Don't throw your muck in my dust bin.

I had a feeling this is more about the garbage of politics than litter: Link

But put simply, the bottom line seems the failure of politics, never a strong point in Italy.

As trash dumps filled up over the years, new places or ways to get rid of garbage were not found, largely because of local protests or protection by one politician or another. Years of postponing the problem finally caught up with Naples (and by bad luck just as the temperatures rose, creating as much stink as unsightliness).

"This is a situation that is tied to the incapability of the political structure," said Ermete Realacci, an environmental expert and member of the Italian Parliament for the center-left Daisy party. Namely, he said, politicians of all stripes have been unwilling "to make strong choices" to build new dumps or incinerators in any particular place.

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