Colari - Consorzio Laziale Rifiuti

What Colari - Consorzio Laziale Rifiuti does

Colari - Consorzio Laziale Rifiuti (CO.LA.RI.) is an Italian consortium founded in 1984 by companies with prior decades of experience in municipal solid waste collection, transport, and treatment. It operates the Malagrotta complex near Rome, which historically disposed of over 5,000 tonnes per day of Rome's municipal solid waste at tariffs reportedly 30-50 EUR per tonne below market rates. Following the closure of the Malagrotta landfill cycle in 2013, the consortium has repositioned the site as the "Città delle Industrie Ambientali" (City of Environmental Industries), centered on its proprietary FullCircle integrated treatment system.

The FullCircle system produces CDR (Combustibile Derivato dai Rifiuti, or Solid Recovered Fuel) to Italian D.M. 5/2/1998 specifications, then gasifies it at temperatures exceeding 1600°C using oxygen as the gasifying agent to produce syngas for electricity generation. The mineral and metallic fraction is recovered as a vitrified inert aggregate used in cement, asphalt, and road construction. Colari supplements its technical positioning with a transparency strategy: the company website publishes 24/7 live video of the facility and continuous emission monitoring data.

Colari is a privately held consortium with eight disclosed employees and a single named customer, AMA (Azienda Municipalizzata Ambiente), Rome's municipal waste management company. Its operating geography is limited to the Lazio region of Italy, and pricing or contract terms are not publicly disclosed. The organization is led by President Manlio Cerroni, and has engaged in public correspondence with Rome municipal authorities on contract and emissions matters through 2015.

Name

Colari - Consorzio Laziale Rifiuti

Legal name

CO.LA.RI. - Consorzio Laziale Rifiuti

Website

https://colari.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Colari (Consorzio Laziale Rifiuti), founded 1984, is an Italian consortium operating the Malagrotta waste-to-energy complex near Rome. It serves Rome's municipal waste authority (AMA), processing roughly 5,000 tonnes/day via proprietary high-temperature CDR gasification.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management Services

NAICS

Waste Treatment and Disposal (56221), Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators (562213)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Waste-to-Energy CHP (Municipal/Industrial Waste Incineration) (EUACAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Subtitle: Waste Treatment & Disposal — Sub-industries (L4) (EUAIACAA)

Keywords

• Municipal waste treatment
• Waste-to-energy gasification
• Solid recovered fuel
• Integrated waste management
• Energy recovery systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Rome

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Colari operates the Malagrotta waste treatment complex in Rome, processing approximately 5,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste daily through its proprietary FullCircle integrated system. The system produces CDR (Combustibile Derivato dai Rifiuti - Solid Recovered Fuel) from waste and gasifies it at temperatures exceeding 1600°C using oxygen as the gasifying agent, generating electricity from the resulting syngas and producing vitrified mineral aggregate reused in construction materials.

Product overview

Colari - Consorzio Laziale Rifiuti operates as a waste management consortium founded in 1984, managing the Malagrotta complex near Rome. The company's primary offering is the FullCircle integrated waste treatment system, which processes approximately 5,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste daily from Rome. The system includes CDR (Combustibile Derivato dai Rifiuti) production from treated waste and a high-temperature gasification plant (Centrale di Gassificazione) operating at over 1600 degrees Celsius. The FullCircle technology converts waste-derived fuel into syngas for electricity generation while producing reusable mineral granules from the non-combustible fraction, representing a complete waste-to-energy recovery cycle.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FullCircle: An integrated waste treatment system for urban waste recovery, developed and implemented at the Malagrotta facility in Rome over fifty years of work.

Products and services

• FullCircle Integrated Waste Treatment System Integrated urban waste treatment system developed by Colari over 50 years of work in Rome, converting CDR (Refuse Derived Fuel) into syngas and then into electrical energy, representing a complete waste recovery cycle for municipal waste management customers.
• CDR (Combustibile Derivato dai Rifiuti) Production Solid Special Fuel regulated by Italian law D.M. 5/2/1998, produced from processed municipal solid waste and used as fuel in the gasification plant. Defined characteristics include maximum 25% moisture, calorific value of 15,000 kJ/Kg, and 20% ash content.
• Malagrotta CDR Gasification Plant (Centrale di Gassificazione del CDR di Malagrotta) High-temperature gasification facility that converts CDR using oxygen as the gasifying agent, producing syngas (similar to town gas) at temperatures exceeding 1600°C. Syngas drives electricity generation while the mineral fraction is converted into vitrified, inert mineral granules used in cement and asphalt production.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5,000 tonnes/day waste processing capacity
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Herambiente (Gruppo Hera): Major Italian waste management company with waste-to-energy, treatment and disposal facilities serving municipalities. Comparable to Colari in providing integrated MSW treatment and energy recovery to Italian local governments.
• ACEA Ambiente: Italian multi-utility operating waste treatment facilities; Colari has previously handled ACEA wastewater treatment plant sludge. Comparable as an Italian municipal waste treatment operator with thermal processing assets.
• Renewi: European waste-to-product company operating incineration and material recovery facilities across Belgium, Netherlands and beyond. Comparable to Colari in MSW processing scale and energy-from-waste economics.
• EEW Energy from Waste: One of Europe's largest waste-to-energy operators running multiple high-capacity thermal treatment plants. Comparable to Colari in using thermal conversion of MSW into energy at industrial scale.
• AVR (Afvalverwerking Rijnmond): Dutch waste processor operating incinerators with energy recovery for municipal waste. Comparable to Colari in providing high-throughput thermal waste treatment to municipal clients under European regulatory frameworks.
• MVV Energie: German energy and waste-to-energy operator with biomass and refuse-derived fuel combustion plants. Comparable to Colari in operating waste-derived fuel-to-energy facilities for municipal customers in Europe.
• A2A Ambiente: Italian waste-to-energy and integrated waste management operator with multiple thermal treatment plants. Directly comparable to Colari as both run municipal waste-to-energy assets in Italy under similar regulatory regimes and customer structures.

Broad incumbents

• Waste Management Inc. Largest North American waste services company operating landfills, transfer stations, and waste-to-energy plants. Comparable as a broad incumbent in municipal waste treatment and energy recovery, though Colari operates at much smaller scale.
• SUEZ (now Veolia): International waste management and water services group with European waste-to-energy operations. Comparable as a large incumbent offering integrated waste treatment and resource recovery across multiple geographies.
• Veolia Environnement: Global environmental services giant operating waste-to-energy and municipal waste management worldwide, including Italy. Comparable as a much broader incumbent offering the same waste treatment and energy recovery services Colari provides at single-site scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/colari---consorzio-laziale-rifiuti

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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