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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/26/italy-eu-fines-uncollected-rubbish
Reuters in Rome guardian.co.uk, Friday 26 November 2010 20.48 GMT
Italy faces EU fines over uncollected rubbish
Thousands of tonnes of rubbish uncollected in streets of Naples
despite Berlusconi's claims to have fixed problem.
Italy risks an EU fine over the health hazard presented by the tonnes of rubbish lining the streets of Naples.
Photograph: Salvatore Laporta/AP
Italy has failed to comply with a European court ruling on the chronic Naples waste crisis
and could face fines if it does not solve the problem, a top EU official said today.
Thousands of tonnes of rubbish still lie uncollected in the streets of Italy's third-largest city despite weeks
of protests by local residents and repeated claims by prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to have fixed the problem.
The problem of poor waste management in Italy's most densely populated region has persisted for years,
compounded by disputes between competing local authorities and made worse by organised crime.
Reuters in Rome guardian.co.uk, Friday 26 November 2010 20.48 GMT
Italy faces EU fines over uncollected rubbish
Thousands of tonnes of rubbish uncollected in streets of Naples
despite Berlusconi's claims to have fixed problem.
Italy risks an EU fine over the health hazard presented by the tonnes of rubbish lining the streets of Naples.
Photograph: Salvatore Laporta/AP
Italy has failed to comply with a European court ruling on the chronic Naples waste crisis
and could face fines if it does not solve the problem, a top EU official said today.
Thousands of tonnes of rubbish still lie uncollected in the streets of Italy's third-largest city despite weeks
of protests by local residents and repeated claims by prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to have fixed the problem.
The problem of poor waste management in Italy's most densely populated region has persisted for years,
compounded by disputes between competing local authorities and made worse by organised crime.
