What Valorplast does

Valorplast S.A. est une organisation privée à but non lucratif fondée en 1993 et basée à Paris (siège au 21 rue d'Artois, 75008), qui opère comme coordinateur central de la chaîne de recyclage des emballages plastiques ménagers en France. L'organisation connecte trois maillons: les collectivités territoriales (54% des communes françaises clientes), 105 centres de tri et 46 industriels régénérateurs (100% agréés et audités minimum tous les 2 ans), faisant transiter 155 000 tonnes de déchets plastiques en 2024 dont 76% régénérées en France. Son infrastructure technologique s'articule autour de la plateforme propriétaire e-Valorplast (suivi en temps réel des performances de tri, traçabilité des flux, gestion des avoirs), du projet QUALIXO (caractérisation IA des plastiques en partenariat avec Lixo et Eurecka), du dispositif Cliiink® (gamification du geste de tri développé avec CEA Leti et Terradona), et d'un spectromètre portable d'identification des résines développé avec Plastic Odyssey.

Le modèle économique repose sur des honoraires de service négociés avec les collectivités et les éco-organismes (Citeo, Léko, EcoMaison) dans le cadre de la Responsabilité Élargie du Producteur (REP) française; Valorplast agit comme tiers de confiance sans but lucratif, arbitrant ses décisions stratégiques sur la base des solutions de régénération disponibles plutôt que sur la rentabilité financière. La gouvernance est assurée par Plastics Europe, Elipso et Polyvia, et l'organisation co-administre COTREP (GIE technique pour la recyclabilité des emballages plastiques, cofondé en 2001 avec Citeo et Elipso). L'équipe compte environ 30 collaborateurs dédiés, complétés par six directions régionales couvrant le territoire français via des délégués de terrain en contact direct avec les collectivités et centres de tri.

En 2024-2025, Valorplast a élargi son périmètre au-delà des emballages ménagers historiques: offre dédiée aux plastiques de déchèteries (PE, PP, PS, ABS, PVC), partenariat avec Knauf Industries pour le recyclage du polystyrène expansé, projet RecaPP de recyclage PP en contact alimentaire (avec Citeo, IPC, Faerch), solution mobile de compactage EPS (avec Twiice, Tribord, Alliance to End Plastic Waste), et création d'une direction 'Développement Économie Circulaire' pour structurer cette diversification. L'organisation détient la certification ISO 9001:2015 (février 2026) et est signataire du programme FRET21 de réduction des émissions transport (-9% de CO2eq atteint en 2024 vs 2022, dépassant l'objectif initial de -5%).

Name

Valorplast

Legal name

Valorplast S.A.

Website

https://valorplast.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Valorplast is a French private non-profit organization founded in 1993 that coordinates household plastic packaging recycling between 54% of French municipalities, 105 sorting centers, and 46 accredited regenerators, managing 155,000 tonnes annually through its e-Valorplast digital platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plastic Recycling Coordination Services

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (562920)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Post-Consumer Plastic Collection & Sorting (MRF/PRF, Bale Supply) (EUAIAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Rigid Plastics Recycling (HDPE/PP, Injection/Blow Molded) (EUAIAKAF), Mechanical Plastics Recycling (Wash/Grind/Flake/Pellet) (IMANAMAC), Food-Grade & rPET/rHDPE Recycling (Decontamination/SSP, Bottle-to-Bottle) (EUAIAKAD)

Keywords

• Plastic recycling coordination
• Household plastic packaging recovery
• Waste management services
• Circular economy solutions
• Plastic regeneration coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

Puteaux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Plastic Recycling Coordination Services: As a non-profit organization, Valorplast coordinates plastic recycling without profit motive. Their revenues come from service fees paid by municipalities and eco-organisms for managing plastic waste flows. They guarantee recovery and recycling of all municipal plastic packaging waste through contracts with local authorities.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Valorplast is a private non-profit organization that coordinates plastic recycling across France by connecting local authorities (collectivités territoriales), 105 sorting centers, and 46 accredited plastic regeneration industrialists. It guarantees the recovery and recycling of household plastic packaging waste and plastics from déchèteries through long-term contracts, providing digital tracking via the e-Valorplast platform, quality assurance, training, R&D collaboration, and transport optimization.

Product overview

Valorplast is a private non-profit organization that serves as a coordinator between municipalities, sorting centers, and plastic regeneration industries in France. The company offers a unified service portfolio centered on the e-Valorplast digital platform, which provides municipalities with real-time monitoring, traceability, and reporting capabilities. Service offerings include Collectivités et territoires solutions for household plastic packaging collection and recycling, déchèteries plastics recovery services for rigid plastics, and regeneration industry services for plastic processors. Additional offerings encompass COTREP eco-design technical services, quality assurance with three-tier verification (CVC, CVQ, characterization), FRET21 transport optimization, and training/awareness programs. The ecosystem is complemented by the Cliiink® gamification device developed with CEA Leti and Terradona, and various R&D projects including QUALIXO AI, RecaPP, EPS Recycling, and Creastyr for polystyrene recycling.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• e-Valorplast Platform Digital platform providing municipalities with real-time monitoring of plastic waste sorting performance, credit note management, recycling traceability, and reporting on environmental impact and carbon footprint. Used by territorial authorities to manage their plastic recycling accounts.
• Collectivités et Territoires (Municipal Solutions) Comprehensive solutions for local authorities covering household plastic packaging collection and recycling, déchèteries plastics recovery, quality monitoring, and regional delegate support across six territorial directions. Used by French municipalities and intercommunal waste management structures.
• Déchèteries Plastics Recovery Service Recovery and recycling service for rigid plastics from déchèteries (recycling centers), including furniture, toys, and storage containers. Valorplast guarantees collection, recycling, traceability, and provides training for déchèterie operators.
• Offre Industriels du Recyclage (Regeneration Industry Services) Partnership services for plastic regeneration industries including quality supply from national sorting centers, secured collection agreements with municipalities, R&D project development, and regulatory/technical updates relay. Used by plastic regenerators in France and neighboring Europe.
• COTREP Technical Committee Services Technical committee created in 2001 by Valorplast, Citeo, and Elipso, now structured as a GIE. Provides expertise on household plastic packaging recyclability, eco-design guidelines, and recyclability testing protocols for industrial actors.
• Quality Assurance Services Quality control services including visual loading checks (CVC), quantified visual checks (CVQ), and bale characterization for sorting centers and regeneration clients, ensuring compliance with technical specifications and performance optimization.
• Training and Awareness Services Training services for sorting center operators and déchèterie staff on plastic identification, quality control, and sorting best practices. Includes awareness tools for citizens on proper sorting behaviors.
• Cliiink® Device Device developed with CEA Leti and Terradona to encourage household plastic packaging sorting through gamification, aiming to strengthen sorting gestures and increase collection and recycling rates. Commercialized by Terradona.

Quantifiable outcome

• 155,000 tonnes of plastic waste recycled in 2024
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

27 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Twiice and TribordminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2025EPS Recycling project partners with Twiice and Tribord, supported by Alliance to End Plastic Waste. Developed mobile compaction solution for expanded polystyrene (PSE) waste to capture dispersed PSE flows and accelerate recycling. Pilot project in Finistère aims to treat 100 tonnes of PSE waste per year.
• Plastic OdysseycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Skills sponsorship (mécénat de compétences) partnership where Valorplast shares plastic recycling expertise with Plastic Odyssey working to protect natural environments from plastic pollution worldwide. Four Valorplast engineers (Lou Colombet, Eileen Marchall, Jennifer Broucke, Yves Danoy) contribute to developing training content, optimizing plastic sorting, and supporting spectrometer database development. Joint mission to build reproducible, accessible models for plastic regeneration adapted to territory needs.
• LékocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Léko selected Valorplast to support management of certain household plastic packaging waste flows from sorting centers under a competitive tender response. Valorplast manages the 'flux développement' comprising flexible and rigid household plastic packaging for 12 Léko municipalities.
• Knauf IndustriescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2023Partnership to develop expanded polystyrene (PSE) recycling solution for local authorities. Knauf Industries and Valorplast combined their expertise and operational capabilities to offer municipalities a recycling solution for PSE. This new service offering aims to integrate PSE waste into a true circular economy, particularly for protective packaging from appliances and food packaging like fish boxes.
• TerradonacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Joint development partnership for Cliiink® solution to encourage plastic packaging sorting. Originally developed with CEA Leti and Valorplast, Terradona commercializes the device. Partnership continued beyond initial development phase with ongoing collaboration for market deployment.
• Indorama Ventures and Klöckner Pentaplast (kp)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Collaboration to develop commercial recycling solution for PET trays. New French recycling technology to recycle 50 million PET trays per year.
• IPC (Centre Technique Industriel de la Plasturgie et des Composites)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Collaboration with IPC on plastic packaging test line for recyclability testing. Since 2021, the line allows manufacturers to verify recyclability of household plastic packaging. IPC and COTREP collaborate to develop regeneration and integration protocols for both flexible PE and rigid PE/PP packaging.
• COTREP (Comité Technique pour le Recyclage des Emballages Plastiques)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2001Technical committee for plastic packaging recycling established in 2001 through collaboration of Valorplast, Citeo, and Elipso. Now structured as a GIE, COTREP serves as a resource center and expertise hub for household plastic packaging recyclability in France. Valorplast currently administers COTREP through Alban Cotard, Director of Commercial Quality and Development. The committee provides ecodesign recommendations and test protocols for recyclability.
• EPROcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean platform grouping organizations related to plastic recycling and recovery. Valorplast is an active member and leads the recyclability working group. EPRO announced expanded scope to address circularity in emerging areas such as end-of-life vehicles, marine plastics, textiles, mattresses, and furniture. Historical partnership making progress together on plastic circularity at European level.
• The SeaCleanersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSkills sponsorship partnership supporting The SeaCleaners' international organization dedicated to preserving oceans and marine biodiversity. Valorplast engineers provided technical guidance on collection, sorting, and recycling systems for plastic waste, helped structure operational challenges, and supported MANTA INNOVATION project including preparing plastic samples for sea tests and organizing plastic identification sessions.
• Alliance to End Plastic WasteminorOthersInternational alliance supporting EPS Recycling project for mobile PSE compaction solution development.
• CITEOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEco-organization and founding partner of COTREP. Valorplast collaborates with CITEO on various R&D projects including RecaPP (polypropylene recycling for food contact), QUALIXO (AI for quality), and Recycleye (mechanical recycling with AI).
• LixocoreTechnology or IntegrationQUALIXO project partner developing AI technologies for plastic packaging identification. Lixo contributes expertise in AI-powered characterization solutions for sorting centers and regeneration sites.
• CiteocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEco-organization representing brands and distributors, founding member of COTREP. Valorplast historically operated as reference actor for household plastic packaging recycling for Citeo.
• ElipsocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional association of French plastic and flexible packaging manufacturers. Founding member of COTREP and part of Valorplast's governance structure.
• SRP (Syndicat national des Régénérateurs de matières Plastiques)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational union of plastic regenerators. Member of COTREP governance representing regeneration industrialists. Collaborates on ecodesign recommendations and recycling process development.
• CosPaTox (Cosmétique, Packaging et Toxicologie)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium addressing common issues across cosmetics, recycling, packaging, and toxicology sectors. Valorplast as active member contributed to developing standardized voluntary safety evaluation guide for using recycled plastic materials (MPR) in cosmetic and detergent packaging.
• Environnement Massif Central, IPC, FaerchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRecaPP project consortium partners focused on achieving food-contact-grade polypropylene recycling through closed-loop recycling of household selective collection PP packaging.
• Triglaz (SPL SOTRAVAL) and Generis (Syndicat Kerval)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSorting centers participating in QUALIXO AI project for testing AI solutions in real sorting conditions.
• Gestes PropresminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAssociation running national awareness campaigns against waste abandonment. Valorplast supports campaigns including 'Pour la beauté du geste!' (Paris 2024 Olympics) and 'Ça va pas s' faire tout seul!' through Interemballages.
• InteremballagesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerInterprofessional organization through which Valorplast supports Gestes Propres awareness campaigns.
• Ministry of Ecological TransitionminorOthersFrench government ministry supporting Gestes Propres awareness campaigns including 'Ça va pas s' faire tout seul!' national campaign.
• Vinci Autoroutes FoundationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner for Gestes Propres campaign visibility on French highways.
• Plastic Odyssey AcademyminorOthersOnline learning platform (MOOC) distributing plastic recycling training content developed by Valorplast engineers for entrepreneurs, students, and technicians.
• Plastics EuropeminorOthersOrganization representing plastic resin producers. Part of Valorplast's governance structure.
• PolyviaminorOthersUnion of polymer processors representing plastics and composites industry across France. Part of Valorplast's governance structure.
• EcoMaisoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEco-organization for which Valorplast initiated characterization campaign to analyze composition of multi-REP plastic waste bins and identify sorting errors and regeneration solutions.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Regional players

• CONAI: Italian national packaging consortium coordinating recycling across packaging materials including plastics. Runs an analogous consortium-based coordinator model in Italy, offering a comparable governance and EPR structure.
• Fost Plus: Belgian packaging recovery organization coordinating household PMD recycling. Operates the same EPR-coordinator model for the Belgian market that Valorplast runs in France, making it the closest regional comparable for business model and revenue structure.
• Ecoembes: Spanish packaging recovery organization coordinating recycling across Spain. Same EPR-coordinator model as Valorplast, operating at comparable national scale, and referenced as a peer within European plastic recovery circles.
• Duales System Deutschland (Grüner Punkt): Germany's dual system for packaging waste coordination and the originator of the Green Dot trademark. Comparable EPR coordinator serving the largest European packaging recycling market, providing a benchmark for scale and operational complexity.

Others

• Plastics Recyclers Europe: European trade association representing plastic recyclers, including many of the regenerators in Valorplast's 46-strong network. Comparable in being a key node in the European plastic recycling ecosystem, though it sits downstream as a supplier-side association.
• Petcore Europe: European PET value-chain association coordinating PET recycling initiatives, with which Valorplast collaborates on PET tray recycling. Functions as an industry body rather than direct competitor but operates in the same plastic recycling adjacency.

Direct peers

• Léko: French eco-organization for household packaging that competitively tenders plastic recycling flows. Léko directly engages Valorplast to manage 'flux développement' for 12 of its municipalities, positioning it as both a customer and a potential competitive alternative coordinator.
• EcoMaison: French eco-organization covering household products and renovation materials. EcoMaison contracts Valorplast for characterization campaigns and shares governance overlap, making it a directly comparable EPR operator in the French market.
• Citeo: French eco-organization for household packaging recycling and a founding partner of Valorplast's COTREP. Citeo commissions plastic recycling flows on behalf of brand-owners and is the largest counterparty for Valorplast's coordinator services, making it the most directly comparable French market peer.

Broad incumbents

• Suez Recycling and Recovery: Global waste management major operating sorting centers and recycling infrastructure across Europe. Employs several former Valorplast regional delegates and competes for the same sorting-center and regeneration contracts at greater scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/valorplast

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

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