Rome to clean up its act with billion-euro trash burner

Rome (AFP) Oct 14, 2024
Rome aims to resolve its longstanding waste management issues within three years by spending around a billion euros ($1.1 billion) to build a trash incinerator, city authorities said on Monday. For years, the Italian capital has struggled to deal with its some 1,600,000 tonnes (1,800,000 tons) of rubbish a year, with overflowing landfills forcing the city council to send trash to be disposed