Italy discovers biggest illegal waste dump in Europe

Officials in Italy have began excavating what they believe is the biggest illegal waste dump in Europe. Everything from chemicals and plastics to discarded construction materials have been buried in a vast area the equivalent of around 30 football pitches just north of Naples..

Sergio Costa of the local environmental police said:
" We found waste leaking back up to the surface from buried containers . Some of it was flammable These are exceptionally hazardous and would have been expensive…
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