throughput model in which a single entity administers the financial and reporting infrastructure for the entire obligated producer base. The website (grontpunkt.no) is the primary public-facing channel; the provided scrape returned no product detail, indicating that the externally visible offering is largely programmatic — fee administration, scheme reporting, and member compliance — rather than a discrete commercial product line. There is no disclosed revenue, no app, no API, and no documented technology stack in the source data.

Grønt Punkt Norge is privately held and non-listed, with no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, funding rounds, M&A activity, leadership roster, or partnerships in the available record. The business model is fee-based, funded by mandatory contributions from obligated companies, which makes revenue structurally tied to the volume of packaging placed on the Norwegian market. The organization operates exclusively within Norway and is part of the broader European Green Dot network of PROs, though no cross-border service offerings are documented.

Name

Grønt Punkt Norge

Legal name

Grønt Punkt Norge

Website

https://grontpunkt.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Grønt Punkt Norge is a Norwegian non-profit Producer Responsibility Organization, founded in 1997, that finances and manages the national return and recovery scheme for packaging on behalf of obligated packaging producers and importers in Norway.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Packaging Recycling & Producer Responsibility Services

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Packaging Recovery & Closed-Loop Programs (Take-Back, Deposit-Return, EPR Support) (IMALAMAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Packaging Waste Sorting & Recycling Technologies (Mechanical/Chemical Recycling, Sorting Systems) (IMALAMAL), Supply Chain Sustainability & Responsible Sourcing (SMETA, supplier ESG) (EUAHAJAE)

Keywords

• Packaging recycling
• Producer responsibility
• Return scheme financing
• Packaging compliance
• Waste management

Headquarters

HQ city

Oslo

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Others

Core offering

Grønt Punkt Norge manages the financing of Norway's producer responsibility return schemes for packaging. As a non-profit compliance organization, it ensures that companies that produce or import packaging finance the collection, sorting, and recycling of used packaging in line with Norwegian environmental regulations.

Product overview

No product information available in the source data. The source contains only the company name (Grønt Punkt Norge, which translates to 'Green Point Norway') and a website URL (http://grontpunkt.no/).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Return Scheme Financing for Packaging

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Dansk Retursystem: Danish deposit-return system operator for beverage packaging. Comparable as a Nordic packaging return-financing scheme with regulator-backed compliance mandate and producer membership.
• Suomen Pakkaustuottajat (Sumi) / Finnish Packaging Producers: Finnish producer responsibility organization coordinating packaging recycling and reporting for companies placing packaged goods on the Finnish market. Directly comparable as a Nordic collective PRO under analogous EPR legislation.
• Returpack (Sverige): Swedish deposit-return operator for PET bottles and aluminium cans. Directly comparable as a Nordic packaging return/financing scheme operator serving producers and importers with regulatory-driven compliance mandates.
• Mälardalens Industri- och Logistikcenter (Returkartong / Svenska Retursystem) - carton stream via FTi: Förpacknings- och Tidningsinsamlingen (FTI AB) runs Sweden's collective producer responsibility scheme for packaging and newspapers. Closest direct peer: a national collective PRO financing recycling of household packaging, structurally identical to Grønt Punkt Norge's mandate.
• Fost Plus: Belgian packaging PRO operating the financing and coordination of household packaging collection, sorting, and recycling. Directly comparable as a non-profit / industry-funded collective PRO for packaging in a single EU country.

Broad incumbents

• Citeo: French packaging and graphic-paper PRO, one of Europe's largest. Comparable in mandate and operating model, but operating at substantially larger scale and serving multiple packaging streams in a bigger market.
• Ecoembes: Spanish packaging PRO coordinating selective collection and recycling of light packaging. Comparable as a national, industry-financed PRO under EU EPR rules, with similar mandate scope to Grønt Punkt Norge.
• Der Grüne Punkt – Duales System Deutschland (DSD): Germany's flagship packaging PRO running the Green Dot scheme. Comparable in core function (collective PRO financing household packaging recycling) but with much broader scale and a globally recognized trademark.

Regional players

• Re-turn (Republic of Ireland): Operator of Ireland's upcoming and recently scaled-up deposit-return scheme for beverage containers. Comparable as a national packaging return-financing scheme with regulator-mandated role, though focused on deposit-return rather than full packaging-stream EPR.
• Dansk Affaldsforening / Danish Waste Association EPR streams: Coordinates producer responsibility streams in Denmark beyond deposit-return. Comparable as a Nordic national body managing financing and reporting for packaging waste under EPR rules.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gront_punkt

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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