Emergency steps to deal with the growing backlog of rubbish piling up on Naples' streets were announced today by prime minister Romano Prodi.

Italian Premier Romano Prodi held talks with top ministers today in a bid to come with a “radical” new solution to Naples’ rubbish crisis.

THE Italian army started bulldozing piles of uncollected rubbish away from schools in Naples yesterday, more than two weeks into the city’s latest waste crisis.