Milgro

About Milgro

Milgro is a Dutch waste and resource management company based in Rotterdam. It works with medium and large companies, including multinationals, to help them manage waste streams, residual flows, and raw materials more effectively through a combination of digital tools, operational services, and consultancy.

The company positions itself as a partner for organizations that want to reduce waste, improve compliance, and move toward circularity without losing focus on their core business. Its approach emphasizes profitable sustainability: lowering costs and environmental impact while improving control, reporting, and operational efficiency.

Milgro says it aims for a world free of waste by 2040 and frames its work around the resource transition from linear to circular use of materials.

Core Values

• Circularity: Milgro focuses on keeping raw materials in circulation for as long as possible through reuse, recycling, and better chain collaboration.
• Operational efficiency: The company emphasizes saving time, reducing complexity, and making waste management easier to run on the shop floor.
• Compliance: Its services are designed to help customers meet waste-related laws, regulations, audits, and sustainability reporting requirements.
• Cost effectiveness: Milgro consistently links better waste management to lower costs, better processing choices, and a more profitable business model.
• Data-driven improvement: Dashboards, reports, and digital tools are central to its approach, helping customers measure performance and make informed decisions.

Unique Aspects

• 30+ years of experience: Milgro traces its roots back to 1993 and says it has more than 30 years of experience in waste and resource management.
• Independent matching network: The company connects waste and raw material disposers with processors through a large partner network, aiming to find the best fit on price, service, and sustainability.
• GMP+ gatekeeper role: In the food industry, Milgro says it is one of the few parties allowed to act as a gatekeeper within the GMP+ system for former foodstuffs and residual streams.
• Sector-specific expertise: Milgro highlights tailored solutions for sectors such as food, construction, manufacturing, chemicals, logistics, retail, healthcare, and education.
• Digital control layer: Its online portal, dashboard, trackers, and reporting tools give customers ongoing visibility into waste performance and compliance.
• Zero waste ambition: Milgro publicly states a goal of helping create a world free of waste by 2040, which anchors its positioning and messaging.