Sogama

What Sogama does

Sogama (Sociedade Galega do Medio Ambiente, S.A.) is a public autonomous company owned by the Xunta de Galicia, the regional government of the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. Established in 1992 by Decreto 111/1992, the company is attached to the Consellería de Medio Ambiente e Cambio Climático and functions as the official operative instrument for Galician environmental policy, focused on the management and treatment of municipal solid waste produced across all Galician municipalities.

The company operates a fully integrated waste management infrastructure comprising selective collection systems (yellow containers for packaging, blue for paper/cardboard, brown for organic waste, black for residual fraction, and igloos/clean points for hazardous and bulky items), a regional network of transfer plants, the Environmental Complex of Cerceda for treatment and recovery, industrial composting facilities, and the Areosa non-hazardous waste landfill. Auxiliary services include the home composting (Autocompostaxe) program, the Ondevai digital waste-search tool, and the Aprende con Sogama environmental education initiative, which includes the Os Bolechas animated character series and the three-Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) curriculum for schools.

Sogama's business model is that of a publicly-owned waste management utility. Revenue derives from contracted municipal service fees (public tariff structure, not publicly disclosed) supplemented by EU FEDER and Recovery and Resilience Mechanism capital grants. Customer segments are exclusively Galician concellos (municipalities), served through direct public service agreements. The company's governance is exercised via a board of administration reporting to the regional government, with a published strategic plan covering 2025-2030.

Name

Sogama

Legal name

SOCIEDADE GALEGA DO MEDIOAMBIENTE, S.A.

Website

https://sogama.gal

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sogama is a public autonomous company of the Xunta de Galicia that manages and treats municipal solid waste for all Galician municipalities, operating transfer plants, the Cerceda Environmental Complex, composting facilities, and the Areosa landfill.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cerceda

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Sogama is the public waste management company for the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It provides end-to-end municipal solid waste management services for Galician municipalities, including selective waste collection (yellow, blue, brown, and black containers), transfer plant operations, treatment and recovery at the Cerceda Environmental Complex, industrial composting of organic matter, and final disposal at the Areosa non-hazardous landfill. It also operates clean points (Punto Limpo), home composting programs, citizen waste-search tools, and environmental education initiatives.

Product overview

SOGAMA (Sociedade Galega do Medio Ambiente) is a regional public company managing municipal solid waste in Galicia, Spain. The company operates a multi-fraction waste collection system comprising Bolsa Amarela (yellow container for packaging), Bolsa Negra (black container for residual waste), and Bolsa Marrón (brown container for organic waste). Infrastructure includes the Complejo Medioambiental de Cerceda, a network of transfer plants, industrial composting facilities, and the Areosa non-hazardous landfill. Additional services include Punto Limpo clean points, home composting programs, and environmental education initiatives including the Os Bolechas animated characters. The company also provides a waste search tool (Ondevai) for citizens.

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Products and services

• Bolsa Amarela (Yellow Container) Municipal selective waste collection service for packaging and light packaging waste (yellow container/bolsa amarela), enabling citizens and businesses in Galician municipalities to dispose of recyclables separately from residual waste.
• Bolsa Negra (Black/Generic Container) Municipal waste collection service for the residual fraction (black bag/generic container) for non-recyclable waste generated by households and businesses across Galicia.
• Bolsa Marrón (Brown Container) Municipal waste collection service for organic/brown waste (brown container/bolsa marrón), enabling separate collection of organic matter for subsequent industrial composting.
• Punto Limpo (Clean Point) Permanent municipal collection facilities accepting hazardous household waste, used vegetable oils, bulky items, wood, metal, electronic equipment (WEEE), and construction debris from citizens of Galician municipalities.
• Complexo Medioambiental de Cerceda (Cerceda Environmental Complex) Main environmental complex located in Cerceda (A Coruña) that processes municipal waste from across Galicia, performing waste treatment and recovery operations on waste delivered by the regional transfer plant network.
• Rede de Plantas de Transferencia (Transfer Plant Network) Network of waste transfer plants across Galicia that receive and consolidate municipal waste to enable efficient transport onward to treatment facilities such as the Cerceda Environmental Complex.
• Rede de Infraestruturas de Compostaxe Industrial (Industrial Composting Network) Industrial composting infrastructure network for the valorization and biological treatment of separately collected organic matter from Galician municipalities.
• Vertedoiro de Residuos Non Perigosos da Areosa (Areosa Non-Hazardous Landfill) Non-hazardous waste landfill facility located in Areosa for the final disposal of residual municipal waste from Galicia that cannot be recycled or composted.
• Autocompostaxe (Home Composting Program) Home composting program providing composters to families in Galician municipalities so they can autonomously manage their organic waste at source, reducing the volume sent to the municipal organic-waste collection and treatment system.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GRESINTcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021GRESINT is a cross-border cooperation project under the third call of the Interreg España-Portugal program (POCTEP 2021-2017). This strategic initiative focuses on environmental cooperation between Spain and Portugal, with Sogama participating as a key partner in waste management and environmental protection activities.
• Mancomunidade do MorrazocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSogama and the Mancomunidade do Morrazo have renewed their collaboration agreement to advance towards more circular management of the transfer plant at Portela. This partnership focuses on improving waste transfer infrastructure and circular economy practices in the Morrazo region.
• ISWA (International Solid Waste Association)minorOthersSogama is a Silver Member of ISWA (International Solid Waste Association), demonstrating commitment to international best practices and collaboration in the solid waste management sector.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• FCC Medio Ambiente: Spanish municipal solid waste collection, treatment, and disposal operator serving hundreds of municipalities. Direct peer because it runs the same integrated model (collection, transfer, treatment, landfill) that Sogama provides, just at multi-regional scale.
• PreZero España: Schwarz Group's environmental services arm operating municipal and industrial waste collection, sorting, and recycling in Spain. Direct competitor in municipal selective collection and treatment, comparable in customer type (municipalities) and service breadth.
• CESPA (Ferrovial Servicios): Spanish waste management subsidiary of Ferrovial providing municipal collection, treatment, and disposal services across multiple regions of Spain. Comparable to Sogama as a regional-scale municipal waste operator with treatment infrastructure.
• Valoriza (Sacyr): Sacyr group's environmental services division offering municipal waste collection, treatment, and recycling in Spain and Latin America. Direct peer given overlapping municipal waste management service lines and infrastructure-led model.
• Urbaser (Veolia): Spanish-origin municipal waste management company now owned by Veolia, providing collection, street cleaning, treatment, and recycling services across Spain and internationally. Closely comparable to Sogama in service scope and public-sector customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Environnement: Global environmental services group with waste, water, and energy operations across dozens of countries. Broad incumbent comparable to Sogama's waste management scope, but operates globally and across multiple environmental verticals.
• Waste Management Inc. North America's largest integrated waste management company operating collection, transfer, recycling, and landfill infrastructure. Broad incumbent comparable in service architecture to Sogama, though operating at vastly larger scale and in a different regulatory regime.
• Suez (including Sacyr's Sacyr Agua JV history): International waste and water services group with municipal contracts across Europe and beyond. Broad incumbent comparable to Sogama's municipal waste services but with a much wider geographic and service footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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