RESIALENTEJO

What RESIALENTEJO does

RESIALENTEJO – Tratamento e Valorização de Resíduos, E.I.M. is an intermunicipal public enterprise created in May 2004 by AMALGA (Associação de Municípios Alentejanos para a Gestão do Ambiente) to provide municipal solid waste treatment, recycling, and final disposal for eight municipalities in Portugal's Baixo Alentejo region: Almodôvar, Barrancos, Beja, Castro Verde, Mértola, Moura, Ourique, and Serpa. The service area covers 6,650 km² and approximately 86,505 inhabitants (Censos 2021). Headquartered at the Parque Ambiental do Montinho near Beja, the company operates a comprehensive waste management infrastructure including a Mechanical and Biological Treatment (MBT) center, a sorting center, a sanitary landfill, a 25,000 tonnes/year biorresíduos (organic waste) processing line, six Ecocentros, six transfer stations, a network of 727+ ecopontos and 118+ oleões, and porta-a-porta PAYT collection in six municipalities.

The company's revenue model is anchored in municipal contracts with the eight member municipalities, who in turn charge residents via a waste tariff linked to water consumption under the PAYT (Pay-As-You-Throw) system — recyclable bags are provided free, while non-recyclable bags are charged, creating direct economic incentives for separation. A secondary revenue stream comes from the sale of organic compost (approximately 4,000 tonnes produced in 2023) to regional agriculture. Major infrastructure investments are co-financed by EU and national funds (PRR, POSEUR, Fundo Ambiental, Fundo de Coesão), with €11.8 million in planned 2025 investment and a €6.5 million PRR candidacy for 2025–2026. RESIALENTEJO closed 2025 with a turnover of €18 million and a workforce of 155 employees, and has been recognized as Portugal's national leader in preparation for reuse and recycling for three consecutive years (RARU 2023, 2024, 2025).

Name

RESIALENTEJO

Legal name

RESIALENTEJO – Tratamento e Valorização de Resíduos, E.I.M.

Website

https://resialentejo.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

RESIALENTEJO is an intermunicipal public enterprise providing waste treatment, recycling, and final disposal for eight municipalities in Portugal's Baixo Alentejo region, serving 86,505 inhabitants across 6,650 km² through a network of MBT, sorting, composting, ecocentros, and PAYT porta-a-porta collection.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Waste Management

NAICS

Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622), Materials Recovery Facilities (562920)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Reuse & Resale / Recommerce Operations (EUAIANAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Industrial Symbiosis & Byproduct Exchange Platforms (EUAIANAG)

Keywords

• Municipal waste management
• Recycling services
• Organic waste processing
• Sanitary landfill operations
• Environmental education programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Beja

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Waste Management Fees: RESIALENTEJO operates as an intermunicipal public enterprise (E.I.M.) billing the eight member municipalities (Almodôvar, Barrancos, Beja, Castro Verde, Mértola, Moura, Ourique, Serpa) for waste treatment and valorization services. Municipalities charge residents via a tariff linked to water consumption under the PAYT model. The company closed 2025 with a turnover (volume de negócios) of €18 million.
2. EU and National Funded Investments: Major infrastructure investments co-financed by EU and national funds including the PRR (Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência), POSEUR, Fundo Ambiental, and Fundo de Coesão. Recent investments include €6 million (PRR + Fundo Ambiental) for a new packaging sorting center and MBT modernization; €3.5 million (POSEUR) for biorresíduos unit; €960,000 (POSEUR) for the new Ecocentro de Moura; €383,746.50 (POSEUR) for PAYT porta-a-porta rollout; and a €6.5 million PRR candidacy for 2025–2026. Total planned investment for 2025 is €11.8 million.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

RESIALENTEJO is an intermunicipal public enterprise providing integrated municipal solid waste treatment, recovery, and recycling services to 8 municipalities in the Baixo Alentejo region of Portugal. It operates a network of 6 ecocentros, 6 transfer stations, 727 ecopontos, a sanitary landfill, a Mechanical and Biological Treatment Center, a sorting center, and a 25,000 tonnes/year biowaste processing line that converts organic waste into compost for regional agriculture. The company delivers door-to-door PAYT (Pay-As-You-Throw) collection, runs the Recyclómetro public performance dashboard, and conducts environmental education programs across all member municipalities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pague Menos, Recicle Mais!: PAYT (Pay-As-You-Throw) project where citizens pay only for waste effectively produced. Citizens pay for non-recyclable waste bags while recyclable waste bags are free, incentivizing separation.
• Compostagem Doméstica e Comunitária
• Dê Uma Tampa
• Enigmas da Reciclagem
• Desafio SeparAção
• Cafés Reparação

Products and services

• Door-to-Door (Porta-a-Porta) PAYT Collection
• Ecocentro Drop-off Services
• Mechanical and Biological Treatment (MBT) Services
• Packaging Sorting Center (Central de Triagem)
• Biorresíduos (Biowaste) Processing
• Sanitary Landfill (Aterro Sanitário) Operations
• Ecopontos and Oleões Recycling Network
• Organic Compost Sales
• Environmental Education Programs (Plano de Educação Ambiental)
• Multilingual Awareness Campaigns (Desafio SeparAção)
• Repair Cafés (Cafés Reparação)

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 200 kg per capita recovery of recyclables — highest in Portugal, with 15% growth versus 2024
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AMALGA – Associação de Municípios Alenteanos para a Gestão do AmbientecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2004AMALGA is the parent association of Alentejo municipalities that created RESIALENTEJO in May 2004. RESIALENTEJO is an 'Empresa Intermunicipal' (EIM) established under AMALGA's governance, responsible for the waste management system across 8 member municipalities. AMALGA holds the founding role and exercises oversight of the intermunicipal enterprise structure.
• Sociedade Ponto VerdecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership for environmental education and awareness campaigns. Activities include co-financing the 'Enigmas da Reciclagem' escape room (Código Verde: Missão de Vidro), the 'Desafio: SeparAção' and 'Desafio SeparAção Vidrão' campaigns (Juntos a Reciclar++ program), and joint presence at Ovibeja agricultural fair. Sociedade Ponto Verde is the national packaging waste management entity (SIGRE) responsible for financing and coordinating selective collection of packaging in Portugal.
• Buinho AssociaçãominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Repair Café (Café Reparação) initiative across all 8 municipalities. Buinho Associação provides expertise and volunteer coordination for these community repair events, which are held annually during European Week for Waste Prevention.
• Câmaras Municipais (8 Municipalities: Almodôvar, Barrancos, Beja, Castro Verde, Mértola, Moura, Ourique, Serpa)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe eight municipalities are the contractual counterparties of RESIALENTEJO EIM, governing the intermunicipal enterprise through the intermunicipal committee and general assembly. Each municipality is responsible for porta-a-porta collection operations within its territory, citizen communication, bag distribution, and local implementation of waste management policies.

Scale indicators18 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lipor: Intermunicipal waste management service for 8 municipalities in Greater Porto. Directly comparable as a Portuguese SGRU (intermunicipal waste system) of similar scale, providing collection, treatment, recycling and landfill operations to municipal government shareholders.
• Valorsul: Intermunicipal waste management system serving 19 municipalities in the Lisbon metropolitan area. Comparable SGRU model (municipal-owned waste treatment operator) offering sorting, mechanical treatment, organic recovery, and sanitary landfill under EU PERSU targets.
• Ambigroup: Portuguese environmental services group providing integrated waste management, recycling, and treatment solutions to municipalities and industry. Directly comparable as a competitor in the Portuguese municipal and industrial waste management market.
• Amarsul: Intermunicipal waste management system serving 9 municipalities south of Lisbon (Setúbal peninsula). Directly comparable as a Portuguese SGRU focused on selective collection, multimaterial sorting, organic recovery, and landfill operations under the same regulatory framework as RESIALENTEJO.

Broad incumbents

• FCC Medio Ambiente: Spanish environmental services division of FCC, one of Europe's largest waste management operators. Comparable broad incumbent offering municipal solid waste collection, treatment, recycling and street cleaning across multiple geographies.
• Prezero: Iberian environmental services platform owned by the Schwarz Group, operating integrated waste management, recycling, and circular economy services across Spain and Portugal. Comparable broad incumbent with similar circular-economy positioning.
• EGF (Empresa Geral de Fomento): Portugal's largest private waste management operator (Mota-Engil / EcoAmbiente group), operating multiple SGRU concessions across mainland Portugal and the Azores. Comparable as the leading national waste treatment platform, though commercially owned rather than municipally governed.
• SUEZ Recycling and Recovery: Global environmental services and water management group with significant Iberian municipal waste operations. Comparable broad incumbent competing in the same EU circular economy regulatory environment, including biorresíduos and recycling value chains.
• Urbaser: Global environmental services company (Platinum Equity) operating municipal waste collection, treatment, recycling, and urban services across Iberia and Latin America. Comparable broad incumbent operating under similar EU regulatory drivers.
• Veolia (Portugal): Global environmental services giant operating in Portugal across municipal waste, water, and energy. Comparable as a broad incumbent with overlapping municipal waste collection and treatment capabilities in the same Iberian regulatory environment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/resialentejo_eim
• Xx.com/resialentejo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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