Italy faces big fines if it fails to clean up tonnes of rubbish still lying around the city of Naples, according to the EU

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The garbage crisis in Naples encompasses the worst Italian clichés, and in particular those of the southern part of this lovely peninsula: mismanagement, political interference, mafia profiteering and the ability of those responsible to deflect the attention and the blame elsewhere. In many parts of the world waste disposal is a business -- and usually it is a good business. Garbage can be transformed into various sources of energy and then sold for a profit. In Naples, garbage is also good business, but in the sense that millions, if not billions, of euros have been wasted -- and nobody really knows how.

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Keywords: collusion, corruption, emergency, garbage, interference, italy, mafia, mismanagement, naples, napoli, political, profiteering