[CPEO-MEF] DISPOSAL, GLOBAL: Navy toxic waste in Naples, Italy

[Lenny Siegel]

Italy ordered to tackle toxic waste dumping in Naples area with US Navy presence 


By ALISON BATH
Stars and Stripes
February 14, 2025

NAPLES, Italy — Italy must address decades of illegal dumping and waste burning in an area that serves as the U.S. Navy’s headquarters in Europe, a high court on the Continent has ruled. 

In the Jan. 30 ruling, the European Court of Human Rights faulted Italy for not dealing with the dumping, burying and burning of toxic waste and other garbage in an area of Naples known as “Terra dei Fuochi,” or Land of Fires. 

Authorities had known about the issue, along with its health and environmental impacts, since 1988, the court noted. At issue are some 90 municipalities in the provinces of Naples and nearby Caserta used by criminal organizations to illegally dump assorted waste from across Italy on private land, frequently combined with burning.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2025-02-14/naples-navy-pollution-toxic-dumping-16831051.html

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Lenny Siegel
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