(AANSA) - Rome, April 18 - All of Italy's waste dumps will be
full in 2 years' time, a report said Thursday.
"Within two years all the waste disposal sites will be
saturated, and there will be the first emergencies in the
south," said the report from Fise Assoambiente.
"In Italy every year some 135 million tonnes of special waste
is produced and around 30 tonnes of urban refuse, of which we
recycle, respectively, 65% (92 million tonnes) and 47% (15
million tonnes", the report said.
Several Italian cities, mostly in the centre and south like
Rome and Naples, have already endured rubbish emergencies.
In less than a year all the centre's dumps will be full while
southern Italy is already seeing emergencies, the report said.
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