News: Military takes over Naples garbage

"In January, The Italian army started clearing up the piles of waste in Naples. Local waste dumps, however, were not able to handle the amounts of garbage people generated, and train loads of Napolitana trash went...

Burning garbage crisis in Naples

Angry Naples residents torched piles of garbage that have grown to crisis proportions.  They are fed up with government inaction that has allowed tens of thousands of tonnes of piled up garbage.Apparently,...

The truth about Orihuela Costa - 'jewel' of Spain's Costa Blanca - homed at: ...

I write as an ex-pat with 9 years of experience of life in this part of Spain. I am so shocked about what is happening here now that although I am now retired and a former journalist and a bit before the days of...

Race Matters

" NEW YORK--Do white right-wing preachers have it easier than black left-wing preachers? Is there a double standard? The political explosion around the Rev. Jeremiah Wright was inevitable, given Wright's personal closeness to Barack Obama and the outrageous rubbish the pastor...

PoV: SkypePhone - The Eighteenth Day

“Don’t judge a book by its cover.” I have learned once more. Mee andI had been criticising the day we got our hands on it but I havetotally changed my point of view since I used it from 29th January 2008. Atthe beginning, the very next day we signed a contract with 3...

Trash Flight Vision

 The chocolate powered lorry driver has a new plan:"A British adventurer said he plans to emulate his heroes from the movie Back To The Future by flying to China powered by rubbish. Andy Pag has just arrived...

Violence flares up at Naples dump

"Protesters have clashed again with Italian police in the city of Naples in a dispute over rubbish disposal. The protesters in the suburb of Pianura are blocking access to an old rubbish dump which city officials want to reopen as landfill sites are full. There have been no...

Crisis talks over Naples rubbish

"The Italian government is to hold an emergency meeting to find a solution to the rubbish crisis in Naples.There has been no collection of household waste for two weeks because landfills are full and more than...

A Load of Rubbish: Art, Police and Pollution in London

London-based artist Mark McGowan was stopped by a small army of police as he tried to dump a vanload of plastic into the Thames. Had he succeeded, McGowan would have been highlighting an action taking place...

Walk on the beach... spoiled!

Ever had a long walk on a lonely beach spoiled by the flotsam and jetsam? Adelaide, South Australia has miles of beautiful beaches just made for walking, but take a look at the f&j score from just over one...

MPs Criticise Rubbish Bin Collection Plan

I have been experiencing the system for over a year now here in South Northamptonshire with no problems. But I can see that large households would have a problem as only one grey refuse wheely bin is provided. You also need space to keep the 2 wheely bins, green and grey,...

Families Anger Over Jonathan King's Shipman Song

Seems like Jonathan King will go to any depths to bolster up and publicise his ailing music career.  'Every ones gone to the moon'.  The only half decent record he ever made, back in the 60's, is the...

Rubbish emergency in Campania

The level of emergency is high, here in Campania , a region in the south Italy with 13,595 km² for a population of 8,000,000 inhabitants, rubbish dumps are overload and the local gouvernments aren’t able to...

Stank and the City: Residents Burning Piles of Garbage

A backup of dump sites during an ongoing heat wave in Naples has led to a revolt by residents: citizens are burning their trash in the streets. Officials are now concerned that such pyres are releasing toxins into the air, exacerbating the environmental cost."Residents of the...

Stank and the City: Residents Burning Piles of Garbage

A backup of dump sites during an ongoing heat wave in Naples has led to a revolt by residents: citizens are burning their trash in the streets. Officials are now concerned that such pyres are releasing toxins into the air, exacerbating the environmental cost."Residents of the...

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