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neighboring stakeholders (citizens, farmers, municipalities, etc.), in the per-
spective of the industrial ecology application.
Some environmental challenges of developing countries, as those related
to the waste management, can be turned into opportunities for all the
involved stakeholders, both economically (availability of low-cost energy,
reduction of waste to be disposed, production of bio-energy to be sold,
etc.) and socially (improvement of the hygienic conditions and reduction
of health risks, waste reduction, good quality of food produced in good
agricultural and livestock areas, good living areas, etc.).
Furthermore, the strategies and procedures developed during this expe-
rience can be applicable to other similar experience on bio-energy supply
chain in developing countries, even if it is important to outline that the
replicability of this experience should look at the specific conditions of
the examined bio-energy system, such as biomass typologies, supply systems,
and treatment plants.
Finally, the study contributes to the literature of LCA applications with
one of the first studies to a tri-generation plant filled with biogas, and its bio-
mass supply chain, in a developing country. This would allow to turn one of
the major problems of developing countries, notably the waste management,
into a resource for the local territory.

Acknowledgments

This research has been funded by the Cross-Border Cooperation Italy-Tunisia programme,
within the project “Valorisation e `nerge `tique Des Re `sidues—VEDER”.

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