This week in trash news:
- The U.S. government warns Americans of trash-related health risks in Naples;
- Italians in nearby Mercato San Severino try to clean up their act;
- A San Fran resident and a local columnist hash out the best ways to dispose of organic waste;
- Bears prefer garbage to bait; and
- Brits rescue a pony from a rubbish dump.
Photo via the USDA Forest Service
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Friday, July 20, 2007 at 10:15 am |
The mountains of burning trash in Naples is devastating. Is there a solution? Not really, this is corruption, politics and simple stubbornness in a long a deepy embedded history. Unfortunatly it is all related to the Camorra (the neapolitan mafia) it isn’t in their best-interest to dispose of the trash, so let it stay in the streets, in the end, they are the power structure down there, they give their hand-outs to the whole city. It isn’t in anyone’s best interest to clean it up. Oddly it goes unnoticed.
Friday, July 20, 2007 at 10:25 am |
On that note, there is a great book by Roberto Saviano which is being translated into English and coming out, I believe in September, called Gomorra. Not so much about trash, but about how the Camorra has stuck their paws into every inch of the city of Naples, trash plays a big role in that.
Interesting and terrifying stuff, I recommend it. It’s no “Under the Tuscan Sun”!
Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 7:54 am |
Thanks for the book rec, Jenny! And keep the insider insight coming, I might just have to make a category just for the trash of Italia.