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Italian army enlisted to clear Neapolitan rubbish mountains
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Dido L. Arellano
 
By Dido L. Arellano
Published on 01/7/2008
 
A succession of "Garbage Czars” has failed to solve problems with refuse disposal.

Italian army enlisted to clear Neapolitan rubbish mountains
The Italian army moved in with bulldozers before dawn Monday to scoop piles of uncollected rubbish away from schools in the Naples area after more than two weeks of a collection crisis. Protesters angered at plans to revive a landfill in their neighborhood clashed with police who tried to reopen the site so refuse that has piled up on the city's streets can be dumped there. With rubbish mountains growing across the city, residents took to burning the stinking mounds, raising alarm over toxic fumes. Problems with refuse disposal in Italy's southern region of Campania have been around for years.