KD Cistoca

What KD Cistoca does

KD Čistoća d.o.o. is a municipal utility company (komunalno društvo) owned by the City of Rijeka that provides integrated municipal waste management, public-space cleaning, and green-space maintenance services across nine local self-government units in Croatia's Primorje-Gorski Kotar County — the cities of Rijeka, Bakar, Kastav and Kraljevica, and the municipalities of Čavle, Jelenje, Klana, Kostrena and Viškovo. Its core operations include door-to-door separate waste collection using color-coded bins (green, blue, yellow), 8 fixed recycling yards, 4 mobile recycling units rotating across 24 Rijeka locations, free bulky-waste collection up to 6 m³ per household annually, specialized bins for textiles/footwear/glass/edible oils, public-area cleaning (including beach and winter snow operations), and green-space maintenance covering approximately 8,500 street trees and 1.5 million m² of lawn.

Name

KD Cistoca

Legal name

Komunalno društvo Čistoća d.o.o.

Website

https://cistocarijeka.hr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

KD Čistoća is the City of Rijeka–owned municipal utility providing door-to-door waste collection, recycling yards, bulky-waste services, and green-space maintenance to households across nine municipalities in Croatia's Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Other Waste Collection (562119), Materials Recovery Facilities (56292), Waste Treatment and Disposal (56221)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Public Works / In-House Municipal Collection Operations (EUAIAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Commercial & Office Waste Collection (Non-hazardous) (EUAIAGAA), On-site Waste Collection & Segregation (Front-of-House/Back-of-House) (BPABALAA), Chemical Hazardous Waste Collection & Transportation (BPALAHAA)

Keywords

• Municipal waste management
• Door-to-door collection
• Recycling yard services
• Bulky waste collection
• Green space maintenance

Headquarters

HQ city

Rijeka

HQ country

Croatia

HQ region

Europe

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Public Utility Services: KD Čistoća operates as a municipal utility company (komunalno društvo d.o.o.) providing mandatory public waste management services. Revenue comes from service fees charged to households and commercial entities within its service territory, including waste collection, recycling yards, and public space maintenance.
2. Bulky Waste Collection: Free bulky waste collection (up to 6 m3 annually) for households across service area. Paid individual collection service available at 212.00 EUR / 1,600.00 HRK per 5 m3 container for additional volumes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

KD Čistoća is the municipal utility company of the City of Rijeka providing integrated waste management and environmental services across nine municipalities. Core offerings include door-to-door waste collection with color-coded bins, eight recycling yards, mobile recycling units, bulky waste collection, smart modular bins with sensor monitoring, semi-underground containers, public space cleaning, and green space maintenance. The portfolio is rounded out by community programs such as the Riperaj repair workshop, the Bert zero-waste product dispenser, and a landfill gas-to-electricity plant.

Product overview

KD Čistoća is a municipal utility company providing integrated waste management and environmental services across Rijeka, Bakar, Kastav, Kraljevica and municipalities of Čavle, Jelenje, Klana, Kostrena, and Viškovo. The portfolio centers on door-to-door waste collection with colored bin systems (Otpadnici), complemented by eight recycling yards and four mobile recycling units. Key infrastructure includes smart bins with solar power and fill-level sensors, semi-underground containers, and a landfill gas-to-electricity plant. Community programs include Riperaj (free repair workshop, first in Croatia), Bert (zero-waste product dispenser), and the E-Bins educational mobile app. Supporting services encompass public space cleaning, green space maintenance (parks, 8,500 trees, 1.5M m² lawns), and bulky waste collection. The company operates as a unified service platform rather than modular software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Riperaj: A free community repair workshop and space where citizens can repair small household appliances, furniture, clothing, and toys with the help of skilled craftsmen. Located at Ivana Zajca 20/b, Rijeka.
• Bert
• E-Bins (e-Otpadnici)

Products and services

• Prikupljanje otpada od vrata do vrata (Door-to-Door Waste Collection) Individualized household waste collection where each residence receives dedicated colored bins (green for mixed waste, blue for paper, yellow for plastic/metal/multi-layer packaging) with scheduled pickup, serving Rijeka, Bakar, Kastav, Kraljevica, Čavle, Jelenje, Klana, Kostrena and Viškovo.
• Otpadnici (Public Bin Network / Eco Islands) Color-coded public bins installed at eco-islands across the service area: BLUE for paper, ORANGE for glass, YELLOW for metal/plastic/multi-layer packaging, GREEN for residual waste, enabling source separation by citizens.
• Glomazni otpad (Bulky Waste Collection) Bulky waste pickup service for households, free up to 6 m³ annually (5 m³ in Kostrena, on-request in Viškovo), with paid individual collection at 212 EUR per 5 m³ container above the free quota.
• Reciklažna dvorišta (Recycling Yards) Eight fenced and monitored fixed facilities for separate collection and temporary storage of household problematic and reusable waste (paper, glass, plastic, metal, bio-waste, construction debris, batteries, medicines, paints, waste oils, electronics), free for household users.
• Mobilna reciklažna dvorišta (Mobile Recycling Yards) Four mobile recycling units (two in Rijeka, one in Bakar, one in Kraljevica) rotating through 24 designated locations in Rijeka, plus additional stops elsewhere; each unit stays at a location for 14 days.
• Spremnici za tekstil i obuću (Textile and Footwear Bins) Approximately 100 specialized 2 m³ white bins placed across the service area for collection of waste textiles, clothing, and footwear.
• Spremnici za staklo (Glass Collection Bins) Dedicated bins distributed throughout Rijeka, Bakar, Kastav, Kraljevica and surrounding municipalities for separate collection of glass packaging.
• Spremnici za jestiva ulja (Edible Oil Containers) Specialized bins for collecting household waste cooking oil, contributing to biodiesel production and environmental protection.
• Pametni spremnici (Smart Modular Bins) Smart modular waste containers with integrated fill-level sensors, GPS transmitter, SIM card, solar-powered operation, 5-7x compaction capacity, built-in ashtray, and foot pedal, connected to the Clean Management software for real-time monitoring and route optimization.
• Poluukopani spremnici (Semi-Underground Containers) High-capacity underground waste storage systems (3.0 m³ for separate streams; 5.0 m³ for residual mixed waste) made from high-density polyethylene with impermeable liners, reducing fermentation and odor through cooler subterranean temperatures; deployed at Riva, Zanonova and Riva Boduli.
• Javne površine (Public Space Maintenance) Cleaning and maintenance of public traffic areas, street bin emptying, enhanced cleaning during public events, public toilet and bathing-facility upkeep, summer beach cleaning, and winter snow/ice removal services for the City of Rijeka.
• Zelene površine (Green Spaces Maintenance) Maintenance of parks, tree-lined avenues and green areas in Rijeka: roughly 1,500,000 m² of lawn mowed 4-10 times per year, around 8,500 street trees pruned/pinned/hoed/fertilized, around 9,000 m² of hedges, and annual installation of 136 hanging flower baskets on 68 pedestrian-zone lighting poles.
• Riperaj (Community Repair Workshop) Free community repair workshop at Ivana Zajca 20/b, Rijeka, where citizens can repair broken small household appliances, furniture, clothing, toys and similar items with assistance from skilled craftsmen.
• Bert (Zero-Waste Eco Products Dispenser) Zero-waste dispenser machine at the Riperaj facility where visitors can purchase unpackaged ecological food (olive oil, pumpkin oil, vinegars) and eco-friendly non-food products (cleaning agents, shampoos) to reduce single-use plastic packaging.
• Postrojenje za proizvodnju električne energije iz odlagališnog plina (Landfill Gas-to-Electricity Plant) Electricity generation facility at the remediated Viševac landfill that captures and converts landfill methane gas into renewable electric power, generating revenue and reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.
• E-Bins (e-Otpadnici) Mobile App Mobile application for educational and informational purposes about waste management, available in Croatian, helping citizens learn proper separation and disposal practices.

Quantifiable outcome

• Smart bins have 5-7x larger capacity than standard bins, significantly reducing collection frequency
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Clean Harbors: North American hazardous-waste management company with collection, recycling, and disposal capabilities; comparable to the hazardous-fraction acceptance service KD Čistoća runs across its 8 recycling yards.
• Waste Management, Inc. Largest North American integrated waste services company offering collection, transfer, recycling, and landfill gas-to-energy — directly comparable on the landfill-gas plant and routing-optimised collection infrastructure that KD Čistoća is building.
• Suez: International water and waste services group with municipal collection, materials recovery, and circular-economy programmes in Europe; competes for the same concession-style contracts that underpin KD Čistoća's LSGU business model.
• Remondis: German-headquartered private waste and recycling company with municipal collection contracts and materials recovery facilities across Europe; comparable on the integrated collection + recycling-yard stack.
• Veolia: Global environmental services operator covering municipal waste collection, recycling, and waste-to-energy across Europe — overlaps with KD Čistoća on integrated municipal waste contracts and landfill-gas energy recovery, but at much broader scale.
• FCC Environment: European environmental services division of FCC Group operating municipal waste collection, recycling, and treatment concessions across Spain and the EU; comparable in operating model and contract-driven municipal utility structure.

Emerging players

• Bigbelly: US-based smart waste and recycling bin vendor with solar-compacting public-space containers and fill-level telemetry — directly comparable to KD Čistoća's Pametni modularni spremnik in both function and target deployment environment.
• Compology: Smart-waste monitoring platform using camera-based fill-level sensors and routing analytics for commercial and municipal haulers — overlaps with the Clean Management software stack KD Čistoća uses to optimise its collection routes.

Direct peers

• Čistoća i održavanje prostora: Municipal utility serving the City of Split with waste collection, public space maintenance, and recycling-yard operations under the same Croatian public-utility framework as KD Čistoća.
• Zagrebački holding (Čistoća podružnica): City of Zagreb's municipal holding company whose Čistoća branch runs Zagreb's solid-waste collection, recycling yards, public cleansing, and door-to-door system under the same komunalno društvo / LSGU-contract structure as KD Čistoća — the closest structural peer in Croatia.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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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