Sensoneo, Veolia subsidiary reach cooperation agreement

Birdz and Sensoneo will jointly produce and market collection tracking technology.


Slovakia-based Sensoneo and France-based Birdz, a subsidiary of Veolia, have announced reaching a “partnership aimed at accelerating their joint development in the international market of intelligent management and recovery of waste.”

Sensoneo describes itself as a provider of “smart sensors with advanced tracking and monitoring equipment and sophisticated software” designed to provide “digital transformation and data-driven decision making” for generators and collectors of waste and recyclables.

Birdz describes itself as “a pioneer in remote monitoring of water consumption” with more than 3 million connected sensors deployed worldwide.

“The partnership with Sensoneo started from a simple observation: In France as well as globally, the current waste recovery offer only covers very little of the collection part,” says Christian Carrara of Birdz. “Waste is collected at predefined times which are in fact not correlated with the actual rate of filling of the Dumpsters. Optimizing collection would allow communities to reduce costs, avoid unnecessary travel to improve their environmental performance and provide better service to their fellow citizens to prevent them from finding themselves in front of Dumpsters [that are] full.”

Sensoneo says its Smart Waste line (Asset Management, Waste Monitoring and Collection Planner), succeeds in shrinking waste collection routes by from 30 to 63 percent, “which directly impacts emissions and fuel and enables customers to monitor actual waste production with 97 percent accuracy.”

This partnership is being designed to allow the two firms to “combine their expertise to bring an innovative and complete Smart Waste solution to the international market.” The offer will initially focus on Voluntary Contribution Points (PAVs – street bins with either public or private access) and will then extend to access control issues.

The two firms say that aspect of collection is “particularly interesting for local authorities setting up incentive pricing systems according to the principle of polluter pays.”

“We greatly appreciate the opportunity to partner with Birdz,” states Martin Basila, CEO and co-founder of Sensoneo. “They have succeeded in becoming leaders in environmental IoT [internet of things] and we believe the combination of the know-how of our parties has the power to tangibly transform the way cities and businesses operate when it comes to waste. We look forward to the opportunities that our cooperation will bring.”

Birdz says it has been extending its long-time presence in the “smart water” market into other “smart city” issues for several years, including the waste and recycling collection sectors.

Birdz and Sensoneo say they aim to launch a joint product to the market by the first quarter of 2022.