SMITOM-LOMBRIC

What SMITOM-LOMBRIC does

SMITOM-LOMBRIC (Syndicat Mixte Intercommunal de Traitement des Ordures Ménagères) is a French public intercommunal syndicate established in 1996 and headquartered in Vaux-le-Pénil, Seine-et-Marne. It is a public-service entity — not a private company — created jointly by 56 municipalities to deliver household waste collection, sorting, and treatment across the southern Seine-et-Marne territory. Core services include curbside collection of residual waste, recyclables, food waste, green waste, bulky items, electronics, glass, and textiles; a network of 11 déchèteries (recycling centers); badge-access food-waste bornes deployed at roughly one per 500 inhabitants with weekly pickup; and two owned treatment facilities — an Unité de Valorisation Énergétique (Energy Recovery Unit) in Vaux-le-Pénil that converts household waste into energy, and a Plateforme de compostage in Réau that processes organic waste into compost.

The revenue model is fundamentally tax-based. Resident access to standard services is funded through the Taxe d'Enlèvement des Ordures Ménagères (TEOM); professionals whose waste is comparable to household waste pay a separate Redevance spéciale (annual subscription) and access déchèteries under a signed convention. The syndicate is co-financed by ADEME (Agence de la Transition Écologique) and the Région Île-de-France, and it operates ancillary programs including composter distribution, the Village du Lombric second-hand shop (recyclerie), free pedagogical animations for school classes (CP–CM2), and food-waste diagnostic services for communal canteens. Its technology stack is physical-asset-heavy, with limited digital differentiation beyond a website, social channels, an email newsletter, and a PanneauPocket mobile-app integration for resident communications. Strategic direction is shaped primarily by French regulation, including the February 2020 anti-waste / circular-economy law and the January 2024 biowaste source-separation requirement, which has driven the recent buildout of the food-waste borne network and ongoing deployment of the REP PMCB extended-producer-responsibility filière for construction waste.

Name

SMITOM-LOMBRIC

Legal name

SMITOM-LOMBRIC - Syndicat Mixte Intercommunal de Traitement des Ordures Ménagères

Website

https://lombric.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SMITOM-LOMBRIC is a French public intercommunal syndicate providing household waste collection, recycling, and treatment to 56 municipalities in Seine-et-Marne, operating an energy recovery unit, a composting platform, and 11 déchèteries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Waste Management Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562219), Other Waste Collection (562119)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Bulky Item & White Goods Collection (EUAIAAAH), On-site Waste Collection & Segregation (Front-of-House/Back-of-House) (BPABALAA)

Keywords

• Household waste collection
• Recycling center services
• Food waste management
• Waste-to-energy recovery
• Municipal composting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Vaux-le-Pénil, Île-de-France

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

SMITOM-LOMBRIC is a public intercommunal syndicate that provides comprehensive household waste collection and treatment services across 56 municipalities in Seine-et-Marne, France. Its core services include curbside collection of household waste (residual, recyclables, food waste, green waste, bulky items), operation of 11 déchèteries (recycling centers), food waste collection via dedicated bornes, and distribution of home composting equipment. The syndicate operates an Energy Recovery Unit in Vaux-le-Pénil that converts non-recyclable waste into energy and a composting platform in Réau that processes organic waste into compost and biogas.

Product overview

SMITOM-LOMBRIC is a public waste management syndicate operating in Seine-et-Marne, France, providing comprehensive household waste collection and treatment services. The core offering consists of curbside waste collection (Ordures ménagères, Emballages/Papiers, food waste, green waste, bulky items, textiles, glass), a network of 11 déchèteries (recycling centers), and food waste collection via dedicated collection points. Supporting services include composter distribution, the Village du Lombric second-hand shop, school educational programs, and canteen food waste reduction services. The organization operates an Energy Recovery Unit in Vaux-le-Pénil and a composting platform in Réau.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Village du Lombric: Recyclerie (second-hand shop) operated by SMITOM-LOMBRIC agents selling reusable objects

Products and services

• Collecte des déchets ménagers (Household Waste Collection) Core curbside waste collection service covering multiple types of household waste including residual waste, recyclables, food waste, and bulky items across the 56 municipalities in the territory. Available to residents funded through TEOM.
• Collecte des déchets alimentaires (Food Waste Collection) Food waste collection service through dedicated bornes (collection points) with badge access, enabling residents to dispose of food waste for composting and biogas production. Approximately 1 borne per 500 inhabitants, collected weekly.
• Déchèteries (Recycling Centers) Network of 11 recycling centers across the territory accepting various waste types including green waste, metals, cardboard, construction debris, hazardous materials, electronics (D3E), and textiles. Access requires an access card for residents of member communes.
• Composteurs et Compostage (Compost Bin Distribution) Compost bin distribution and composting guidance service providing residents with home composting equipment and support for individual and shared composting solutions.
• Village du Lombric (Recyclerie / Second-Hand Shop) Second-hand goods shop and workshop space operated by SMITOM-LOMBRIC agents, offering items for resale as part of the ecological transition initiative and waste reduction efforts.
• Animations scolaires et pédagogiques (School Educational Programs) Free educational programs including pedagogical animations for school classes (CP to CM2) on waste sorting and prevention, plus free visits of the Energy Recovery Unit and composting platform.
• Cantines - Réduction du gaspillage alimentaire (Canteen Food Waste Reduction) Canteen food waste reduction service offering diagnostic analysis of food waste causes and tailored solutions for school and communal canteens in the territory.
• Redevance spéciale (Special Fee for Professionals) Annual subscription service allowing artisans, commerçants, and businesses to access déchèteries for disposal of commercial waste similar in nature to household waste, under a signed convention.
• Déchèterie pour les professionnels (Professional Recycling Centers) Déchèteries access program specifically for professionals and artisans under signed convention, accepting commercial waste similar in nature to household waste.

Quantifiable outcome

• 70 kg/hab/an average household waste production - participation in food waste collection helps reduce this figure
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• PanneauPocketminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSMITOM-LOMBRIC uses PanneauPocket mobile application to deliver relevant news directly to residents' phones as part of their communication strategy.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Citeo: Citeo is the French Extended Producer Responsibility eco-organization for household packaging and paper waste. It channels funding to municipal collection and sorting operators including waste syndicats like SMITOM-LOMBRIC for recyclables handling — making it a relevant ecosystem counterpart.
• ADEME: ADEME is the French Environment and Energy Management Agency that co-finances SMITOM-LOMBRIC's food waste collection operations and broader waste infrastructure. Included as an ecosystem participant given its direct financial and policy influence on the syndicate's operations.

Broad incumbents

• Séché Environnement: Séché Environnement is a French-listed waste management group providing hazardous and non-hazardous waste treatment, including household waste processing for public authorities. Comparable to SMITOM-LOMBRIC in treatment infrastructure (incineration, composting) and municipal contract base, though commercially operated.
• PAPREC Group: PAPREC is a leading French private recycling and waste recovery group operating sorting centers, déchèteries-style networks, and material recovery facilities. It is the dominant French recycler and frequently partners with or competes against public syndicats for material recovery contracts.
• Veolia Environmental Services France: Veolia is the other major French private waste management operator with extensive household waste collection, recycling, and waste-to-energy infrastructure. Comparable to SMITOM-LOMBRIC's vertically integrated model from collection through energy recovery and composting, though operating at national scale and on a commercial basis.
• SUEZ Recycling and Recovery France: SUEZ is one of France's two dominant private waste management operators, providing collection, sorting, treatment, and energy recovery services to municipalities and industrial clients nationwide. While SMITOM-LOMBRIC is a public syndicate, SUEZ is the most common private-sector counterpart that tenders for or operates on behalf of French waste syndicats of this size.

Direct peers

• SYCTOM: SYCTOM is the Syndicat Intercommunal de Traitement des Ordures Ménagères de l'Agglomération Parisienne, the largest public waste authority serving the greater Paris area. It is the most direct functional peer to SMITOM-LOMBRIC as both are public intercommunal syndicats mandated by French law to manage household waste collection and treatment for member municipalities.
• SMDO (Syndicat Mixte du Département de l'Oise): SMDO is a French public intercommunal syndicat managing household waste for municipalities in the Oise department (Hauts-de-France). Directly comparable to SMITOM-LOMBRIC as a similarly structured departmental waste syndicat with collection contracts, déchèterie networks, and treatment infrastructure.
• SITOM Sud Gard: SITOM Sud Gard is a public intercommunal syndicat for household waste in southern Gard. Operates a comparable model of curbside collection, déchèteries, and treatment contracts for member communes — making it a structural and operational peer to SMITOM-LOMBRIC at smaller scale.

Emerging players

• Derichebourg Environmental Services: Derichebourg's environmental services arm provides municipal and industrial waste collection, recycling, and treatment in France. Comparable to SMITOM-LOMBRIC's collection-side operations though operating commercially rather than as a public syndicate.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/smitomlombric
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCFQhQtDMobJ-xRSlEoST6Bg
• Facebookfacebook.com/smitom.lombric
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smitom-lombric
• Instagraminstagram.com/smitomlombric

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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