Eesti Vanapaber OÜ

What Eesti Vanapaber OÜ does

Eesti Vanapaber OÜ is an Estonian private limited company (OÜ) founded in 2007 that buys and collects waste paper and cardboard from private individuals and enterprises through physical purchasing sites (scrap yards) located in Tallinn (Vesse 7) and Tartu (Jalaka 60B), the latter also serving as the company's headquarters. The company operates these sites within the infrastructure of its parent, CRONIMET Nordic OÜ, part of the broader CRONIMET Group with operations in Finland, Latvia, Turkey, and Germany. Its core technology stack is operational rather than digital: container and press-container logistics, an optional automatic notification system that alerts when a press container is full, and standard procurement-to-export handling. No app, API, or software product is offered.

The business model has two intertwined revenue streams. The first is a purchase-and-resale arbitrage on waste paper and cardboard, where the company pays suppliers per tonne (loyal-customer newspaper price of 32 EUR/t, regular 30 EUR/t, with cardboard accepted at no cost), then exports approximately 90% of the 11,606 tons handled in 2025 to buyers in Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Germany. The second is a container-and-collection service for B2B clients, including ordering, replacement, and emptying of various-sized containers and press containers, with contracts for individuals and invoices for companies. The customer base is split between printing companies (the named biggest clients) and a long tail of individual walk-in sellers; transactions over 500 kg are handled directly by department heads at each location.

In 2025 the company reported sales revenue of 2 million EUR and processed 11,606 tons of waste paper, exported primarily to four European markets. Distribution is entirely physical (two Estonian scrap yards plus on-site container collection), with marketing handled through a tri-lingual website (Estonian, Russian, English), Facebook, and direct contact. Pricing is published publicly, payment is by bank transfer, and the company reserves the right to change purchase prices without notice; Estonian VAT of 22% is excluded from listed prices.

Name

Eesti Vanapaber OÜ

Legal name

Eesti Vanapaber OÜ

Website

https://eestivanapaber.ee

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Eesti Vanapaber OÜ is an Estonian private limited company that buys waste paper and cardboard from printing companies and private individuals through two scrap yards in Tallinn and Tartu, exporting 90% of collected tonnage to Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Germany as a subsidiary of CRONIMET Nordic OÜ.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Paper Recycling Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Waste Collection (56211)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Recovered Paper Collection & Sorting (OCC, ONP, Mixed Paper) (IMAMAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Commercial & Office Waste Collection (Non-hazardous) (EUAIAGAA), Industrial Packaging Waste Services (Pallets, Cardboard, Film, IBCs/Drums—Non-hazardous) (EUAIAGAD)

Keywords

• Waste paper recycling
• Cardboard collection services
• Scrap yard purchasing
• Container waste collection
• Document destruction services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tartu

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Waste Paper and Cardboard Collection and Resale: The company purchases waste paper and cardboard from private individuals and companies at its purchasing sites, then resells/export the collected materials. Revenue is generated through the margin between purchase prices paid to suppliers and sale prices to export markets.
2. Container and Collection Services: Provides container rental, delivery, and emptying services for paper waste collection. Services include press containers of various sizes and collection transport for B2B customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Eesti Vanapaber OÜ buys and collects waste paper and cardboard from private individuals and companies at CRONIMET Nordic OÜ purchasing sites in Tallinn and Tartu. The company provides full-service paper waste collection including container and press container rental, timely emptying, optional automatic notification systems for press containers, and transport services, then exports the collected materials to recycling markets in Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Germany.

Product overview

Eesti Vanapaber OÜ operates as a waste paper and cardboard recycling company offering a single integrated service portfolio built around waste paper purchasing and collection. The core offering consists of waste paper purchase services at physical locations in Tallinn and Tartu, combined with paper waste collection and transport services. The company provides container management through ordering, replacement, and emptying of various-sized containers and press containers, with an optional automatic notification system that alerts when containers are full. Pricing and payment services for waste paper are also offered to both private individuals (via purchase-sale contracts) and companies (via purchase invoices).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 11,606 tons of waste paper sent to new life cycle in 2025
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CRONIMET Nordic OÜcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCRONIMET Nordic OÜ provides the purchasing site infrastructure (scrap yards) where Eesti Vanapaber OÜ operates its waste paper and cardboard buying operations. Eesti Vanapaber operates within CRONIMET Nordic's facilities in Tallinn and Tartu. The partnership is part of the larger CRONIMET Group network which includes operations in Finland, Latvia, Turkey, and Germany.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Kuusakoski Oy: Finnish metals and recycling group active across the Baltics. Direct competitor for recovered paper collection in Estonia's near-abroad and a key buyer of recovered fiber in Finland, mirroring Eesti Vanapaber's Tallinn-Tartu collection and Nordic export model.
• CRONIMET Nordic OÜ: Parent and sister entity that operates the scrap yard infrastructure in Tallinn and Tartu where Eesti Vanapaber runs its purchasing operations. Same paper recycling activity at the same physical sites, with shared group identity.
• Papier Union GmbH: German paper merchant and recovered paper collector serving printing and commercial customers. Direct functional analog to Eesti Vanapaber's B2B printing-industry focus and one of the named German export destinations for collected volumes.

Broad incumbents

• Stena Recycling AB: Large Nordic and European recycling incumbent with paper recycling streams feeding its material recovery facilities. Comparable in the recovery-and-export step of the value chain, though it operates at materially larger scale and across many waste streams.
• Smurfit Kappa Group: Global paper-based packaging group with recovered paper collection networks in Europe. Comparable downstream demand sink for Eesti Vanapaber's exported volumes, and an established operator of the same collection-and-resale model.
• Interseroh Dienstleistungs GmbH: German recycling services provider with closed-loop paper recovery contracts for commercial and industrial generators. Operates the same B2B container-based collection model that Eesti Vanapaber delivers to its printing customers in Estonia.
• Renewi plc: Western European waste and recycling group with paper recycling operations in the Netherlands, Belgium, and UK. Comparable end-of-chain recovery and export-to-mills model, although significantly larger and geographically broader than Eesti Vanapaber.
• DS Smith Plc: International paper and packaging group with significant recovered paper procurement operations across Europe. Relevant comparable as a downstream buyer and as a competitor for collected fiber, with overlap at the B2B printing/packaging customer base.
• Remondis SE & Co. KG: One of Europe's largest private waste and recycling companies, active across paper recovery and collection services in Germany and beyond. Comparable in the recovered paper supply chain step that Eesti Vanapaber feeds via its 90% export model.

Regional players

• Rottneros AB: Swedish pulp producer that historically sourced recovered fiber from Nordic and Baltic collectors. Relevant as a comparable regional recovered paper buyer and an adjacent player in the circular fiber value chain that Eesti Vanapaber supplies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=100063571664190

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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