ZEOS, d.o.o.

What ZEOS, d.o.o. does

ZEOS, d.o.o. is a Slovenian non-profit collective scheme operator founded in 2005 by leading domestic manufacturers of electrical and electronic equipment – including Gorenje, BSH Hišni aparati, Samsung Electronics Austria (Ljubljana branch), Mercator, AVTERA, KRKA, Telekom Slovenije, Elektro Celje, and Revoz – to jointly fulfill extended producer responsibility (EPR) obligations mandated by EU Directive 2002/96/EC and Slovenian law. It runs four legally-defined waste management schemes covering waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE, since 2007), waste portable batteries and accumulators (since 2009), waste grave candles (since 2013), and waste industrial batteries and accumulators (since 2020), and is a member of the WEEE Forum and EucoLight international associations.

The company builds and operates the physical and digital infrastructure required for compliance: a nationwide network of collection points, retail 'green corners' in partner stores, mobile collection campaigns run jointly with public waste utilities, a partner portal for ordering waste pickups, an OEEO/OPBA reporting portal for obligees to submit placed-on-market quantities, a collection-point finder map, and a CO2 calculator. Beyond compliance, ZEOS has extended into circular-economy services including reuse and sharing programs, appliance repair support (including 100 'Itak, da se da' DIY repair videos), and the Zeos Marketplace for refurbished appliances. A wholly-owned subsidiary, Zeos eko-sistem, LLC., established in 2013 in Sarajevo, replicates the EPR model in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

ZEOS generates revenue through recurring membership/scheme fees paid by producers and importers on a cost-recovery, non-profit basis; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Its go-to-market is sales-led enterprise field engagement with manufacturers and importers obligated to comply with EPR, supplemented by EU co-funded awareness campaigns (e.g., the 2025 'LIFE Spodbujamo e-kroženo' project, which won the LIFE Awards 2026 in Brussels) and consumer-facing education. The company employs roughly ten named staff spanning director, scheme management, collections, sales/administration, and project coordination functions.

Name

ZEOS, d.o.o.

Legal name

ZEOS, d.o.o.

Website

https://www.zeos.si

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ZEOS, d.o.o. is a Slovenian non-profit collective scheme operator managing extended producer responsibility for WEEE, batteries, and grave candles since 2005. Founded by leading manufacturers including Gorenje and BSH, it operates four waste management schemes for Slovenian producers and importers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ljubljana

HQ country

Slovenia

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Non-profit Scheme Membership Fees: ZEOS operates as a non-profit organization that ensures cost-effective compliance with legal obligations on behalf of participants to joint schemes for management of e-waste, waste batteries and waste grave candles. They collect fees from manufacturers and importers to fund collection and recycling operations.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ZEOS, d.o.o. is a non-profit collective scheme organization that ensures cost-effective compliance with extended producer responsibility (EPR) legal obligations on behalf of manufacturers, importers, and authorized representatives placing electrical and electronic equipment, batteries, and grave candles on the Slovenian market. The company operates four integrated waste management schemes (WEEE since 2007, waste portable batteries/accumulators since 2009, waste grave candles since 2013, and waste industrial batteries/accumulators since 2020) and runs the supporting collection infrastructure, partner reporting tools, and circular economy initiatives in Slovenia.

Product overview

ZEOS, d.o.o. is a non-profit collective scheme organization for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) management in Slovenia, operating since 2005. The company manages four waste collection schemes: WEEE, waste portable batteries/accumulators, waste industrial batteries/accumulators, and waste grave candles. Their core offering includes collection services, reuse/sharing programs, appliance repair services, and a marketplace for used appliances (Zeos Marketplace). They provide digital tools including a CO2 calculator, collection point finder map, waste ordering portal, and OEEO/OPBA reporting portal for compliance. ZEOS also offers circular economy business model advisory services and educational programs including 100 DIY repair videos. The company operates the subsidiary ZEOS eko-sistem in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is a member of WEEE Forum and EucoLight international associations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Collection Scheme Collective scheme for the collection, treatment and reporting of waste electrical and electronic equipment placed on the Slovenian market, operated on behalf of member producers, importers and authorized representatives to meet extended producer responsibility obligations.
• Waste Portable Batteries and Accumulators Collection Scheme Collective scheme for the collection, treatment and reporting of waste portable batteries and accumulators placed on the Slovenian market, complementing the WEEE scheme under EPR rules.
• Waste Industrial Batteries and Accumulators Collection Scheme Collective scheme for the collection, treatment and reporting of waste industrial batteries and accumulators placed on the Slovenian market, integrated into ZEOS's broader EPR infrastructure.
• Waste Grave Candle Collection Scheme Collective scheme for the collection, treatment and reporting of waste grave candles placed on the Slovenian market, integrated with ZEOS's other EPR schemes.
• Producer Responsibility (EPR) Compliance Services Non-profit service ensuring cost-effective fulfilment of extended producer responsibility legal obligations for manufacturers, importers, and authorized representatives placing electrical equipment, batteries, accumulators and grave candles on the Slovenian market. Includes reporting, fee administration, and fulfilment of statutory duties.
• Zeos Marketplace for Reused Appliances Marketplace platform for buying and posting used household appliances, tools and computers sourced from ZEOS-certified partners, supporting circular consumption and reuse; participants include retailers and reuse centers operating under the ZEOS brand.
• Circular Economy Business Models Advisory Advisory and implementation support for businesses and organizations looking to adopt circular economy practices and extended producer responsibility models, including reuse, sharing, repair, and take-back business models.
• Appliance Repair and Service Repair and maintenance services for electrical appliances to extend product lifespan, integrated into ZEOS's reuse and service center network across Slovenia.
• Sharing Programs for Appliances Shared-use (souporaba) programmes enabling multiple users to share appliances, operated as part of ZEOS's circular economy initiatives under the 'Souporaba' service line.
• ZEOS eko-sistem, LLC. (Subsidiary Operations) Wholly-owned subsidiary operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina, extending ZEOS's e-waste management operations internationally under the ZEOS eko-sistem brand, with Elma Babić Džihanić as Assistant Director.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4 integrated waste management schemes operated since 2005
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 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

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Zbornica komunalnega gospodarstva (Chamber of Public Utilities of Slovenia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner in European projects including LIFE Turn to e-circular ('LIFE Spodbujamo e-krožno'). The project focused on extending product lifespan, increasing reuse and repair, and reducing e-waste generation through awareness-raising, educational activities, and pilot solutions.
• TSD d.o.o.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner in European projects including LIFE Turn to e-circular ('LIFE Spodbujamo e-krožno').
• Janus Trade d.o.o.minorGTM or Marketing PartnerCampaign partner for 'Ta starim je odzvonilo' prize game initiative for collecting old phones and tablets as part of Life ECOSWEEE project.
• WEEE ForumcoreOthersInternational association of joint schemes for the management of waste electrical and electronic equipment worldwide. ZEOS is a member, providing international cooperation and best practice sharing.
• EucoLightcoreOthersEuropean Association of Joint Waste Lighting Schemes. ZEOS is a member, providing European cooperation in waste lighting management.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ASEKOL: Czech Republic collective compliance scheme for WEEE and batteries. Comparable PRO providing EPR services to producers and managing collection/recycling of electronic waste streams.
• RENE AG: German compliance scheme for WEEE and batteries serving manufacturers, importers, and retailers. Direct peer offering the same joint compliance scheme model that ZEOS operates in Slovenia.
• Ecotic: Spanish WEEE and battery PRO managing collective schemes for electronic waste and portable batteries. Direct functional equivalent to ZEOS in a larger EU market, offering the same EPR compliance services to producers.
• Elektrocyclen (Elretur): Danish producer responsibility organization for WEEE, batteries, and lighting. Peer PRO managing national joint compliance schemes with similar waste streams and member base to ZEOS.
• take-e-back: German WEEE, batteries, and electrical equipment compliance scheme operator. Comparable national PRO providing extended producer responsibility services to manufacturers and importers under German/EU law.
• Stichting OPEN: National WEEE and batteries PRO scheme in the Netherlands. Closest direct peer — operates the same joint EPR compliance model for producers/importers, manages similar waste streams (WEEE, batteries, lamps), and is a fellow WEEE Forum member.
• Wecycle: Dutch WEEE and lighting PRO managing collection and recycling of e-waste, lamps, and energy-saving bulbs. Direct peer operating an identical EPR scheme structure with similar member types and WEEE Forum membership.
• El-Kretsen: Swedish producer responsibility organization for WEEE, batteries, and lighting. Operates an analogous joint compliance scheme on behalf of manufacturers/importers and is a co-member of WEEE Forum and EucoLight with ZEOS.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Environmental Services: Global waste management and environmental services major that operates WEEE and battery collection/treatment facilities across Europe. Represents a large-scale incumbent that competes for downstream processing contracts that national PROs like ZEOS subcontract.
• ERP (European Recycling Platform): Pan-European PRO offering cross-border WEEE, batteries, and packaging compliance across 30+ countries. Represents the consolidated, scaled-up version of what ZEOS operates, serving as a benchmark for international expansion potential.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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