Italy: Naples Garbage Crisis Rises Again

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | October 27th, 2010 | Trackback

A garbage crisis in Naples that has been going on for years has caused clashes in nearby Terzigno between police and protesters trying to prevent the dumping of Naples’ trash in their community about 12 miles east of the city. The protests have been going on for the past month but recently erupted in violence and resulted in some 2,400 tons of garbage piling up in the streets of Naples. The demonstrations also put on hold, at least temporarily, the opening of a second dump in Terzigno to take the city’s refuse. The proposed dump would be the largest in Europe but it lies within a half mile of the town and inside Vesuvius National Park, a 52-square-mile preserve of rare plants and wildlife and of course the historic volcano.

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