Army called to bulldoze uncollected rubbish

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.

Collectors stopped picking up rubbish in the city and the surrounding Campania region on December 21 because there is no more room for it at dumps.

Although locals are angered by the uncollected trash, they have also blocked plans to create new dumps or re-open old sites.