Elena Ferrante on the waste disposal crisis in Naples

The successful writer concealed by the pseudonym Elena Ferrante deplores the situation Naples is currently stuck in. "Rats and dogs are the kings of the town during the night. The rubbish, piled as high as the second floor of buildings, comes alive in the dark. ... During the day, the rats disappear and the dogs calm down, men, women and children reappear... . And this city with its population of one million individuals goes on. What angers the Neapolitan inhabitants is that they have to live with inefficiency and disorder. The criminality that this town knows is a calamity ... The phenomenon of rubbish on the streets is not a new one, it has been repeated for decades. Romano Prodi's efforts to clean-up the city are absurd. Only a madman could think that what has failed to be done over decades can be achieved in a few days."

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