Naples apparently has a massive problem with garbage in the streets. The BBC reports that the EU is taking them to court:
More than 1,000 tonnes of rubbish is rotting on the city’s streets, and the EU argues not enough has been done to get rid of it.
“The Commission is not convinced that this issue will be solved quickly enough,” said an EU official.
Italy could face a heavy fine if the European Court of Justice decides that Rome has infringed EU laws on waste.
At the weekend, firefighters put out about 30 fires lit by residents unable to tolerate the smell from the rubbish - a smell made worse by recent warm weather.
The BBC’s Rome correspondent Christian Fraser says temperatures soared in Naples over the May holiday and people set the waste alight out of concern that the approaching summer heat would bring a growing risk of disease.
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