Write what you have.
A WhatsApp message, the way you would tell a colleague: what it is, how much, where. No forms.
Where there's waste,we find value.
Every harvest and every process leaves something over. Volvere connects whoever produces it with a company that can use it, as close as possible: less is thrown away and less is trucked around.
Every year in Italy, millions of tonnes of agricultural leftovers sit idle or are disposed of as waste. Volvere exists so that this value flows back: from the field, the winery and the olive mill to whoever can transform it.
For producers
What your leftovers are worth, and who takes them.
Tell it on WhatsApp, the way you would say it out loud. Volvere estimates the value and looks for a company that will collect it.
Try a lot of grape pomace
Indicative valuesGrapes
Fermentation
Stalks
Organic certified
- Polyphenol extraction
- Distillery
- Compost
- Grape seed oil
Virgin pomace: many wineries are required to send it to a distillery. Check the exemptions before sending it anywhere else.
This is an example, not an offer.
From your message to collection, in four steps.
We work out what it is.
Red or white grapes, fermented or not, with or without stalks: these are the things that change the value. If something is missing, Volvere asks, one question at a time.
See what it could be worth.
You get a price range for each possible use, with the rule that applies to it. It's an estimate, not an offer.
Nearby companies see it.
The lot appears on the companies' map without your name. The dots around it are companies that could collect it. If one is interested we tell you, and contact only starts if you confirm.
Example- Material
- Red grape pomace
- State
- Fermented
- Stalks
- Destemmed
- Quantity
- 30 tonnes
- Province
- Siena
For 30 tonnesup to €3,600
Polyphenol extraction€40-120/t
Compost€5-25/t
Distillery€0-30/t
Five supply chains, for now.
These are the five supply chains we decided to start from, chosen for available volume and market demand. The figures come from ENEA's report on the availability of agro-industrial biomass in Italy and show how many tonnes of dry matter are available each year. The tags represent the main potential uses of the material.
Source: ENEA, RT-2021-04, "Assessment of agro-industrial biomass availability at national level", 2021.
When a leftover is a by-product, not waste.
Under Article 184-bis of Italian Legislative Decree 152/2006, a residue is a by-product only if it meets four conditions at once. You have to be able to prove it with documents, and Volvere gathers them for you in a file, with a technical sheet and a transport document. Responsibility for compliance stays with you.
What the law asksWhat you find in the file
a
The material comes from a process whose purpose is something else.
Declaration of origin. Which process the lot comes from and why it is not the aim of that process.
b
Its use is certain, by you or by a third party.
Match with a collector. Who takes it and for what use, written down before the lot leaves.
c
It can be used as it is, without treatment beyond normal industrial practice.
Description of its state. What the material is like: fresh or fermented, with or without stalks.
d
The use is lawful: it meets product, health and environmental rules.
Legal references. The rules that apply to the use chosen for that lot.
For companies
What's available, province by province.
Companies see what is available in each area, with quantity and collection period, and filter by supply chain. When a lot is of interest, they ask for contact.
- Every lot has a record with material, state, quantity, certification and collection period.
- The producer stays anonymous until both sides confirm.
- See in advance when a lot will be available.
Example lot
- Quantity
- Province
- Certification
- Collection window
- Producer
- Kept private until the match
Example lots in plausible provinces: not real offers.