The Italian army moved into Naples as tensions over the city's mounting rubbish
crisis erupted in violence. Entire districts of the city are lying submerged
under more than 5,000 tons of waste. The pile is growing at the rate of 800 tons
a day. No rubbish has been collected in Naples since Dec 21, when the city's
dumps reached their capacity. While the residents are furious at the stink, and
the risk of disease, there have also been protests at plans to create new dumps
or reopen old ones. Riots broke out at Pianura, the site of an enormous open-air
dump that the locals say pollutes the area with deadly dioxins...the Italian
prime minister, sent in the army to restore calm and to start shifting the
rubbish from the city. "We are taking charge," he said, "because the
world is watching and I do not want them to have this negative image of Italy". Army engineers used bulldozers to clear waste from schools in the
Caserta region. The government called for the schools to be opened, but no
students arrived. Clemente Mastella, the justice minister, said the dead hand of
the Camorra, or Neapolitan mafia, was behind the crisis. "People who set
fire to buses are not citizens, but usually people sent by the mafia,"
he said. It is in the Camorra's interests for rubbish to build up in the city,
since the clans own most of the rubbish recycling companies that would
eventually win contracts to dispose of the waste. (Speigalonlineinternational)
Thats right prime minister, it isnt your fault you are just controlling the situation. There is no way to know if a landfill is almost full, except by looking at it. I understand you though, that takes to much effort, and it is stinky at those landfills. If all else fails, blame it on the Mafia. BUT WAIT HE HAS A PLAN, "LETS PUT ALL THE TRASH ON THAT CITY(Pianura, Sardina). This is what they think of your grand idea.
Democracy in action, kick his ass. He has no right to protest.
In the past week, the municipalities surrounding the Pianura garbage dump have
seen next to no government presence. Rioters controlled the area, the crater of
an extinct volcano, until last Wednesday. There were checkpoints and burning
piles of tires, while residents had to deal with young men armed with sticks,
their faces covered. When the dump was closed in 1996, after having been used
for more than 40 years, residents were promised that the site would be converted
into a golf course. The fact that garbage trucks are back, instead of golf
carts, hasn't exactly boosted residents' confidence in their local politicians.
"We did our part. We pay taxes, and we too are Europeans," says Patrizia, a
50-year-old hotel worker, who is thin and smokes. "I'm tired of wasting away,"
she adds. She's talking about the garbage, the hooligans, the politicians, the
stench, the Camorra -- in short, life. Meanwhile, the garbage is spreading -- by
1,100 tons a day in Naples alone. Since the dumps have been filled to capacity,
garbage is no longer being picked up in the suburbs, where it litters the
streets in the form of rotting piles shredded by traffic, dogs and rats. Waste
disposal fees are higher in Naples than elsewhere in Italy. Nevertheless, in the
past few decades regional officials have come up with no better idea than to
fill their craters, basalt caves, quarries and low-lying areas with garbage. In
1994, the region was ordered to clean up all unregulated garbage dumps and
develop a waste disposal program that includes garbage separation and recycling.
Fourteen years and close to €2 billion later, none of the region's three waste
incinerators is operational and the garbage separation rate is one of the lowest
in the country. Closed dumps are being reopened, and yet the region -- with the
exception of Pompeii and the office of Vice President Valiante -- is full of
trash (Speigalonlineinternational)
Take away peoples rights they will destroy the place, now make money hahahahah
Naples'
rubbish crisis could end up costing the region's economy 500 million euros
(740 million dollars) in lost business, thousands of jobs and tar the region's
image for years to come, local officials warned Sunday..."The losses could run
up to 500 million euros because of the tarnished image of the Campania region,
in terms of cancelled bookings in the hotel sector and lost orders for farmers,
both from at home and abroad," the farmers' union Coldiretti agreed, in a
statement on its website Sunday. (France24)
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