Syndicat Mixte Nord Dauphiné

What Syndicat Mixte Nord Dauphiné does

Syndicat Mixte Nord Dauphiné (SMND) is a French public intercommunal syndicate (établissement public de coopération intercommunale) providing household waste management services to 40 communes in the Nord Dauphiné territory of the Isère department, serving approximately 175,000 residents. Its operating model integrates door-to-door collection of residual waste and selective sorting, a network of 14 déchèteries (recycling centers) equipped with automated vehicle-authenticated access control, separate biowaste (biodéchets) collection, and a portfolio of composting programs — individual bins, lombricomposteurs, and collective composting sites — together with the ADEME-recognized Guide Composteur training delivered in partnership with Trièves Compostage et Environnement. The technology stack is operational rather than digital-native: a Horanet-powered online portal handles déchèteries account management and registration, and each resident account receives 36 free annual access credits with overage billing by vehicle type.

Revenue is generated primarily through the Taxe d'Enlèvement des Ordures Ménagères (TEOM), a property-based local tax on member communes, supplemented by one-time fees on waste bins (bac OM €37–€195 TTC by volume), composter sales at €20 TTC/unit, and overage fees at the déchèteries. Pricing is administered by public tender and annual deliberation rather than commercial sales motion. Created in 1949 as a road-maintenance intercommunal syndicate, SMND evolved through a SIVOM phase (1970), specialized in household waste in the 1990s, and adopted its current name and form in 1999 when it integrated several communautés de communes. In January 2022 the territory contracted materially when 29 communes (CCBD, CCVD) and their déchèteries were transferred to the neighboring SICTOM de Morestel.

SMND is governed by elected officials from member communes, with Michel FAYET as Président and Jean-Christophe SOUCHE as Communication Director, and is overseen by Vice Presidents with delegated responsibility for déchèteries (Claude VILLARD) and waste prevention (Céline DEBES). The syndicate coordinates with neighboring waste authorities through the CITHED joint déchèteries initiative alongside SICTOM de Morestel and SICTOM du Guiers, allowing residents of all three territories to access 31 déchèteries under a shared automated access-control system with a single inscription. A formal PLPDMA (Local Prevention Plan for Household Waste) governs the multi-year waste-reduction roadmap.

Name

Syndicat Mixte Nord Dauphiné

Legal name

Syndicat Mixte Nord Dauphiné

Website

https://smnd.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

French public intercommunal syndicate providing household waste collection, selective sorting, biowaste collection, composting programs, and access to 14 automated déchèteries for ~175,000 residents across 40 communes in Nord Dauphiné, Isère, funded primarily by the TEOM property tax.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Waste Management Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Waste Collection (5621), Compost Manufacturing (325315)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Special Waste Transfer (Tires, Mattresses, Appliances) (BPALABAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Composting Facility Operations (Windrow, ASP, In-Vessel) (BPALAEAB), Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) & Universal Waste Sorting Facilities (EUAIADAK)

Keywords

• Municipal waste collection
• Household recycling services
• Recycling center access
• Biowaste collection
• Composting programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Heyrieux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Household waste collection fees (Taxe d'Enlèvement des Ordures Ménagères - TEOM): Public service funded through the Taxe d'Enlèvement des Ordures Ménagères (TEOM), a local tax levied on property owners within member communes. This is the primary financing mechanism for French waste management syndicates like SMND.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Syndicat Mixte Nord Dauphiné (SMND) is a public inter-municipal syndicate providing integrated household waste management to 40 communes in Nord Dauphiné, Isère, France (approximately 175,000 inhabitants). It delivers door-to-door collection of residual waste and selective sorting, biowaste collection, access to 14 automated-access déchèteries (household waste recycling centers) with a credit-based access system, and home, collective, and lombricomposting support including ADEME-recognized Guide Composteur training.

Product overview

Syndicat Mixte Nord Dauphiné (SMND) operates as a public intercommunal waste management syndicate serving 40 communes with approximately 175,000 inhabitants. The service portfolio centers on household waste collection through color-coded bin systems (black for residual waste, yellow for recyclables), access to 14 recycling centers (déchèteries) with automated entry control and credit-based billing, and home composting solutions including individual bins, worm composters, and collective composting sites. Supplementary services include biowaste collection programs, guide composteur training certifications, and waste reduction education initiatives. The core offering functions as an integrated public service rather than a software platform, with physical waste management infrastructure complemented by an online account portal (Horanet) for déchèteries access management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bacs de collecte OM (Ordures Ménagères) Residual household waste bins available in 140L (€37 TTC), 240L (€48 TTC), 340L (€74 TTC), and 660L (€195 TTC) sizes, priced by volume for residents of member communes.
• Composteurs individuels Individual home composting bins sold at €20 TTC per unit (maximum 2 per household) to enable residents to compost household biowaste at home.
• Lombricomposteurs Worm composting systems for apartment dwellers or households without outdoor space, sold at €20 TTC per unit (maximum 2 per household).
• Collecte des ordures ménagères et tri sélectif en porte-à-porte Door-to-door collection service for household residual waste (ordures ménagères) and selective sorting (yellow bin for recyclables), with scheduled pick-ups by commune and simplified sorting accepting all plastic packaging since January 2022.
• Collecte des biodéchets Separate collection service for household food waste and biowaste, with dedicated collection routes and containers for participating communes.
• Accès aux déchèteries (Recycling Centers) Access to 14 household waste recycling centers across the territory, with automated vehicle authentication at entry, 36 free annual access credits per household account, and overage billing based on vehicle type.
• Formation Guide Composteur Certified composting guide training program recognized by ADEME, delivered by partner association Trièves Compostage et Environnement, covering composting fundamentals, proximity composting modes, and household waste prevention.
• Compostage collectif Program providing technical and financial support for establishing collective composting sites in communes, residential buildings, and schools through annual calls for projects.

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and minor.

• SICTOM de la région de MorestelcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019SMND, SICTOM de la région de Morestel, and SICTOM du Guiers jointly developed the automated déchèteries access control system. Residents of all three territories can, at term, access the 31 déchèteries of this group with a single inscription. At January 1, 2022, the management of 29 communes (CCEL, CCCND, CAPI) previously served by SMND was transferred to SICTOM de Morestel.
• SICTOM du GuierscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019SMND, SICTOM de la région de Morestel, and SICTOM du Guiers jointly developed the automated déchèteries access control system. Residents of all three territories can, at term, access the 31 déchèteries of this group with a single inscription.
• HoranetcoreTechnology or IntegrationHoranet provides the online registration and account management platform (moncompte-decheteries.horanet.com) used by SMND for automated déchèteries access control. Residents register and manage their déchèteries access credits through this platform.
• Communauté de Communes des Balcons du Dauphiné (CCBD)coreOthersOne of the community of communes whose communes were previously served by SMND. At January 1, 2022, these communes (20 communes including Crémieu, Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas, etc.) were transferred to SICTOM de Morestel. SMND no longer collects these communes.
• Communauté de Communes des Vals du Dauphiné (CCVD)coreOthersOne of the community of communes whose communes were previously served by SMND. At January 1, 2022, these communes (8 communes including Biol, Belmont, etc.) were transferred to SICTOM de Morestel. SMND no longer collects these communes.
• Trièves Compostage et EnvironnementsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation contracted by SMND to deliver the 'Guide Composteur' (Composting Guide) training program. This training is recognized according to ADEME's referential and covers composting fundamentals, different modes of proximity composting, and prevention of household waste. Training sessions are organized annually for SMND residents.
• CeleonetminorOthersWeb hosting provider for smnd.fr website, located at 44 Ancienne Route d'Irigny, 69530 Brignais.
• CITHED (joint déchèteries management)coreOthersSMND is a member of the joint déchèteries management initiative alongside SICTOM de Morestel and SICTOM du Guiers. This group operates 31 déchèteries across three territories with unified automated access control, allowing residents to access any of the 31 sites with a single inscription.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Derichebourg Multiservices: French multi-service operator with a recycling and waste-management division serving municipalities; competes for collection and recycling contracts of the type performed by SMND.
• Trièves Compostage et Environnement: Local association partner delivering SMND's ADEME-recognized Guide Composteur training; highly comparable in the citizen-facing composting-education niche and a potential operator model for SMND's collective composting sites.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Environnement: Global waste-management incumbent operating collection, sorting, and treatment services across France; competes with public syndicats for delegated contracts and offers the same end-to-end household-waste value chain that SMND runs in-house.
• Séché Environnement: French-listed waste-treatment specialist operating hazardous and non-hazardous treatment/disposal facilities. Comparable in the downstream disposal/treatment side of the household-waste value chain SMND manages.
• SUEZ Recycling and Recovery: Major private operator of household and industrial waste collection, recycling, and treatment in France; provides an outsourced alternative to in-house public-syndicate management of services like SMND's.

Direct peers

• SICTOM de la région de Morestel: Neighboring French intercommunal waste-management syndicate that absorbed 29 SMND communes in 2022. Directly comparable: same public-service model, household waste collection, déchèteries, TEOM funding, and co-developed access-control system with SMND.
• SICTOM du Guiers: Third member of the CITHED joint déchèteries initiative with SMND and SICTOM de Morestel. Operates the same household-waste/selective-sorting/déchèterie model funded via TEOM in the Isère/Savoie border area.
• SITOM Sud Rhône: Intercommunal waste-treatment syndicate in southern Rhône operating transfer, sorting, and composting facilities for member communes — highly comparable in mandate and funding mechanism to SMND.
• SMICTOM Nord Isère: Adjacent Isère-based syndicat mixte providing household waste collection, déchèteries, and recycling services. Directly comparable public syndicate with similar funding and service scope in the same region.

Regional players

• SYCTOM Paris: Larger French metropolitan waste-treatment syndicat serving the Paris area. Comparable public-service mandate for household waste treatment and energy recovery, but at very different scale and geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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