There is a risk of "a revolt" by
towns in Rome's hinterland which have been asked to take some of
the capital's trash amid an ongoing emergency, Lazio Governor
Nicola Zingaretti said Monday.
Zingaretti called Rome's demand that the other towns dispose
of its rubbish "arrogant".
"The idea that you can go forward saying 'in any case, we'll
send the rubbish to other towns' is not only technically complex
but also unfeasible because the European Union is watching and
saying that you have to treat refuse in the places where it is
produced," said Zingaretti.
"That's not being polemical, but wanting to find a solution
that isn't just "let's place the rubbish in other towns'."
Referring to Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi's vow to reach 70%
recycling by 2022, Zingaretti said "there's still the problem of
the 30% that has to be processed and disposed of".
Rome is currently enduring the latest in a string of rubbish
emergencies which critics have blamed on Raggi's alleged
inaction since taking over as Rome's first woman mayor almost a
year ago.
Raggi, a member of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement,
has blamed past administrations of the centre-left Democratic
Party (PD) for the crisis.
Hundreds of PD 'Yellow T-Shirts' turned out to clear up the
current mess on Sunday.
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