A disagreement between Deputy
Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini and his 5-Star
Movement (M5S) coalition partners continued on Friday after the
League leader proposed installing waste incinerators for
household rubbish in every province in the southern region of
Campania.
The illegal burning of waste in a big problem in Campania.
The M5S rejected the idea, with its leader, Deputy Premier
and Labour and Industry Minister Luigi Di Maio, saying household
waste was nothing to do with the illegal fires as the problem
mostly regarded industrial refuse.
"The percentage of trash collected separately for recycling
is almost 20 points lower in Campania than in other Italian
regions," Salvini said.
"In 2016 Campania exported 300,000 tonnes of refuse to other
parts of Italy and Europe at a cost of tens of millions of
euros. There have not been any interventions for years.
"There are 13 waste incinerators in Lombardy that do not
pollute, they produce energy and wealth.
"Those who only say No, all the time, provoke toxic fires and
illnesses".
Salvini also responded to Di Maio's assertion that the issue
of waste incinerators was not in the M5S-League government
contract, saying this was no consolation to children who are
"breathing shit".
Lower House Speaker Roberto Fico, an M5S member, rejected
Salvini's proposal.
"We need plants for composting, for mechanical waste
treatment... recycling and the reduction of waste in this
region," Fico said.
"This is what we need, something that is far from the logic
of using waste incinerators".
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