Réseau Compost Citoyen

What Réseau Compost Citoyen does

Réseau Compost Citoyen (RCC) is a French non-profit association (Loi 1901) founded in 2009 and headquartered in Toulouse, with a national coordinating team based in Paris. It is the first dedicated French actor in the proximity management of biodegradable waste (biowaste), and it promotes composting, reduction of food waste, and return of organic matter to soil as part of a circular-economy approach. RCC federates a national network comprising 14 regional associations covering metropolitan France and three overseas territories (Guadeloupe, Martinique, La Réunion), with 1,049 members, 96 labeled Sites Vitrines, and 28 employees supported by over 100 volunteer administrators.

RCC's core offerings are not software products but knowledge assets, pedagogical tools, certified training pathways, and community events. Its flagship program is PGprox (Prévention et Gestion de proximité des biodéchets), a training device co-created with the French ecological-transition agency ADEME and autonomously managed by RCC since 2019. It certifies three professional roles — Référent de site, Guide Composteur, and Maître Composteur — across composting modalities (domestic, shared, establishment-based, vermicomposting, integrated green-space management). The Démarche Qualité framework bundles five tools to evaluate and label composting sites (Site Vitrine labeling, site audits, operation audits, and two self-diagnosis questionnaires). RCC also maintains interactive mapping (Géocompost), a bimonthly newsletter, a members-only media library and forum, and self-service online resources.

RCC's business model combines annual membership fees (cotisations) from individuals and organizations, fee-based professional training delivered through PGprox (eligible for OPCO, France Travail, and employer funding), event-related revenue (notably Université d'Automne and partner-facing booths), and donations processed through HelloAsso with support from ADEME, Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer, 1% for the Planet, and FDVA. The organization sells no physical product; its commercial activity centers on training, certification, and advocacy. Customer segments include individual citizens and gardeners, the 34,746 French communes plus intercommunalities seeking to comply with AGEC-law source-separation obligations, housing providers (bailleurs), and professional establishments such as restaurants, schools, and healthcare facilities.

Name

Réseau Compost Citoyen

Legal name

Réseau Compost Citoyen

Website

https://reseaucompost.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Réseau Compost Citoyen is a French non-profit founded in 2009 that promotes proximity management of biodegradable waste through member services, certified training, and national events. It serves 1,049 members, municipalities, and professionals across France via 14 regional associations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Biowaste Management and Community Composting Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Remediation and Other Waste Management Services (5629)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Organics & Composting Programs (Food Waste, Green Waste) (BPABALAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Residential Curbside Organics Programs (Municipal/Franchise) (BPALAEAF)

Keywords

• Biowaste management
• Proximity composting
• Community composting
• Compost training
• Waste reduction services

Headquarters

HQ city

Toulouse

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees (cotisations): Adhérents pay annual membership fees to the national and regional networks. Membership provides access to tools, forum, media library, and events.
2. Professional training fees: The organization delivers fee-based professional training programs through the PGprox device (e.g., Université d'Automne). Training fees are eligible for professional funding (OPCO, France Travail, employer).
3. Donations: The organization accepts donations through HelloAsso platform, with support from financial partners such as ADEME, Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer, 1% for the Planet, and FDVA.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Réseau Compost Citoyen is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) that promotes and supports proximity management of biodegradable waste through community composting, training, and advocacy. It operates a federated network of 13 regional citizen composting networks plus three overseas, provides professional training (notably the PGprox program co-created with ADEME), runs the Démarche Qualité quality approach for compost sites, and maintains mapping and self-assessment tools to scale citizen-led composting across France.

Product overview

Réseau Compost Citoyen operates as a national network organization rather than a traditional software product company. Its core offering is the PGprox training program, a certification framework for proximity biowaste management developed with ADEME. The organization provides quality assessment tools (site audits, self-diagnosis questionnaires) for composting operations. It organizes national awareness events including Tous au Compost!, the Fête du Sol Vivant, and Université d'Automne. Member services include a bimonthly newsletter, interactive mapping (Géocompost), and access to pedagogical resources. The organization has no public API or documented AI/ML capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PGprox: Dispositif de formation pour la Prévention et Gestion de PROXimité des biodéchets, créé en partenariat avec l'ADEME

Products and services

• PGprox Professional Training Structured training and certification program for compost site managers, master composters, and technical advisors, combining theory and hands-on practice. Co-developed with ADEME to align with French biowaste policy and proximity composting standards.
• Démarche Qualité (Quality Approach) Quality assurance program for compost sites, providing structured self-assessment (Autodiagnostic) tools and a methodology for site managers to improve practices. Used across the network's demonstration sites.
• Géocompost National Mapping Tool Public-facing geographic database of community composting sites in France, allowing citizens, municipalities, and professionals to identify nearby sites.
• Membership and Association Subscription Paid annual membership that grants individuals, citizen groups, and partner organizations access to the network's resources, voting rights at the assembly, and discounts on training and events.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2.5 million tonnes of compost could be produced annually if remaining food and green waste were composted — enough to feed soils of 5 million French people's gardens.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AFAUP (Association Française d'Agriculture Urbaine Professionnelle)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2024National network of urban agriculture professionals exchanging on models and practices, contributing to the development of all forms of urban agriculture for sustainable, fertile, and solidarity-based cities. The AFAUP and RCC formalized their collaboration in May 2024 to develop proximity composting and urban agriculture, with joint actions and shared messaging.
• Réseau de l'Assainissement Écologique (RAE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2024Association defending the general interest in sanitation matters. The RCC and RAE signed a partnership in March 2024 to address common topics, notably composting of dry toilets. The partnership aims to advance mutual objectives around ecological sanitation and organic waste management.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Zero Waste France: French non-profit association advocating for waste reduction and proper waste management at the citizen and municipal level. Directly comparable to RCC as a membership-based environmental advocacy organization with overlapping agenda on biowaste and household waste prevention.
• Surfrider Foundation Europe: European environmental NGO headquartered in France with a member-driven advocacy model. Comparable to RCC as a non-profit environmental organization relying on volunteer networks, citizen engagement, and policy advocacy.
• Fondation pour la Nature et l'Homme: French environmental foundation focused on ecological transition and sustainable societies. Comparable to RCC in mission (sustainability advocacy) and in operating as a French non-profit leveraging partnerships and policy influence.
• AMORCE: French association of local authorities (collectivités) for waste management, energy, and climate. Directly comparable to RCC given its focus on equipping municipalities with waste management programs and policy support, mirroring RCC's local-government engagement.
• France Nature Environnement: France's largest environmental federation with thousands of member associations. Directly comparable to RCC's federated non-profit model and broad environmental advocacy mission, though with a wider scope beyond biowaste.
• Réseau Action Climat: French climate action network coordinating dozens of member NGOs on climate policy. Comparable to RCC's federated network structure and reliance on multi-stakeholder coalitions for policy advocacy.

Regional players

• European Compost Network: European-level network promoting compost quality and biowaste management across EU member states. Comparable to RCC as a composting-specific membership network, but operates at the European rather than national level.

Emerging players

• Réseau de l'Assainissement Écologique (RAE): French association promoting ecological sanitation including composting of dry toilets. Comparable as a niche non-profit peer in proximity biowaste management; RCC and RAE formalized a partnership in March 2024 to address shared topics.

Broad incumbents

• Greenpeace France: French branch of the global environmental advocacy organization. Comparable in non-profit advocacy model and French policy engagement, though focused on climate, oceans, forests, and agriculture rather than biowaste specifically.
• WWF France: French branch of the global environmental organization. Comparable as a large non-profit environmental advocacy entity with significant funding, brand recognition, and policy influence — but with a much broader mandate than RCC's biowaste specialization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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