Gamathjonustan was founded by Benony Olafsson its director and principal owner in 1983 and began operations in 1984.Today the group employs 150 people in Iceland and operates widely in Iceland.

On the board of directors are: Elias Olafsson as chairman, Sveinn Hannesson is vice-chairman, Ingi Arason secretary and Benony Ólafsson and Jon Isaksson are co-directors.

Mainfield of operations is waste management, sorting and recycling: Rental and service of waste containers of all types and sizes, general waste collection, landfill, rental and service of portable toilets; street cleaning ;transport of machinery; composting and consulting work.

At Berghella in Hafnarfjördur Gamathjonustan. runs a well equipped 2000 sq.m. sorting station for recyclable materials plus a transfer station with Harris baling press. Timber is also crushed there with Haas and Morbark crushers.Our yard there is approx.9 ha.and incorporates a container depot Gamavelli for both commercial and domestic customers.

Over 75 trucks and other machinery is used for collection and over 3000 containers of different sizes.

The Recycle Bin (Endurvinnslutunnan) the popular bin for domestic use, “seven categories in the same bin”, is sorted at Berghella.

Furthermore, there is a container workshop at Ishella and truck repair workshop at Sudarvogur where head offices are also located.

Totally owned subsidiaries are:

• Gamathjonusta Vesturlands ltd in Akranes serving west of Iceland.
• Gamathjonusta Nordurlands ltd in Akureyri serving north-east Iceland.
• Gamathjonusta Austurlands – Sjonaras ltd in Reydarfjordur serving nearby communities.
• Hafnarbakki – Flutningataekni ltd. A firm dealing with import of equipment for collecting, processing, sorting and disposal of waste.
  • Also different bins and street furniture.
  • Selling and renting both office and ships containers of different sizes.

Partly owned by Gamathjonustan ltd.

• Shareholding in EFNA ltd.Hazardous waste collecting and processing company.
• Shareholding in waste management companies in Latvia.
• Shareholding in waste management firm in Lithuania.