ekopartner silesia sp. z o.o.

What ekopartner silesia sp. z o.o. does

Ekopartner Silesia Sp. z o.o. is a privately-held Polish plastic recycling company founded in 2003 and headquartered at ul. Wojska Polskiego 16G in Świętochłowice, Silesia. The company specializes in the recycling of polyolefin waste — primarily polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) — through a collection-and-processing model in which it purchases plastic waste from suppliers, processes it via washing, shredding, flotation separation, and regranulation, and resells the resulting secondary raw materials. Processing capacity is anchored on a bottle cap line handling approximately 20 tonnes per month (~240 tonnes annually), with additional streams covering plastic crates, pipes, automotive components (bumpers, fuel tanks), post-production manufacturing waste, agglomerate from foil, and selected ABS, PC, PVC, and PET streams. The company also offers substandard-product destruction with optional client supervision and waste management consulting.

The business model is a hybrid of transaction-fee resale of processed plastics and professional services for destruction and consulting. Distribution is exclusively direct: customers contact the firm by phone (+48 607 118 011) or email ([email protected]) and pricing is negotiated per transaction based on contamination, quantity, homogeneity, transport arrangement, and delivery form (loose, big-bags, baled). The customer base is diversified across municipal waste companies, sorting facilities, plastics manufacturers, retail/logistics/F&B distributors, automotive dismantling stations, healthcare/sanitation facilities (for PPE waste), and charitable bottle cap collection networks. Go-to-market is sales-led and content-supported through an educational Polish-language blog and a Facebook page. All marketing, sales, and processing are anchored in the single Świętochłowice facility; no international sales channels or distribution partnerships are documented.

The firm holds the regulatory permits underpinning its operations — Decyzja nr 2/2017 for waste generation/processing/collection and Decyzja nr 9/2017 for waste transport — together with BDO registration number 000013295 as a recycling process operator. Since approximately 2022 it has participated in the EU-co-funded plasticLIFEcycle consortium, under which it is building and demonstrating proprietary PLC technology for sorting and recycling mixed hard plastics at its Świętochłowice R&D Center, and has also implemented EU-funded projects for innovative recycling of single-use masks/gloves (total project value 928,773 PLN) and an Export Development Plan under Operational Programme Innovative Economy Action 6.1 (185,698.67 PLN). Ownership is independent with no parent company, no external investment, no M&A history, and no disclosed management team or headcount.

Name

ekopartner silesia sp. z o.o.

Legal name

EkoPartner Silesia Sp. z o.o.

Website

https://ekopartner-silesia.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Ekopartner Silesia Sp. z o.o. is a privately-held Polish plastic recycler founded in 2003 in Świętochłowice, Silesia. It purchases PP and PE plastic waste from municipal, industrial, retail, automotive, and charitable sources and resells the processed regranulates, regrinds, and agglomerates on a per-transaction basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Świętochłowice

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Purchase and resale of plastic waste: The company buys various plastic waste streams (polyethylene, polypropylene, bottle caps, crates, pipes, automotive plastics, post-production waste) from municipal companies, sorting facilities, production plants, individual collectors, and others, then processes and resells the recovered materials.
2. Processed plastic products (regranulate and milled plastics): The company sells processed outputs including PP and PE milled plastics (przemiały), PP and PE regranulates, regranulate from single-use masks and gloves, agglomerates from foil, and selected waste from ABS, PC, PVC, and PET. Pricing depends on contamination level, quantity, homogeneity, transport arrangement, and delivery form (loose, big-bags, baled).
3. Destruction of non-conforming/defective products: The company accepts and destroys defective products, quality non-conforming products, or products not suitable for sale, with optional client supervision, photo/video documentation. Revenue is derived from fees for the destruction service.
4. Advisory and intermediation in waste management: Consulting in waste management, collection and intermediation in managing a wide range of waste, comprehensive waste management services, document and data carrier destruction, and knife sharpening services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Buys, collects, and processes plastic waste — primarily polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) — through washing, separation, and regranulation, then resells the processed regrinds, regranulates, and film agglomerates to manufacturers. Also offers destruction of substandard/defective products, intermediation in waste management, and waste management consulting, alongside a charitable bottle cap collection program.

Product overview

Ekopartner Silesia Sp. z o.o. is a plastic recycling company established in 2003, operating a collection-and-processing facility in Świętochłowice, Poland. The company's offering consists of a plastic waste collection network (specializing in PP and PE materials) paired with in-house processing capabilities. Core collection services include: bottle caps, plastic crates, pipes, automotive plastics (bumpers/fuel tanks), and post-production waste. Processing produces regrinds and regranulates from PP and PE, film agglomerates, and specialty materials (ABS, PC, PVC, PET). The company also offers destruction of substandard products and waste management consulting.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plastic Waste Collection (Skup tworzyw sztucznych) Purchase and collection of plastic waste specializing in polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), including barrels, buckets, canisters, and pallets. Customers are municipal companies, sorting facilities, production plants, and individual collectors across Poland.
• Bottle Cap Collection (Skup nakrętek) Collection of plastic bottle caps processed at approximately 20 tonnes per month. Caps are washed, shredded, floated to separate contaminants, and processed into regranulates. Sourced from foundations, schools, kindergartens, and individual collectors running charitable campaigns.
• Plastic Crate Collection (Skup skrzynek z plastiku) Collection of waste plastic crates made from PP or PE, including beverage crates, vegetable crates, and meat crates. Customers include beverage wholesalers, vegetable wholesalers, meat processing plants, and retail/logistics centers.
• Plastic Pipe Collection (Skup rur z plastiku) Collection of plastic pipes made from PE and PP, including pickup and preparation services for transport. Targets construction, utility, and infrastructure waste generators.
• Automotive Plastic Collection (Odbiór plastików samochodowych) Collection of automotive plastics including fuel tanks, bumpers, and fenders from vehicle dismantling and repair stations. Free acceptance is offered for quantities above 2 Mg.
• Post-Production Waste Collection (Skup odpadów poprodukcyjnych) Purchase of post-production plastic waste including fragments, shavings, and entire elements from plastic product manufacturers. Customers are plastics manufacturing plants seeking to monetize scrap rather than pay disposal fees.
• Plastic Processing (Przetwórstwo tworzyw sztucznych) Processing and recycling of contaminated or mixed plastic waste. Collaborates with partner companies to find optimal processing solutions for difficult waste streams beyond its core PP/PE specialization.
• Substandard Product Destruction (Niszczenie produktów niepełnowartościowych) Destruction of defective, non-compliant, or unsellable products to prevent their circulation back into the market. Process can be supervised by the client with photographic or video documentation. Revenue is earned as a destruction service fee.
• PP and PE Regrinds and Regranulates (Przemiały i regranulaty PP i PE) Recycled plastic regranulates and regrinds made from polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE), including regranulate from recovered material from single-use masks, gloves, and visors. Sold to plastics manufacturers as secondary raw material at prices typically below virgin plastics.
• Film Agglomerates (Aglomeraty z folii) Film agglomerates produced from recycled plastic materials, used as secondary raw material by plastics manufacturers.
• Waste Management Consulting (Doradztwo w gospodarce odpadami) Consulting services in waste management, including waste pickup and intermediation in managing a wide range of waste types. Also covers document and data carrier destruction and knife sharpening services.

Quantifiable outcome

• ~20 tonnes of bottle caps processed monthly, approximately 1 million bottle caps per tonne (240 million annually), equivalent to ~48,000 cubic meters of volume diverted from landfill

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• InvestEkominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInvestEko is shown as a partner logo on Ekopartner Silesia's website. InvestEko runs the plasticLIFEcycle project which Ekopartner Silesia participates in as a project partner.
• IeSerwisminorOthersIeSerwis is shown as a partner logo on Ekopartner Silesia's website. Nature of the partnership is not specified beyond the logo listing.
• Śląski Klaster Gospodarki Odpadami (Silesian Waste Management Cluster)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSilesian Waste Management Cluster is shown as a partner logo on Ekopartner Silesia's website. This regional cluster brings together waste management companies in Silesia, suggesting strategic cooperation on waste recycling across the value chain.
• PPH PIKminorOthersPPH PIK is shown as a partner logo on Ekopartner Silesia's website. Nature of the partnership is not specified beyond the logo listing.
• plasticLIFEcycle ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEkopartner Silesia is a partner in the plasticLIFEcycle project (plasticLIFEcycle: The solution for the management of mixed hard plastic waste by applying circular economy approach). The project aims to build and demonstrate innovative PLC technology for sorting and recycling mixed plastics at the R&D Center in Świętochłowice, and to create an international business cooperation network covering the full plastic value chain. The project is co-funded by the EU LIFE Instrument and the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Stena Recycling: One of Europe's largest recyclers, operating full-service materials recovery facilities with significant plastics sorting and reprocessing capacity. Comparable to Ekopartner because both process mixed commercial and post-consumer plastic streams into recovered materials, though Stena operates at vastly greater scale and geographic breadth.
• REMONDIS: Major European waste and recycling company with extensive plastics sorting and reprocessing operations across multiple countries. Comparable to Ekopartner as a competing collector and processor of mixed plastic waste streams, but REMONDIS operates as an integrated global player with much broader service portfolio.
• Prezero: Environmental services arm of the Schwarz Group operating recycling and sorting facilities across Europe with a focus on plastics recovery and PCR resin production. Comparable to Ekopartner as a plastics-focused recycler with European footprint and investment in circular economy capabilities.
• Veolia Environmental Services: Global environmental services group operating waste collection, materials recovery, and plastics recycling divisions across Europe. Comparable to Ekopartner as a regulated waste collector and plastics processor, though operating at corporate-utility scale with much broader capabilities.
• Suez Recycling and Recovery: Major environmental services group with extensive materials recovery facilities and plastics recycling operations across Europe. Comparable to Ekopartner because both operate collection, sorting, and processing of plastic waste streams for downstream resale.

Direct peers

• MBA Polymers: Specialist recycler of mixed and contaminated plastics from automotive, WEEE, and packaging streams, producing high-quality PCR compounds. Comparable to Ekopartner because both focus on hard-to-recycle polyolefin streams and produce engineering-grade recycled resins for downstream manufacturers.

Emerging players

• Carbios: French biotech company developing enzymatic recycling technology for PET and other plastics. Comparable to Ekopartner because both target improved recovery of plastics that conventional mechanical recyclers struggle with, though Carbios operates in a fundamentally different technology pathway.

Others

• Tomra: Norwegian technology provider of optical sorting and sensor-based separation equipment for recycling facilities. Comparable to Ekopartner as an enabling supplier to mechanical plastics recycling, relevant context for the PLC sorting technology Ekopartner is developing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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