awm Abfallwirtschaftsbetriebe Münster

What awm Abfallwirtschaftsbetriebe Münster does

awm Abfallwirtschaftsbetriebe Münster is a municipal waste management utility (kommunaler Eigenbetrieb) wholly owned by the City of Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The company provides comprehensive waste management services — including scheduled curbside collection of bio-waste, paper, residual waste, and recyclables, street cleaning, winter road maintenance, and commercial disposal — to approximately 300,000 residents and a broad base of businesses and institutions within the city of Münster. Service delivery runs through a network of 11 Recyclinghöfe (recycling centers) distributed across the city and a central processing hub, the Recycling- und Entsorgungszentrum (REZ) Coerde, which combines a composting facility, residual waste treatment, the Zentraldeponie II landfill, a photovoltaic installation covering roughly two football fields, and a combined heat and power (CHP) plant that generates approximately 13.5 million kWh of electricity and 6.5 million kWh of heat annually from landfill gas, biogas, and sewage gas.

The product surface extends beyond waste collection into digital tools, citizen engagement, and circular economy programs. Core products include the Online-Entsorgungskalender (with iCalendar export, email reminders, and Alexa voice assistant integration), the Abfall-ABC waste encyclopedia, the Mindestvolumenrechner and Gebührenrechner, the licensed Problemabfallzwischenlager for commercial hazardous waste, and the QuartiersKisten app-enabled sharing cabinets (launched June 2026 with Reboot Mobility and KonvOY). The kreisl Kiste circular economy pavilion, developed with FH Münster from predominantly reused materials, and the Sauberes Münster annual volunteer cleanup (mobilizing approximately 16,500 participants and collecting 19.5 tonnes of waste in 2026) anchor the citizen-engagement portfolio. awm is governed by a Doppelspitze (dual leadership) consisting of Christian Wedding (kaufmännischer Betriebsleiter, commercial director since October 2022) and Dr. Daniel Baumkötter (technischer Betriebsleiter, technical director since December 2024), with Ludger Steinmann chairing the supervisory Betriebsausschuss.

Revenue is generated through a hybrid model: subscription-based municipal fees for household waste collection and street cleaning (set annually in the Wirtschaftsplan), transactional fees for commercial waste disposal at Recyclinghof Coerde (priced per tonne by waste type, ranging from €45/tonne for green waste to €340/tonne for asbestos), and transactional fees for commercial hazardous waste at the Problemabfallzwischenlager (priced per kilogram/unit, e.g., €2.50/kg for waste oil, €5 minimum fee per delivery). The company also monetizes energy from its CHP plant and hosts citizen awareness campaigns under its Vision 2030 strategy to make Münster a waste-free city, which earned it a nomination for the Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis (German Sustainability Award) 2024.

Name

awm Abfallwirtschaftsbetriebe Münster

Legal name

Abfallwirtschaftsbetriebe Münster

Website

https://awm.stadt-muenster.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

awm Abfallwirtschaftsbetriebe Münster is a municipal waste management utility serving the City of Münster, Germany. It provides waste collection, recycling, street cleaning, winter maintenance, and disposal services to over 300,000 residents and businesses through 11 recycling centers and a central processing facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Waste Management Services

NAICS

Waste Collection (5621), Solid Waste Landfill (562212), Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211), Waste Management and Remediation Services (562)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950), Hazardous Waste Management (4955)

akta.pro primary industry

Municipal Solid Waste Collection (Residential/Commercial) (IMAIAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfill Disposal (BPALACAA), Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfills (Non-hazardous) (EUAIACAB), Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection & Program Operations (BPALAFAL), Waste, Recycling & Circularity (On-site Programs) (BPABAAAL)

Keywords

• Municipal waste management
• Recycling services
• Waste collection
• Street cleaning
• Circular economy services

Headquarters

HQ city

Münster

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Waste Collection Fees (Abfallgebühren): Fees charged to households and businesses for waste collection services, including bio-waste, paper, residual waste, and valuestoff (recyclables) collection.
2. Recycling Center Fees: Fees for commercial waste disposal at Recyclinghof Coerde, charged by weight and waste type. Value materials (paper, cardboard, scrap metal) are accepted free of charge.
3. Street Cleaning Fees (Stadtreinigungsgebühren): Fees for street cleaning services provided throughout the city.
4. Commercial Hazardous Waste Disposal: Fees for commercial hazardous waste disposal at the Problemabfallzwischenlager, charged per kilogram or unit.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

awm operates as Münster's municipal waste management utility (kommunaler Eigenbetrieb), providing scheduled curbside collection of bio-waste, paper, residual waste and recyclables, 11 recycling centers, bulky and green waste collection, commercial and hazardous waste disposal at the REZ Coerde facility, street cleaning, and winter road maintenance. It complements these services with educational programs, citizen engagement campaigns, and energy recovery from waste via its combined heat and power plant.

Product overview

awm Abfallwirtschaftsbetriebe Münster is a municipal waste management utility (kommunaler Eigenbetrieb) offering a broad suite of public-facing services organized around waste collection, disposal, recycling, and street cleanliness. Core services include scheduled waste collection (bio, paper, residual, and value material bins) via an online Entsorgungskalender, eleven recycling centers (Recyclinghöfe) across the city, bulky goods and green waste collection, problem/hazardous waste handling, commercial waste disposal at the Coerde facility, street cleaning, and winter road maintenance. The offering also encompasses educational programs (Deponie-Erlebnispfad, school visits, educational modules), citizen-facing campaigns (Sauberes Münster volunteer cleanups, Aktion Biotonne), and sustainability initiatives including the Online-Entsorgungskalender, Mindestvolumenrechner (container size calculator), and Gebührenrechner (fee calculator). Key facilities include the Recycling- und Entsorgungszentrum (REZ) Coerde, the Zentraldeponie II (landfill with photovoltaic installation), and the Problemabfallzwischenlager at Rösnerstraße. The company is structured as a Doppelspitze (dual leadership) under Christian Wedding (commercial) and Dr. Daniel Baumkötter (technical).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Scheduled Curbside Waste Collection
• Recyclinghöfe (Recycling Centers)
• Recycling- und Entsorgungszentrum (REZ) Coerde
• Problemabfallzwischenlager (Hazardous Waste Storage & Disposal)
• Winterdienst (Winter Road Maintenance)
• Stadtreinigung für Unternehmen und Veranstaltungen
• Sperrgut- und Grünabfallabfuhr (Bulky & Green Waste Collection)
• QuartiersKisten (Sharing Cabinets)
• Online-Entsorgungskalender (Digital Collection Calendar)
• Commercial Waste Disposal at Recyclinghof Coerde

Quantifiable outcome

• Energy production: 13.5 million kWh electricity and 6.5 million kWh heat annually from waste gases
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• LEE-Regionalverband Münsterland (Landesverband Erneuerbare Energien)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 June 2026awm hosted a stop of the 'Energiewende erFAHREN' cycling tour organized by LEE NRW. The tour showcased how modern waste management contributes to the energy transition, demonstrating practical examples of renewable energy integration at awm facilities.
• TwencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDutch waste management partner Twence works with awm on circular economy initiatives. Twence has reduced CO2 emissions by 100,000 tonnes annually and is building new facilities including a CO2 processing plant. Twence presented at awm's European Waste Prevention Week events.
• FH Münster (University of Applied Sciences Münster)coreStrategic or Co-development Partnerawm partnered with FH Münster on the 'kreisl Kiste' (circular box) project - a circular economy pavilion built predominantly from reused materials. FH Münster developed the pavilion as a real laboratory for exchange between citizens, science, and business on circular economy topics.
• studio formagoraminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMünster-based design studio collaborating with awm on educational workshops during the kreisl Kiste action week. They demonstrate how discarded wood can be transformed into new products, such as creating stools from old staircase steps and table tops.
• Amt für Grünflächen, Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit (City of Münster)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCity department co-organizing the 'Von der kreisl Kiste in den Alltag' barcamp with awm on circular economy topics. Part of ongoing collaboration between city departments on sustainability initiatives.
• Wirtschaftsförderung MünsterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMünster's economic development agency co-organizing barcamp events on circular economy with awm.
• Wohn + StadtbauminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMünster housing association partner in the QuartiersKisten project for the York-Quartier, supporting neighborhood sharing initiatives.
• Netzwerk Grüne Arbeitswelt (Green Working World Network)minorStrategic or Co-development Partnerawm is a member of Netzwerk Grüne Arbeitswelt, demonstrating commitment to environmental and climate protection in workplace practices.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Stadtreinigung Dresden: Dresden's municipal waste and street-cleaning utility (Eigenbetrieb) with comparable portfolio of collection, recycling, disposal, and Stadtreinigung services.
• AWISTA Düsseldorf: Düsseldorf's municipal waste management company providing collection, recycling, street cleaning, and winter service — a direct functional peer of awm within the Ruhr/NRW municipal waste landscape.
• Berliner Stadtreinigung (BSR): Largest municipal waste management and street cleaning utility in Germany, serving ~3.7M Berlin residents. Directly comparable as a kommunaler Eigenbetrieb with mandated collection, recycling, hazardous-waste handling, and energy-recovery assets.
• Entsorgungsbetriebe München (EBM): Munich's municipal waste management operator (part of Stadtwerke München) with a near-identical mandate: residential/commercial collection, recycling centers, hazardous-waste services, and CHP/landfill-gas energy generation.
• AWA Augsburg (Abfallwirtschafts- und Stadtreinigungsbetrieb der Stadt Augsburg): Augsburg's municipal waste and street-cleaning utility, very similar in structure to awm: combines waste collection, disposal facilities, recycling, and Stadtreinigung under a single Eigenbetrieb.
• Stadtreinigung Hamburg (SRH): Hamburg's municipal waste and street-cleaning utility, also structured as a public-law entity, with comparable service portfolio including collection, recycling centers, hazardous-waste facilities, and energy recovery from waste.
• EDG Entsorgung Dortmund: Dortmund's municipal waste management company operating as a städtischer Eigenbetrieb with similar functions including household/commercial waste, recycling centers, hazardous-waste collection, and street cleaning.
• Abfallwirtschaftsbetrieb des Landkreises Osnabrück: Regional municipal waste utility in Lower Saxony operating landfills, recycling centers, and collection services for a comparably sized catchment — closely analogous scale and service mix to awm Münster.

Broad incumbents

• ALBA Group: Major private-sector recycling and waste services group in Germany and Europe. Comparable operating footprint in commercial waste, hazardous waste, and material recycling that overlaps with awm's commercial and recycling offerings.
• Remondis: Germany's largest private waste management company, operating across collection, recycling, hazardous waste, and water services nationally. Acts as a private-sector incumbent against which municipal utilities like awm compete for commercial and hazardous-waste contracts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/abfallwirtschaftsbetriebe-muenster
• Instagraminstagram.com/awmmuenster

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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