Naples and 'Monnezza' emergency 2008: what was there before Terzigno

Naples is the most important town in southern Italy, the third largest city.

Already famous in all the world was the 'monnezza' problem, during 2008.
Thousand kilogrammes of urban trash were dumped in the street for months, also during the hottest time of the year.

Frequent uprisings set fire to the bin to remove the stench it gave off. The presence of dioxin arrived at the highest levels.






The Italian government announced the resolution of the problem several months before all the trash was actually removed from all streets. Link 1 (with videos), Link 2 (with pictures).
In fact many areas have accumulated garbage for years. It is not only urban garbage: Naples is a land of collection of toxic trash coming from all the country.




The trash in the streets of this city and the suburbs are not just urban waste.
MONNEZZA = uban waste + toxic meterials (industrial waste products, electrical appliances...)

Before the emergency the separate collection of rubbish was inexistent. Even today the percentages are very low. The disposing of trash don't work. It is just amass in landfill.

The Italian government announced the construction of an incinerator in Acerra. Until now the incinerator has never worked at full capacity.



The trash in Naples is not used in the incinerator. It is not recycled. It continues to be piled up in landfills.
Landfills built on the territory? They are not up to standard.



In September-October 2010 there's a new emergency for the Campania streets.



From here begins Terzigno's riots.