Industrial Ecology and agri-food sector. Perspectives of implementation in an Italian regional cluster.

This paper presents a preliminary analysis of one of the most representative agri-industrial clusters in the production of horticultural products, the area of Fucino in Abruzzo Region (Italy). The study aims to analyze the main vegetable and not vegetable waste flows to propose alternative options for managing them in the perspective of an Agro-Eco-Industrial Park. The preliminary qualitative analysis shows that efficient solutions can be potentially implemented through recycling, recovery and repair activities, materials substitution and alternative energy production, exploiting synergies of the existing cluster.