Smictom Sud Est 35

What Smictom Sud Est 35 does

SMICTOM Sud Est 35 is a French public intercommunal syndicate (syndicat intercommunal) responsible for household waste collection, sorting, and recycling across 80+ municipalities in eastern Brittany, spanning the Vitré, Châteaugiron, and La Roche-aux-Fées community areas. It operates 12 déchèteries (recycling centers) and serves a primarily rural residential population. The syndicate is governed by elected officials from member communes, with Stephan Christian serving as President.

The organization's core service platform is physical waste management infrastructure — collection routes, sorting facilities, and déchèteries — supplemented by the Ecocito digital portal, which provides appointment booking, waste tracking, and resident communications. Underlying technology components include standard web portal infrastructure deployed with European open-source analytics (Matomo) for CNIL-compliant visitor tracking. The syndicate has also introduced TEOMi, an incentive-based variant of the French household waste tax that modulates charges based on actual waste production rather than property value alone.

The business model is funded primarily through TEOM (Taxe d'Enlèvement des Ordures Ménagères), a property tax collected via local tax rolls, and supplemented by financial contributions from extended producer responsibility (EPR) eco-organizations including Citeo, Corepile, Ecosystem, Screlec, and Aliapur. These partnerships enable the syndicate to recover costs for packaging, battery, WEEE, and tire collection. There are no commercial customers in the traditional sense — the syndicate serves residents of member municipalities as a regulated public monopoly, with no direct go-to-market or pricing competition.

Name

Smictom Sud Est 35

Legal name

SMICTOM Sud-Est 35

Website

https://smictom-sudest35.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

SMICTOM Sud Est 35 is a French public intercommunal waste management syndicate serving 80+ municipalities in eastern Brittany. It operates 12 recycling centers and is funded primarily through household waste taxes and eco-organization partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Vitré

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Taxe d'Enlèvement des Ordures Ménagères (TEOM): Primary revenue stream from annual property tax levied on households for waste collection and treatment services
2. Redevance Spéciale: Special fee charged to properties exempt from TEOM, billed separately for waste collection services
3. Professional déchèterie fees: Fees charged to businesses and professionals for waste deposits at déchèteries: 18€/m³ polystyrene, 22€/m³ green waste, 45€/m³ buried waste; free for scrap metal, cardboard, wood, and rubble
4. Association and public structure déchèterie fees: Fees for associations and public structures: 22€/m³ for green waste deposits; free for scrap metal, cardboard, incinerables, bulky items, and rubble up to 5 m³/week
5. Optional collection services: Additional paid services for professionals: 150€/year for door-to-door paper collection, 150€/year for door-to-door cardboard collection

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Smictom Sud Est 35 is a public intercommunal syndicate that collects and treats household waste for 80+ municipalities in the Vitré, Châteaugiron, and Roche aux fées territories. Core services include weekly door-to-door collection of grey bins (non-recyclable waste) and yellow bins/bags (selective collection), access to 12 déchèteries/Valoparcs for bulky, green, and specialized waste, an incentive-based pricing system (TEOMi), and an online service portal (Ecocito) for account management, sorting guidance, and tax simulation.

Product overview

Smictom Sud Est 35 operates as a public waste management syndicate serving 55 communes in the Vitré, Châteaugiron, and Roche aux fées territory. The organization provides an integrated waste management system comprising door-to-door household waste collection (grey and yellow bins), 12 déchèteries/Valoparcs recycling centers, incentive-based pricing (TEOMi), and online services via the Ecocito portal. Additional services include composting equipment distribution, garden shredder rental, professional waste collection, textile collection points, and educational programs for schools. The core offering centers on collection and recycling infrastructure, supported by digital tools for account management, tax simulation, and waste sorting guidance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mon espace (Ecocito Portal) Online user portal providing residents, professionals, associations, and public administrations with access to collection schedules, bin management, badge requests, anomaly reporting, sorting guidance, and TEOMi tax simulation.
• 12 D\u00e9ch\u00e8teries and Valoparcs Network of 12 recycling centers providing access to disposal for household waste, green waste, bulky items, scrap metal, cardboard, wood, rubble, polystyrene, batteries, lamps, and electromedic appliances. Each household receives 18 annual visits via access card; professionals access by convention with unit-priced deposits.
• Door-to-door household waste collection Regular door-to-door collection of household waste via grey bins and selective collection via yellow bins or yellow bags, with annual distribution of 2 rolls of yellow bags per household and a community-specific 2026 collection calendar.
• Tarification Incitative (TEOMi) Incentive-based pricing system where household waste charges vary by actual waste production volumes, paired with an online simulator so residents can estimate their tax bill based on household size and waste production.
• Composteurs and Lombricomposteurs Subsidized composter and worm composter sales plus shared composting-site installation to help households reduce the volume of organic waste going to grey bins by approximately 30%.
• Shredder rental (Broyeur) Rental service for garden waste shredders, enabling residents to reduce green waste volume and produce mulch on-site.
• Professional waste collection Collection services for businesses, artisans, and merchants, billed via Redevance Spéciale and including bins for non-recyclable waste, selective collection, and optional door-to-door paper and cardboard collection at 150€/year per stream.
• Educational services for schools Educational services for primary schools including paper collection with Tytom mascot bins, factory visits to treatment facilities, and pedagogical kits covering waste sorting, recycling, and composting.
• Le Relais textile collection points Textile collection points at all 12 déchèteries and throughout the territory, operated in partnership with Le Relais for clothing, shoes, linens, and leather goods.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% reduction in poubelle weight through composting
• +4 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• La recyclerie PEV à VitrécoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2012Partnership for collecting reusable objects (furniture, bedding, gardening equipment, dishes, books, CDs, toys) deposited in '2ème Vie' containers at déchèteries. Workers in professional insertion sell items in PEV boutiques at low prices.
• Emmaüs Rennes-HédécoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2012Association partnership for collecting reusable objects in '2ème Vie' containers at déchèteries. Workers in professional insertion sell items at low prices.
• Le Relais (Acigné)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTextile collection partner with collection points in all 12 déchèteries and throughout the territory. Textiles are collected, sorted, and sold at low prices when in good condition or recycled into insulation when damaged.
• Envie2e 35coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerElectromedic appliance collection partnership. Appliances deposited at déchèteries are collected by Envie2e 35, repaired by workers in professional insertion for resale at low prices, or demantled and recycled if not repairable.
• CorepilecoreTechnology or IntegrationEco-organization managing pile and small battery collection with over 32,000 collection points in France. All stores selling batteries are required to take back used batteries. SMICTOM déchèteries serve as collection points.
• Ecosystem (ecosystem.eco)coreTechnology or IntegrationEco-organization managing lamp and light bulb recycling. SMICTOM déchèteries and partner stores serve as collection points. Service financed through eco-contribution paid at purchase.
• CiteocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEco-organization specializing in packaging education. Provides educational programs for schools through collaborative projects and free pedagogical materials for youth education.
• ValorplastminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for plastic packaging education. Provides the 'Éco-créateurs' kit with two pedagogical and fun projects to educate students on plastic packaging sorting and recycling.
• Verre AvenirminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for glass recycling education. Provides comprehensive educational materials and games to help teachers educate students about glass recycling importance.
• Fédération CoBenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederation maintaining a map of Repair Cafés across Brittany, helping citizens find repair workshops near them.
• S3T'ec (Syndicat de Traitement Vitré Fougères)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTreatment union responsible for managing waste treatment facilities including the energy recovery center and transfer quay. SMICTOM SE 35 works in partnership with SMICTOM du Pays de Fougères.
• Vitré CommunautécoreOthersHosts the SMICTOM website. Vitré Communauté is the intercommunal structure that also hosts the SMICTOM website and provides IT infrastructure.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• SYCTOM Paris: Large French intercommunal waste agency serving the Paris metropolitan area. Operates the same public-syndicat model at much larger scale, with door-to-door collection, déchèteries, and energy recovery — directly comparable public-sector service delivery framework.
• SMITOM LOMBRIC: French intercommunal waste-management syndicate serving ~90 communes in the Yvelines/Val-d'Oise area. Same statutory syndicate model, with household waste collection, déchèteries, and selective sorting — useful comparison for medium-sized French SMICTOM economics.

Broad incumbents

• Paprec Group: France's largest privately-held recycling specialist, operating across sorting, recovery, and industrial waste. Comparable selective-sorting and recycling capabilities to those delivered through SMICTOM's déchèteries and yellow-bin programs.
• Suez: Global environmental services and waste-management major with deep French municipal contracts. Operates household waste collection, sorting, and treatment services for numerous intercommunal bodies — a direct private-sector alternative framework to the public SMICTOM model.
• Derichebourg: French-listed group operating environmental services (waste collection, recycling) and multiservice activities. Comparable municipal waste-collection and recycling footprint, with active French intercommunal contracts.
• Séché Environnement: French-listed waste-management group specializing in hazardous and non-hazardous waste treatment, recycling, and recovery. Comparable end-of-pipe services to those provided by SMICTOM's partner S3T'ec, and a likely candidate for treatment-contract competition or partnership.
• Veolia: Global waste-management major operating across collection, recycling, and treatment. Frequently contracts with French intercommunal bodies (including those adjacent to SMICTOM) for treatment, recycling, and increasingly for full collection concessions — the principal private-sector counterpart to public SMICTOMs.

Direct peers

• SMICTOM du Pays de Fougères: Neighboring French intercommunal waste-collection syndicate serving the Fougères area in Ille-et-Vilaine; operates the same public SMICTOM model with door-to-door collection, déchèteries, and TEOM-style financing, and shares the S3T'ec treatment facility with SMICTOM Sud-Est 35.
• S3T'ec (Syndicat de Traitement Vitré Fougères): Sister treatment syndicate explicitly named as SMICTOM's waste-treatment partner, operating the energy recovery center and transfer quay that SMICTOM relies on. Same French intercommunal model, same geographic territory (VitrÉ-Fougères axis), and direct operational dependency.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/smictomsudest35
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smictom-du-sud-est-35

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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