ABREMA

What ABREMA does

ABREMA (Associação Brasileira de Resíduos e Meio Ambiente) is a Brazilian non-profit civil association (associação civil) founded in 1976 and headquartered on Avenida Paulista in São Paulo. It is the principal trade body representing approximately 200 companies operating across Brazil's solid waste management and environmental services value chain, including large concessionaires and specialized waste operators (e.g., Aegea, Orizon, Estre, Battre, Cael). Its core deliverables are industry publications and benchmarks — most notably the annual Panorama dos Resíduos Sólidos and the Índice de Sustentabilidade da Limpeza Urbana (ISLU) — alongside a member portal, technical guidelines, training, and advocacy before federal and state bodies such as the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, the Ministry of Public Prosecution, and the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU).

The association's underlying technology is non-software: it is a content, data, and policy platform built on member-supplied operational data, municipal reporting, and field research. The Panorama report aggregates national waste generation statistics (e.g., 211,000+ tonnes/day, 380 kg/inhabitant/year, 77.1 million tonnes in 2022) and ISLU provides comparative sustainability indicators for urban cleaning services reaching 93% of the Brazilian population. ABREMA is the Brazilian member of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) and partners with the U.S. National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA), giving it international knowledge exchange channels. Affiliated unions SELUR (São Paulo) and SELURB (other states) extend its footprint into collective bargaining and union representation for member companies.

Its business model is membership-funded: member companies pay association dues, supplemented by publication sales and event/conference fees. The organization does not publish financial statements. The association is governed by a board led by President Pedro Maranhão, has 28 employees, and in November 2025 launched the Programa de Integridade ABREMA (Integrity Program) to formalize compliance standards across the membership. Rather than competing in commercial software or services, ABREMA's economic role is to be the convening industry body that shapes Brazilian solid waste regulation, aggregates sector data, and provides collective representation for its approximately 200 member companies.

Name

ABREMA

Legal name

ABREMA - Associação Brasileira de Resíduos e Meio Ambiente

Website

https://abrema.org.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ABREMA is a Brazilian non-profit trade association founded in 1976 that represents approximately 200 companies in the solid waste management sector, providing industry research (Panorama, ISLU), regulatory advocacy, and representation before federal bodies on behalf of its members.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ABREMA is a Brazilian non-profit trade association representing approximately 200 companies in the solid waste management and environmental services sector. It provides industry representation, advocacy, research publications (Panorama dos Resíduos Sólidos, ISLU), technical guidelines, training programs, and coordinates social programs. It operates as the Brazilian member of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA).

Product overview

ABREMA (Associação Brasileira de Resíduos e Meio Ambiente) is a non-profit industry association representing approximately 200 companies in Brazil's solid waste management and environmental services sector. Rather than offering commercial software products, ABREMA provides industry publications (Panorama dos Resíduos Sólidos, ISLU Index), maintains a member portal for its member companies, and coordinates social programs including the SIVC job system for people with disabilities. The association serves as a central hub for advocacy, research publication, and industry collaboration in waste management and environmental sustainability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Panorama dos Resíduos Sólidos: Annual report/publication on solid waste management in Brazil published by ABREMA
• ISLU
• Programa de Integridade ABREMA
• SELUR
• SELURB

Quantifiable outcome

• Urban cleaning service coverage reaches 93% of the Brazilian population
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ISWA (International Solid Waste Association)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerABREMA is the Brazilian member of ISWA, the International Solid Waste Association, providing international networking and knowledge exchange in waste management practices
• NWRA (National Waste & Recycling Association)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partnership with US-based waste management association for industry exchange and best practices sharing
• Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerABREMA works with the Ministry of Environment to support municipalities in data generation and implementation of the National Solid Waste Policy
• Ministry of Public ProsecutioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Public Prosecution for humanized closure of dumpsites across Brazil
• Federal Court of Accounts (TCU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Courts of Accounts at federal and state levels for oversight of waste management compliance

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ABRELPE: Associação Brasileira de Empresas de Limpeza Pública e Resíduos Especiais; Brazilian association of public cleaning and special waste companies — directly comparable to ABREMA in mission, member base, and even cross-listed in ABREMA's publications.
• ISWA (International Solid Waste Association): Global solid waste industry association of which ABREMA is the Brazilian national member; direct functional peer at the international federation level with comparable training, events, and policy advocacy.
• ABETRE: Associação Brasileira de Empresas de Tratamento de Resíduos; Brazilian association for waste-treatment companies with a closely overlapping member constituency and policy agenda with ABREMA.
• NWRA (National Waste & Recycling Association): US trade association for the waste and recycling industry; ABREMA has a documented partnership with NWRA, making it a closely comparable industry-body peer.
• SWANA (Solid Waste Association of North America): North American professional association for solid waste professionals — mirrors ABREMA's training, certification, and member-advocacy activities in a different geography.

Others

• CNI - Confederação Nacional da Indústria: Brazilian National Industry Confederation; broader Brazilian industry-federation umbrella through which ABREMA-aligned members engage on cross-sectoral policy, ESG, and labor matters.
• ABES: Associação Brasileira de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental; Brazilian sanitary and environmental engineering association — adjacent sector (water/sanitation) with overlapping environmental-policy advocacy in Brazil.

Regional players

• WMRR: Waste Management and Recycling Association of Australia; Australian peak body for the waste and recycling industry with a structure analogous to ABREMA.
• FEAD: European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services; continental trade association representing waste-management companies in Europe with functions analogous to ABREMA.
• CIWM: Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (UK); UK-based professional body for the waste-management industry with comparable training, publication, and advocacy functions to ABREMA.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookm.facebook.com/ABREMA.ORG
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/abrema-org
• Instagraminstagram.com/abrema_org

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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