La Feuille D'erable

What La Feuille D'erable does

La Feuille d'Érable is a privately-held environmental services company founded in 1983 and headquartered in Rennes, France, operating across the Brittany region (Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan, Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère). The company provides an integrated suite of waste management and circular-economy services, including waste collection and recycling, confidential document destruction (shredding) compliant with GDPR standard EN 15713, container washing under the La Station brand, eco-responsible cleaning services via the Auclair sub-brand, and environmental training delivered through a Qualiopi-certified training organization established in late 2023. La Feuille d'Érable holds the legal statuses of Entreprise d'Insertion and Entreprise Adaptée, structuring its workforce model around social-employment objectives alongside commercial operations.

The company's service model is B2B and B2Government, with named customers including Veolia, Derichebourg, Eau du Bassin Rennais, social housing operators (HLM), and a long tail of small and medium enterprises. The company's revenue stream is anchored in recurring collection, washing, and shredding contracts, complemented by training fees and the FAGO wooden-crate recycling partnership. Operationally, the company is investing in low-emission logistics through a €2.5 million BioGNV vehicle fleet renewal (86% of fleet transitioned), and runs dedicated industrial washing lines — including a new glass bottle washing line installed at La Station in 2023 — supporting container reuse under France's expanding consigne/reemploi regulatory framework. The business is structured around multiple sub-brands (La Station, Auclair, Adalia, FAGO) that segment offerings by service line and customer type.

Based on the latest disclosed figures, La Feuille d'Érable reports approximately €4 million in annual revenue and 87 employees, positioning it as a mid-sized regional player in the French circular-economy services market. The company is privately held with no disclosed external funding rounds; recent capital deployment has been internally financed and directed at fleet modernization, training infrastructure, and industrial washing capacity rather than M&A or aggressive geographic expansion.

Name

La Feuille D'erable

Legal name

La Feuille d'Erable

Website

https://feuille-erable.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

La Feuille d'Érable, founded in 1983 in Rennes, France, provides waste collection, recycling, confidential document destruction, container washing, eco-responsible cleaning, and environmental training services to businesses, local authorities, and social housing operators across Brittany as an insertion enterprise.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management & Recycling Services

NAICS

Waste Collection (56211), Materials Recovery Facilities (56292)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Reuse & Resale / Recommerce Operations (EUAIANAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Eco-Friendly Disposal, Recycling & Donation Hauling (HSAIAOAJ)

Keywords

• Waste collection services
• Recycling services
• Professional cleaning
• Environmental training
• Circular economy services

Headquarters

HQ city

Rennes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Waste Collection & Recycling Services: La Feuille d'Érable collects and recycles professional waste including paper, cardboard, crates, and multi-waste streams (gobelets, lamps, rigid/flexible plastics, toners, cartridges, batteries) from businesses and local authorities across Brittany. Services span from Rennes to Lorient and cover Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan, Côtes-d'Armor, and Finistère.
2. Confidential Document Destruction: Secure destruction of confidential documents compliant with GDPR, at destruction level 6 (EN 15713 / DIN 66399 Class 1 P-3), with collection from Rennes and Lorient, providing clients with a destruction certificate.
3. Reusable Container Washing (La Station): La Station provides collection, industrial washing, traceability, and reuse of food-grade reusable containers (gobelets, meal containers, food crates, tableware). The service operates a modern washing facility renewed in 2023 and serves festivals, associations, businesses, and retailers across Brittany.
4. Eco-Responsible Cleaning Services (Auclair): Auclair delivers ecological cleaning of professional premises in Rennes and Ille-et-Vilaine, serving businesses, local authorities, property managers, and educational institutions with certified ecological products and daytime intervention schedules.
5. Environmental Training & Awareness: La Feuille d'Érable provides professional environmental training modules including Serious Games (Fresque du climat, Atelier 2Tonnes), RSE, and circular economy courses, certified Qualiopi since June 2026, targeting businesses and local authorities in Ille-et-Vilaine and Morbihan.
6. Wooden Crate Recycling (FAGO): FAGO collects and recycles wooden crates (cagettes) in partnership with AGIR association and the city of Rennes, transforming them into firelighters and mulch for resale.
7. Biowaste Collection & Valorisation: Adalia service collects and transports biowaste from businesses to biomethanisation centres, creating renewable energy and local employment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

La Feuille d'Érable is a circular-economy insertion enterprise that collects and recycles professional waste (paper, cardboard, multi-waste, biowaste, wooden crates) for businesses and local authorities across Brittany. It operates La Station, an industrial multi-container washing centre for reusable cups, containers, and glass bottles, and Auclair, an eco-responsible professional cleaning service. The company also delivers Qualiopi-certified environmental training (Fresque du climat, 2Tonnes, RSE, circular economy) and sells recycled products such as FAGO firelighters and mulch. All activities embed a social-inclusion employment mission.

Product overview

La Feuille d'Érable is an insertion company and emblematic circular economy enterprise operating across Brittany from Rennes to Quéven. Founded in 1983, it operates as a platform of interconnected environmental services rather than a single product: (1) Recyclage & Collecte — collection and recycling of paper, cardboard, wooden crates (FAGO), multi-waste (ADALIA), and bio-waste for professionals; (2) Destruction Confidentielle — secure document destruction with GDPR compliance; (3) La Station — first multi-container washing center in Brittany (since 2017, renewed 2023) enabling reuse of cups, containers, and crates, also operating as an Adapted Enterprise for people with disabilities; (4) Auclair Propreté — eco-responsible cleaning services using natural/ecolabeled products; (5) Animation & Formation — Qualiopi-certified environmental training and awareness programs including Serious Games and CSR modules; and (6) Produits & Accessoires — recycled products including Fago firelighters and mulch. All services embed social inclusion (insertion) missions alongside environmental objectives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• La Station: First multi-container washing center in Brittany. Provides washing and reuse services for food-grade containers (gobelets, plates, boxes, crates, dishes) to promote circular economy. Also employs people with disabilities as an 'Entreprise Adaptée' (Adapted Enterprise).
• Auclair (Auclair propreté)
• Adalia
• FAGO

Products and services

• Recyclage & Collecte (Collection & Recycling) Professional waste collection and recycling service covering paper, cardboard, wooden crates (FAGO), multi-waste (ADALIA), and bio-waste across Brittany from Rennes to Lorient, with strategic sites in Rennes and Quéven. Targets businesses, local authorities, and event organizers requiring structured waste management.
• FAGO Wooden Crate Recycling Collection and recycling of wooden market crates (cagettes) in partnership with AGIR association and the city of Rennes. Crates are transformed into firelighters (Sachets Fago) and mulch, creating employment for people with intellectual disabilities as part of an inclusion program.
• ADALIA Multi-Waste Collection Multi-waste collection service for businesses, administrations, and local authorities in Brittany covering goblets/cups, lamps, rigid/flexible plastics (e.g., HDPE), toners/cartridges, and batteries. Provides a single-provider solution with optimized logistics and local recycling through social-economy structures.
• Bio-déchets (Bio-waste Collection & Valorisation) Biowaste collection and valorisation service including needs analysis, source sorting implementation, collection, tracking, and transport to methanization centres for renewable energy production. Targets businesses generating food waste.
• Destruction Confidentielle (Confidential Document Destruction) Secure and confidential document destruction service compliant with GDPR, operating from Rennes and Lorient. Provides level 6 destruction (320mm²) per EN 15713 / DIN 66399 Class 1 P-3 standards with collection protocols, secured storage, and destruction certificates.
• La Station Multi-Container Industrial Washing Industrial multi-container washing and reuse service operating since 2017 with facilities renewed in 2023. Collects, washes, tracks, and enables reuse of cups, meal containers, food crates, tableware, and glass bottles for festivals, associations, businesses, and retailers. Functions as an Entreprise Adaptée employing people with disabilities.
• Auclair Propreté Eco-Responsible Cleaning Eco-responsible professional cleaning service for businesses, local authorities, building managers, and educational institutions in Rennes and Ille-et-Vilaine. Features natural and eco-labelled products, reusable and washable equipment, daytime interventions, and social inclusion of people in professional exclusion situations (39 jobs created).
• Animation & Formation (Environmental Training) Qualiopi-certified environmental training and awareness services including Serious Games (Fresque du climat, Atelier 2Tonnes), transition challenges, CSR modules, and circular-economy courses, offered to businesses and public organizations in Ille-et-Vilaine and Morbihan.
• Produits & Accessoires (Recycled Products) Sale of recycled products and accessories including Fago firelighters (packs of 12) and mulch derived from recycled wooden market crates, plus collection containers and recycled paper products.

Quantifiable outcome

• Less than 100 kg CO2 per tonne of waste collected (2024 carbon footprint)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Rennes MétropolecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRennes Métropole is a key institutional partner of La Feuille d'Érable, supporting the company's waste collection and recycling operations across the metropolitan area. The partnership involves collaboration on sustainable waste management for professional clients.
• EnercopcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnercop (energy cooperative) is listed as a key partner, indicating collaboration on sustainable energy and environmental initiatives.
• RecylliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRecylliance, the professional waste recycling association, is a listed partner of La Feuille d'Érable.
• UniRennes (Université de Rennes)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of Rennes (UniRennes) is listed as a partner, potentially in relation to training, research, or student placement programs.
• IGR IAE RennesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIGR IAE Rennes (Institute of Business Administration) is listed as a partner, potentially for academic collaboration or student integration programs.
• SnefidminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSnefid (Entrepreneurs du Chiquet / waste entrepreneurs network) is a partner of La Feuille d'Érable.
• Biocoop ScarabeeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBiocoop Scarabee, the organic cooperative retailer, is listed as a partner, potentially related to circular economy initiatives.
• Réseau Vrac RéemploicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRéseau Vrac Réemploi is La Station's partner in deploying a network of distributors and collection points for reusable containers across Brittany. La Station is a member of this national reuse network.
• AGIR AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAGIR association collaborates with La Feuille d'Érable and the city of Rennes on an experimental wooden crate (cagette) recycling programme (FAGO activity), creating employment for people with intellectual disabilities.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Renewi plc: European waste-to-product company with operations in the Netherlands, Belgium, UK and France. Comparable focus on turning waste streams into reusable materials, including glass recycling, mineral recycling and plastics. Broader geographic footprint and larger scale than La Feuille d'Érable.
• Derichebourg Environnement: French multinational providing waste management, recycling and environmental services to industrial and municipal clients. Listed as a customer of Auclair. Overlaps with La Feuille d'Érable in metal, paper and multi-waste collection but operates at national/international scale.
• Veolia Environnement: Global environmental services leader with extensive French waste management, recycling and water operations. Listed as an Auclair cleaning customer of La Feuille d'Érable. Operates a much broader portfolio that overlaps La Feuille d'Érable's collection and recycling services across all of France.
• Suez Groupe: Global environmental services and water group with a large French waste collection and recycling business. Comparable end-to-end offering from collection through materials recovery, but at much greater scale and geographic reach than La Feuille d'Érable.

Direct peers

• Paprec Group: Leading French recycling and waste management group operating across paper, cardboard, plastics and industrial waste. Direct competitor to La Feuille d'Érable's core collection and recycling business, with overlapping paper/cardboard flows and Bretagne operations through subsidiaries.
• Pizzorno Environnement: French regional waste management operator providing household, industrial and hazardous waste collection, treatment and recovery. Direct regional competitor with similar collection-and-sorting business model targeting public and private clients.
• Nicollin SA: Family-owned French waste management and cleaning services group with strong regional presence, including in western France. Comparable multi-service model spanning waste collection, recycling, cleaning and facility services.
• Séché Environnement: French-listed provider of waste management, recycling and environmental services to industrial and municipal clients. Comparable service portfolio covering hazardous and non-hazardous collection, sorting/recovery and circular economy offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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