Yes this blog is about Sicily, not Naples. I can attest personally to the nastiness that is Naples and the trash covered streets. But the problem has now come home. Trash pickup in Catania is a daily occurence. We put our trash out in a little basket and it gets picked up everyday. Great right!? Well, it was while it was actuially happening.
The word is that Catania "waste management" is out of money. They can't pay the trash dudes, who then refuse to work for free. Selfish selfish. Anyway, trash builds up for a couple of weeks, then they come and clean everything for a few days, and then back to build-up. Has anyone considered that maybe every other day or every third day pick-up would be cost saving and avoid huge piles? Maybe, but then the unions would throw a fit. And how is Catania out of money? If anything, the tax base is increasing. Oh wait, people have to actually declare their incomes and pay their taxes. Right. So maybe Catania deserves it.
