What Lindum does

Lindum AS is a Norwegian private limited company (organization number 979 618 840) operating a regional waste-treatment and resource-recovery platform across six facilities in Drammen, Holmestrand, Lillesand, Odda, Oredalen, and Tønsberg, with coverage described as 'large parts of Norway'. Founded in 1996 and active for nearly 30 years, the company specializes in treatment and recycling of multiple waste fractions — wood (Trevirke), food/organic waste and sewage sludge, and contaminated masses/soils — alongside container rental and a dedicated odor-reduction engineering service branded Lindum Clairs.

The company's technology stack centers on physical waste-processing infrastructure rather than software: anaerobic digestion for biogas production from organic streams; co-pyrolysis R&D with Oslo Municipality to convert sewage sludge and wood into biokull (biochar) for water-puridation applications; PFAS and leachate treatment pilots at the Oredalen facility; and bespoke odor-reduction consulting, design, and installation via Lindum Clairs. End products sold externally include wood chips (Flis) for energy and material recovery, biogas, biofertilizer (Biogjødsel), and district heating (Fjernvarme), with the company highlighting ISO 9001/14001 certification on its corporate site.

Lindum earns revenue through a mix of streams: subscription/recurring waste-treatment contracts with industrial and commercial waste producers, usage-based container rental, transactional sale of recovered products (chips, biogas, biofertilizer, district heating), and project-based engineering work through the Clairs sub-brand. Distribution is direct from facility footprints plus mobile processing teams. The company is founder/management-led with no disclosed external funding or PE/VC participation, and operates a wholly-owned subsidiary, Lindum Oredalen AS, that holds specialized contaminated-soil and leachate/PFAS handling permits. Customer concentration is spread across industrial and commercial waste producers and municipal/governmental counterparts, with public-sector R&D collaborations (notably Oslo Municipality) acting as flagship co-development partners.

Name

Lindum

Legal name

Lindum AS

Website

https://lindum.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Lindum AS is a Norwegian waste-treatment and resource-recovery operator running six facilities across Southern and Eastern Norway, processing wood, organic waste, sewage sludge, and contaminated soils into chips, biogas, biofertilizer, and district heating for industrial, commercial, and municipal customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management & Recycling Services

NAICS

Remediation and Other Waste Management Services (5629), Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211), Waste Collection (56211)

SIC

Hazardous Waste Management (4955), Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Landfill Operations & Disposal Services (IMAIAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Wood Waste Processing & Recycling (Mulch/Biomass) (BPALAJAE)

Keywords

• Waste treatment services
• Biogas production
• Contaminated soil treatment
• Organic waste recycling
• Odor reduction solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Drammen

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Construction Services: Construction and housing development services including supported housing, heritage restoration, and housing development projects
2. Waste Treatment and Recycling Services: Treatment and recycling of various waste fractions including wood, organic/food waste, sewage sludge, and contaminated masses. Services offered across large parts of Norway
3. Container Rental: Container rental services for waste collection and disposal
4. Products (Wood Chips, Biogas, Biofertilizer, District Heating): Sale of recycled products including wood chips for energy and material recovery, biogas, biofertilizer, and district heating from waste treatment operations

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Lindum AS operates six waste treatment facilities across Norway, receiving and recycling wood, organic/food waste, sewage sludge, and contaminated soils, and converting these streams into renewable outputs such as biogas, biofertilizer, wood chips, and district heating. Through its Lindum Clairs specialist unit, the company also provides consulting, engineering, design, and installation of customized odor-reduction solutions for industrial and municipal facilities.

Product overview

Lindum AS is a Norwegian sustainable resource recovery company offering a comprehensive waste management and recycling platform. The core services include wood processing (Trevirke), organic waste and sewage sludge management, contaminated soil treatment, container rental, and specialist odor reduction through Lindum Clairs. The product portfolio comprises derived outputs including wood chips (Flis), biogas (Biogass), biofertilizer (Biogjødsel), and district heating (Fjernvarme). The company operates multiple facilities across Norway (Drammen, Holmestrand, Lillesand, Odda, Oredalen, Tønsberg) and employs both fixed-site and mobile processing capabilities to serve customers throughout large parts of Norway. Sustainability forms the foundation of operations, with the company recovering resources, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and removing environmental toxins from circulation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Lindum Clairs: Odor reduction specialist offering consulting, engineering, design, and installation of customized odor reduction solutions.

Products and services

• Trevirke (Wood waste recycling) Reception and treatment of returned wood materials with production of wood chips for energy and material recovery. Offered to industrial and commercial clients across large parts of Norway through fixed receiving facilities and mobile processing teams.
• Organic waste, sewage sludge and biological resources treatment Reception and processing of food waste, sewage sludge, and other organic waste streams at multiple receiving facilities, capable of handling most types of organic waste. Serves industrial, commercial, and municipal generators in Norway.
• Forurensede masser (Contaminated soil/masses treatment) Reception and treatment of contaminated masses/soils with receiving facilities centrally located in Eastern and Southern Norway, offering capacity for most contamination levels including PFAS-containing materials.
• Containerutleie (Container rental) Rental of containers for waste collection and disposal as part of Lindum's waste management portfolio, available to commercial and industrial clients.
• Lindum Clairs (Odor reduction solutions) Specialist odor-reduction consulting, engineering, design, and installation of customized solutions for industrial facilities and businesses facing odor challenges.
• Flis (Wood chips) Wood chips produced from processed returned wood materials, sold for energy recovery purposes to offtakers.
• Biogass (Biogas) Biogas produced from organic waste streams through anaerobic digestion, sold as a renewable energy output.
• Biogjødsel (Biofertilizer) Biofertilizer produced from processed organic waste materials, sold as an agricultural output of the resource recovery process.
• Fjernvarme (District heating) District heating produced from waste processing operations, distributed as a circular-economy energy output.

Quantifiable outcome

• PFAS prevention: Working daily to prevent PFAS from spreading further into nature
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 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

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Acis GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on supported housing development. Acis Group, Lindum Group, Lincolnshire County Council, West Lindsey District Council, and Homes England partnered on the £3.9m Grange House project in Market Rasen, providing supported housing for adults with disabilities.
• Lincolnshire County CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on supported housing development. The council collaborated with Lindum Group and partners on the £3.9m Grange House project providing 10 apartments for working-age adults with disabilities.
• West Lindsey District CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on supported housing development. The council collaborated with Lindum Group and partners on the £3.9m Grange House project.
• Homes EnglandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding partner for the supported housing development. Additional funding provider alongside the council partnerships for the £3.9m Grange House project.
• Oslo kommune (Oslo Municipality)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on biokull (biochar) research. Lindum AS and Oslo Municipality are exploring how sewage sludge and wood waste can be co-pyrolyzed to produce biochar with properties relevant for future water purification applications.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Clean Harbors: North American hazardous waste management and environmental services company. Comparable to Lindum on the specialized hazardous/contaminated-soil handling dimension, particularly Lindum's PFAS and contaminated-mass work.
• ROAF (Romerike Avfallsforedling IKS): Regional Norwegian inter-municipal waste-processing company handling household and industrial waste with material recovery and energy outputs. Comparable to Lindum on regional Norwegian waste-treatment infrastructure and resource recovery.
• BIR (Bergenshalvøens Kommunale Kraftselskap): Norwegian municipally-owned waste-to-energy and recycling company serving Western Norway. Comparable to Lindum as a domestic, regionally anchored Norwegian waste/recycling operator with both treatment and energy-recovery outputs.
• Veas (Vestfjorden Avløpsselskap): Major Oslo-region wastewater and sludge treatment company. Comparable to Lindum on the sewage-sludge handling and resource-recovery dimensions of Lindum's organic-waste franchise.
• Renewi: European waste-to-product company focused on resource recovery across multiple waste streams. Comparable to Lindum on the circular-economy, multi-fraction treatment model and product outputs (secondary materials, energy).
• Ragn-Sells: Nordic waste and recycling operator with active Norwegian presence, running material-recovery, organic-waste, and contaminated-soil services. Closely comparable to Lindum on multi-fraction treatment and resource-recovery positioning in Northern Europe.
• Norsk Gjenvinning: Largest Norwegian recycling and waste management company, operating collection, treatment and material recovery across multiple waste fractions. Directly comparable to Lindum across collection, recycling, and contaminated-material handling in the same Norwegian market.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia (Veolia Environnement): Global environmental services group operating waste management, water, and energy services across Europe including Norway. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose Norwegian footprint overlaps Lindum's waste and resource-recovery offerings.
• Stericycle: Large specialty and regulated-waste services company with European operations. Comparable to Lindum on regulated/contaminated waste handling and on operating compliance-heavy treatment infrastructure across multiple sites.
• Suez (Suez Recycling and Recovery Norway): Global environmental services group with water and waste management operations, including in Norway. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering overlapping waste-treatment and resource-recovery capabilities alongside a much wider portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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