NAPOLI

NAPLES NAPOLI

the 3rd largest city in Italy

3 050 000 inhabitants

2 608 inhab/km2

1980s first illegal disposal sites emerged operated by Camorra

*Camorra is a criminal organization based in the region of Campania, in the south of Italy

1980s first illegal disposal sites emerged operated by Camorra*

1980s first illegal disposal sites emerged operated by Camorra*

1994 the European Union declared the situation an official environmental emergency

1980s first illegal disposal sites emerged operated by Camorra*

1994 the European Union declared the situation an official environmental emergency

2007 the disposal sites were overfilled and still no incineration plant was working

2008 the waste crisis culminated200 000 tons of waste were lying on the streetsalmost half of the Napolis year waste generation

2008 the waste crisis culminated200 000 tons of waste were lying on the streetsalmost half of the Napolis year waste generation

2009 new goverment finally opened new incin-erator and sweep up the streets

2008 the waste crisis culminated200 000 tons of waste were lying on the streetsalmost half of the Napolis year waste generation

2009 new goverment finally opened new incin-erator and sweep up the streets

2010 public riots broke out between the angry inhabitants, hooligans deployed by Camorra and municipality

public riots, 2010

public riots, 2010

nowadays the current mayor achieved an decline of uncollected waste on the streets to zero

nowadays the current mayor achieved an decline of uncollected waste on the streets to zero

on the other no new incinerators built and no new landfill opened

nowadays the current mayor achieved an decline of uncollected waste on the streets to zero

on the other no new incinerators built and no new landfill opened

contract for 50 000 tonnes of Napolis waste to be processed in the Netherlands

WHAT ARE THE MAIN CAUSES?

1. overfilled landfills and lack of incinerators

2. periphery of the city as a cheap waste disposal for other Italian regions

3. lucrative business for Camorra

4. personal failures of local politicians

WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS?

1. extensive enviromental damages

2. health hazard for inhabitants

3. municipal debt of about 1 billion

WHAT ARE THE LATEST SOLUTIONS?

short-term solution: wasted energy plant

landfills

landfills 3Rs strategy

long-term solution: zero waste

REUSE thrift shops, repairs, use more durable materialsREDUCE paper instead of plastic, avoid wasting food, less packaging,.. RECYCLE paper, glass, plastics, electrical goods,..

The Mafia Is Trashing Italy; VICE; 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBHNmw0A80M&spfreload=10

Bitiful cauntri; Esmeralda Calabria, Andrea DAmbrosio, Peppe Ruggiero; 2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otE_6Shy5tg

Gomorrah; Roberto Saviano; 2008