UTE Alicante

What UTE Alicante does

UTE Alicante is a temporary business consortium (UTE — Unión Temporal de Empresas) that holds the municipal waste treatment concession for the city of Alicante, Spain. Founded in 2014 and co-branded with VAL (Valorización y Reciclaje), the company operates the CETRAlicante waste treatment plant located in Partida Fontcalent, which receives municipal solid waste and runs two processing lines: a light packaging line using ballistic, electromagnetic, and optical separators to recover recyclable bales, and an organic matter line that feeds biodigesters and a composting module to produce biogas (used for facility energy) and compost refined via vibrating screens. The company also operates ECOPARC, a citizen-facing drop-off facility at Avenida de Elx 161 (Carretera Nacional 340), open weekdays and Saturday mornings, which extends the service to direct public use.

The business model is a single managed-services public contract with the Municipality of Alicante; pricing is not publicly disclosed and is set under Spanish public procurement rather than market dynamics. Revenue mechanics therefore depend entirely on contract terms with one government buyer, with no additional enterprise, SMB, or consumer revenue streams disclosed. The company employs 63 staff across two Alicante locations: the legal registered headquarters and HR/data protection contact at Calle Guillermo Stewart Howie 12 (03006 Alicante), and the operational treatment plant at Partida Fontcalent. Marketing is limited to a bilingual corporate website (alicantelimpia.com) presenting the integrated environmental management policy and a careers section. The legal entity is a Spanish private UTE with CIF U-66060286, with no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, funding rounds, M&A, or leadership changes on record.

Name

UTE Alicante

Legal name

UTE ALICANTE

Website

https://alicantelimpia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

UTE Alicante is a Spanish temporary business consortium that operates the CETRAlicante waste treatment plant and ECOPARC drop-off facility under a sole municipal contract with the city of Alicante, processing solid waste into recyclables, biogas, and compost.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Waste Management

NAICS

Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622), Waste Treatment and Disposal (56221)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Subtitle: Waste Treatment & Disposal — Sub-industries (L4) (EUAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Yard Waste, Land Clearing & Green Waste Processing (Mulch/Compost Feedstock) (BPALAEAG), Commercial & Office Waste Collection (Non-hazardous) (EUAIAGAA), Solid Waste & Recycling Services Administration (BPAIACAH)

Keywords

• Municipal waste treatment
• Solid waste management
• Material recovery recycling
• Biogas energy production
• Composting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Alicante

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Waste Treatment Services: UTE Alicante operates as a public-private partnership (UTE - Unión Temporal de Empresas) providing municipal waste treatment services to the municipality of Alicante under a public service contract.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

UTE Alicante operates the CETRAlicante municipal waste treatment facility in Alicante, Spain, providing integrated waste management for the municipality. Services include reception and mechanical separation of municipal solid waste from gray containers, light packaging sorting (ballistic, electromagnetic, and optical separation) into compacted bales, and organic matter processing through biodigestion and composting to produce biogas for electricity and compost for agricultural use. The company also operates the ECOPARC drop-off facility for citizens and runs an integrated environmental management program focused on waste minimization, recycling, and proper disposal.

Product overview

UTE Alicante is a municipal waste management consortium (Unión Temporal de Empresas) providing comprehensive waste treatment services for the city of Alicante. The core offering centers on CETRAlicante, a waste treatment plant that receives municipal solid waste and performs mechanical and physical separation processes. The operation includes two main processing lines: a light packaging line (using ballistic, electromagnetic, and optical separation) that produces recyclable bales, and an organic matter line (through biodigestion and composting) that produces biogas for energy and compost for agricultural use. Additionally, ECOPARC provides a drop-off facility for citizens. The company focuses on waste minimization, recycling, and proper disposal aligned with sustainable development objectives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CETRAlicante: Centro de Tratamiento de Residuos de Alicante - the waste treatment plant operated by UTE Alicante, featuring light packaging and organic matter processing lines.
• ECOPARC

Products and services

• CETRAlicante (Centro de Tratamiento de Residuos de Alicante) Main municipal waste treatment plant operated by UTE Alicante in the Fontcalent area of Alicante. Receives municipal solid waste, performs separation for material recovery and composting, and serves as the core facility delivering integrated waste management services for the municipality.
• ECOPARC (Ecological Park) Citizen-facing collection point located at Avinguda d'Elx núm. 161 (carretera Nacional 340), open Monday to Friday 9:30-19:30 and Saturdays-Sundays 9:00-14:00, closed on holidays. Allows Alicante residents to drop off recyclables and other waste as part of the integrated municipal waste service.
• Línea de Envases Ligeros (Light Packaging Line) Processing line within CETRAlicante that separates light packaging waste through a ballistic separator, an electromagnetic separator for ferrous materials, and an optical separator for plastic packaging and bricks, producing compacted bales of recyclable materials.
• Línea de Materia Orgánica (Organic Matter Line) Processing line within CETRAlicante that handles organic waste through biodigesters and biometanization modules, producing biogas for energy generation and compost through composting modules.
• Biogás y Energía (Biogas and Energy) Energy production system within CETRAlicante that captures biogas generated from biodigestion of organic matter and converts it to electricity used to power the facility.
• Compost (Organic Fertilizer) Compost manufactured at CETRAlicante from the organic fraction of municipal waste through biometanization and composting modules, refined using vibrating screens for agricultural use.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• VAL (Valorización y Reciclaje)coreOthersVAL (Valorización y Recycling) appears as part of the company branding and logo on the UTE Alicante website, suggesting they are part of the consortium (UTE - Unión Temporal de Empresas) that operates the municipal waste treatment service.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• CESPA (Ferrovial): Ferrovial's environmental services subsidiary operating municipal waste collection, treatment, and recycling services across Spanish municipalities; direct comparable in service scope and customer type.
• PreZero (Schwarz Group): European waste management operator (formerly part of Suez/Atos/Schwarz) with significant Spanish municipal and industrial waste treatment operations including material recovery, composting, and biogas production.
• Valoriza (Sacyr Group): Environmental services arm of Sacyr providing municipal waste treatment and recycling services across Spain, including composting and biogas — a natural Spanish peer and likely bidder on the same Alicante-style tenders.
• Urbaser: Spanish municipal waste management operator owned by Platinum Equity; runs numerous municipal waste treatment plants (MBT, composting, biogas) under public contracts across Spain, directly comparable to UTE Alicante's CETRAlicante service model.

Emerging players

• SAICA: Spanish family-owned recycling and waste management company with paper recovery and material recycling operations, partial overlap with UTE Alicante's recyclable bale output stream.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia España: Spanish subsidiary of global environmental services group Veolia, operating municipal waste treatment plants, recycling, and energy-from-waste facilities; broader portfolio but overlapping municipal treatment footprint.
• FCC Medio Ambiente (FCC Environment): Waste management division of FCC, one of Spain's largest municipal waste service providers operating treatment plants and collection contracts nationwide; competes directly with UTE Alicante for municipal tenders.
• Acciona Servicios: Services arm of Acciona providing municipal waste management, treatment, and environmental services in Spain and internationally; broader infrastructure conglomerate with overlapping municipal waste exposure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ute-alicante

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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