Abstract
Pasta is still the most characteristic Italian food and, in fact, it is always
present in the Mediterranean diet.
This study points out the preliminary results obtained through the
application of the Life Cycle Inventory Analysis (LCI) on the dried pasta production.
It has been analyzed the main environmental impacts caused by a small
farm industry situated in Floridia (Sicily) and whose managing staff plays a particular
attention on the environment.
For this purpose it has been applied the LCI to exploit wisely the
available resources, to reduce the power consumption and to limit the environmental
impact of the entire production cycle...