Environmental Land Management

What Environmental Land Management does

Environmental Land Management, LLC (ELM) is a privately held, Minnesota-domiciled industrial services company founded in 1993 that provides comprehensive land application solutions for industrial waste byproducts. The company partners industrial waste producers with local farmers within defined radii of client facilities, recycling byproducts into soil amendments that improve nutrient value, tilth, structure, moisture absorption, organic matter content, and pH. Its service offering spans the full disposal lifecycle: waste byproduct analysis, regulatory permit preparation across multiple states, farmer partnership development, byproduct removal and hauling, field spreading, and complete record-keeping and compliance reporting.

The underlying technology is operational rather than software-driven: ELM deploys its own equipment fleet and field crews to execute land application programs under multi-state regulatory frameworks. It sells via a direct, sales-led motion (phone and email, quote-based pricing) to manufacturing and industrial facilities producing suitable byproducts, with no disclosed digital marketing, app, API, or AI capabilities. Revenue is generated through managed service fees on the complete byproduct disposal lifecycle.

ELM is owner-operated, led by President Lee Hansen with Directors Nate Hansen, Michael Klema, and David Klema, and is independently held with no external institutional investors, parent company, or disclosed funding rounds. It operates across multiple US regions from a Minneapolis mailing address and an Austin, Minnesota operations base that houses equipment and fleet vehicles. The company holds no patents, trademarks, awards, or disclosed certifications and reports no partnerships, alliances, M&A, or product launches beyond its 1993 founding.

Name

Environmental Land Management

Legal name

Environmental Land Management, LLC

Website

https://environmentallandmanagement.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Environmental Land Management is a privately held, Minnesota-based industrial services firm founded in 1993 that connects industrial waste producers with local farmers to recycle byproducts via land application, providing waste analysis, permitting, hauling, spreading, and compliance reporting across multiple US regions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Waste Management Services

NAICS

Remediation and Other Waste Management Services (5629), Waste Collection (56211)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950), Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Hazardous Waste Services (Manufacturing, Refineries, Metals, Automotive) (EUAIAFAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Waste Management & Hazardous Waste Compliance (RCRA, Universal Waste, Waste Characterization/Manifests) (EUAHABAC)

Keywords

• Industrial waste management
• Byproduct land application
• Waste recycling services
• Agricultural soil amendments
• Environmental compliance services

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Land Application Services: Fee-for-service model providing comprehensive land application solutions for industrial waste byproducts. Services include waste analysis, regulatory permit preparation, farmer partnership coordination, waste removal, hauling, spreading, and compliance reporting. Revenue is generated through service fees for managing the complete byproduct disposal lifecycle.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Environmental Land Management provides comprehensive industrial waste byproduct land application services. The company analyzes waste byproducts, secures regulatory permits, partners with local farmers, and handles waste removal, hauling, spreading, and compliance reporting to recycle industrial byproducts into soil amendments. Founded in 1993, ELM operates as a managed service provider connecting industrial waste producers with agricultural landowners across multiple US regions.

Product overview

Environmental Land Management is a single-service company offering comprehensive waste byproduct land application services for industrial waste producers. The company provides end-to-end management including waste analysis, farmer partnerships, regulatory permitting, hauling/spreading services, and compliance reporting. Founded in 1993, ELM operates across multiple US regions, focusing on turning industrial waste into beneficial soil inputs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced reliance on conventional waste disposal methods
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Heritage Environmental Services: Heritage is a broad industrial waste services provider offering treatment, disposal, and recycling; a potential competitor or acquirer that overlaps with ELM in industrial-byproduct management.
• Stericycle: Stericycle provides regulated waste and compliance services to industrial and healthcare customers; its compliance and industrial waste practices overlap with ELM's industrial waste focus.
• Clean Harbors: Clean Harbors is the largest North American hazardous waste management company offering industrial waste collection, treatment, and disposal — adjacent to ELM's industrial byproducts focus.

Direct peers

• Synagro Technologies: Synagro is the largest North American provider of biosolids and residuals management services, including land application of industrial and municipal byproducts — the closest scaled analog to ELM's core service line.
• Walker Environmental Group: Walker provides industrial residuals management including hauling, land application, and beneficial reuse, making it a directly comparable peer in the land-application services category.
• N-Viro Systems: N-Viro develops and licenses technologies that convert industrial and municipal byproducts into soil amendments, overlapping directly with ELM's land application and beneficial-reuse offering.
• Denali Water Solutions: Denali manages residuals and byproducts through land application, composting, and related services for industrial customers — a directly comparable service model to ELM.

Emerging players

• Agri-Services: Agri-services firms operate in adjacent agricultural residuals and byproduct application niches; some regional players offer services partially overlapping with ELM's farmer-partnership land-application model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/environmental-land-management

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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