Trash collection has been a problem in Naples for years. A “waste disposal state of emergency” was first declared in 1994, and the piles of trash were threatening public health last summer. A massive incinerator was meant to open at the end of 2007, but it’s not yet ready. Critics blame corruption, political foot-dragging and a mafia-run system of illegal industrial dumps for the ongoing trouble.
- An estimated 2,000 tons of garbage was lying in the streets
- Residents torched the piles of garbage in protest starting on January 1, 2008
- Prime Minister Romano Prodi promised a “radical” solution, but residents are still waiting
January 08, 2008
Source: Spiegal Online International
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