The former Agricoltura di Avenza plant covers 17 hectares. It is located in the Apuana industrial zone of Avenza in the municipality of Carrara, within the Massa Carrara Site of National Priority which was identified in 1999 and redefined in 2013*. Its story began in the 1940s with the construction of Rumianca's base chemical and fertiliser plants and continued with the transfer to the Sir group in 1968. The legal transfer to Eni in 1982 resulted in the Avenza site being managed first by ANIC and later by ANIC Agricoltura. During its very short period of management, ANIC Agricoltura concentrated on the production of fertilisers and herbicides. The other plants had been idle for years and were being dismantled. In the wake of a major incident in March 1984, operations were suspended and the plant permanently closed in June of the same year. In 2001, the site passed to Enichem (now Eni Rewind), which promptly took steps to implement safety measures and begin environmental proceedings for the remediation of the site.
*The Tuscany Region superseded the ministry of Environment as the owner of the remediation procedures for the areas excluded from the new delimitation, which are now part of the Site of Regional Priority (SRP).
