collecte & recyclage

What collecte & recyclage does

Collecte & Recyclage, operating commercially as CORE, is a private French waste management operator founded in 2010 and headquartered in Saint Geours de Maremne (Landes, southwestern France). The company provides collection, sorting, reuse preparation, and recycling services for used printer cartridges and toners, operating across six departments in the Sud-Ouest (Gers, Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne, Pyrénées Atlantiques, Hautes Pyrénées, and Landes). CORE serves more than 1,000 active partners and 120 municipal déchetteries spread across 16 Communautés de Communes, collecting from businesses, public administrations, supermarkets, office supply stores, associations, and partner cinemas.

CORE's operating model is built around a fleet of light utility vehicles running optimized collection routes to retrieve cartridges deposited in partner-provided collection containers. Material is transported to the Saint Geours de Maremne warehouse where it undergoes pre-sorting and quality control. Cartridges deemed reusable are cleaned, catalogued by reference, and routed into remanufacturing (over 800 cartridge references remanufactured in 2024). Cartridges not suitable for reuse are forwarded to an ECOSYSTEM-approved French dismantling facility for material recycling. In 2023, CORE reported collecting 45 tonnes of empty cartridges, of which 20.5 tonnes (45.5%) were reused, with the remainder materially recycled.

The business is structured as an SARL (société à responsabilité limitée) with €50,600 of share capital, registered at RCS DAX 877 955 146, and led by Guillaume Lopez as legal representative. CORE's revenue mechanics derive from its status as an approved waste manager (gestionnaire de déchet agréé) under the ECOSYSTEM eco-organism framework, which collects eco-contributions on printer equipment and channels funding toward approved collection and recycling operators. The collection service is provided free of charge to end partners, with go-to-market executed through direct B2B field sales, supermarket and déchetterie partnerships, and community-driven campaigns such as the 'Recyclez pour un ciné!' cinema-ticket incentive program.

Name

collecte & recyclage

Legal name

Collecte & Recyclage

Website

https://collecte-recyclage.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Collecte & Recyclage (CORE) collects, sorts, reuses, and recycles used printer cartridges and toners in southwestern France, serving 1,000+ business partners and 120 municipal recycling centers as an ECOSYSTEM-approved waste manager.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cartridge and Toner Recycling Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Materials Recovery Facilities (56292)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Printer, Copier & Imaging Equipment Recycling (MPS Returns) (BPALAIAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Commercial & Office Waste Collection (Non-hazardous) (EUAIAGAA), Recyclables Transfer & Consolidation (Single/Source-Separated) (BPALABAD)

Keywords

• Cartridge recycling services
• Waste collection management
• Toner reuse services
• Circular economy operators
• Approved waste manager

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Geours de Maremne

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Cartridge Collection Services: CORE provides collection and recycling services for printer cartridges and toners. While the service is offered free to businesses, administrations, supermarkets, déchetteries, and associations, the company generates revenue as an approved waste manager for ECOSYSTEM eco-organism.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Collecte & Recyclage (CORE) collects used printer cartridges and toners from businesses, administrations, supermarkets, municipal recycling centres (déchetteries), office supply stores, and associations across southwestern France. Cartridges are transported by a light utility vehicle fleet to the Saint-Geours-de-Maremne warehouse for sorting and quality control, then routed to remanufacturing (reuse) or to an ECOSYSTEM-approved French dismantling facility for material recycling. The service is provided free of charge to partners, with revenue generated as an approved waste manager under the ECOSYSTEM eco-organism.

Product overview

CORE - Collecte et Recyclage operates a single integrated service for the collection and recycling of used printer cartridges and toners in southwestern France. The core offering is a collection and recycling service that collects cartridges from multiple partner channels (businesses, supermarkets, recycling centers, office supply stores, associations, and cinemas), sorts and quality-controls them at its Saint-Geours-de-Maremne facility, and routes them into two streams: remanufacturing/reuse (over 800 cartridge references in 2024) and material recovery recycling via an ECOSYSTEM-approved French plant. The company also runs a promotional sub-product, the 'Recyclez pour un Ciné!' incentive program, which rewards participants with free cinema tickets in partnership with regional cinemas. The company reported collecting 45 tonnes of empty cartridges in 2023, with 20.5 tonnes reused.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Used printer cartridge and toner collection and recycling service End-to-end collection, sorting, quality control, reuse preparation, and material recycling of used printer cartridges and toners for businesses, administrations, supermarkets, déchetteries, office supply stores, and associations across southwestern France. Reusable cartridges are remanufactured across 800+ references; non-reusable cartridges are sent to an ECOSYSTEM-approved French dismantling facility for material recovery.

Quantifiable outcome

• 45 tonnes of empty cartridges collected in 2023
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Rotary Club de MimizanminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 25 November 2024CORE partnered with the Rotary Club de Mimizan for a charitable cartridge collection campaign benefiting the Village Landais Alzheimer. On November 25, 2024, a €1,500 cheque was presented to the Village Landais Alzheimer director from proceeds of this initiative.
• ECOSYSTEMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerECOSYSTEM is the eco-organism that approves CORE as an authorized waste manager for cartridge collection. This regulatory partnership is fundamental to CORE's operations, enabling them to collect and process cartridges through official channels. CORE is listed on ECOSYSTEM's approved collector directory for ink cartridges.
• Cinema Partners (Ciné 32, Cinéma Marie Vermillard, Cinéma La Lanterne, Cinéma Grand Club)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerCORE partners with cinemas across Southwest France for the 'Recyclez pour un ciné' operation. Customers receive 1 movie ticket for every 5 empty cartridges brought in. Partner cinemas include Ciné 32 (Auch), Cinéma Marie Vermillard (Masseube), Cinéma La Lanterne (Bègles), Cinéma Grand Club (Dax), and Cinéma Grand Club (Mont de Marsan).
• Village Landais AlzheimerminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCORE supports the Village Landais Alzheimer through charitable collection campaigns. Donations generated from cartridge recycling contribute directly to the facility's needs. This is an eco-solidarity initiative combining environmental and social impact.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SUEZ: Major French and global waste management group with significant recycling and e-waste operations. SUEZ's national accounts and integrated recycling infrastructure make it a broad incumbent that could encroach on CORE's territory if it expands dedicated cartridge collection offerings.
• Veolia: Global waste management and environmental services incumbent with deep French municipal and hazardous-waste contracts. Veolia can offer cartridge and broader e-waste collection as part of a multi-stream portfolio, posing a competitive threat to CORE if it pursues national contracts.
• Remondis: International recycling and waste management group with growing French operations. Remondis competes broadly for commercial and municipal collection contracts and can serve as a national alternative to CORE's regional cartridge offering.
• Paprec Group: Leading French recycling specialist with multi-stream sorting, plastics, paper, and WEEE capabilities. Paprec competes for the same eco-organism collection and processing volumes that flow through CORE and represents the kind of national-scale operator that could absorb smaller regional players.

Others

• ECOSYSTEM: French eco-organism that approves and funds CORE's cartridge collection. ECOSYSTEM is the regulatory and commercial counterparty rather than a competitor, but it is the most material institutional actor in CORE's market and a key reference point for understanding the company's addressable volumes.
• Screlec: French eco-organism for portable batteries, lamps, and small e-waste streams. Screlec is not a direct cartridge peer but operates the same regulatory model (eco-organism + approved waste managers) and is a structural analogue for how CORE's ECOSYSTEM relationship could evolve.

Direct peers

• Cartridge World: Global remanufacturing and retail franchise for printer cartridges. While its model centers on retail remanufacturing and refilling rather than waste collection, it is the most visible international comparator for cartridge reuse economics and downstream demand for collected cores.
• Armor: French manufacturer of printer consumables (including remanufactured and compatible cartridges). Armor sits on the reuse/remanufacturing side of the same value chain that CORE supplies with reusable cores, making it a direct downstream counterpart and a potential strategic partner or competitor.
• Corepile: Corepile is the other French eco-organism for printer cartridges and small IT equipment, working alongside ECOSYSTEM. It serves the same generator universe (enterprises, retailers, déchetteries) via approved waste managers, making it a direct regulatory and competitive counterpart to CORE in the cartridge collection space.

Emerging players

• Envie: Federated French network of social-economy enterprises specializing in WEEE collection, refurbishment, and resale. ENVIE operates in adjacent small-e-waste streams and shares CORE's community/circular-economy positioning, making it a partial-overlap emerging peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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