https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Venice's gondoliers have been swapping boating hats for scuba helmets and diving into canals in a clean-up operation of the Unesco city that has turned up everything from washing machines to bicycles. https://www.thelocal.it/20191104/gondoliers-scuba-diving-to-clean-rubbish-venice-canals Mon, 04 Nov 2019 14:40:12 +0100 gondoliers-scuba-diving-to-clean-rubbish-venice-canals Italian health authorities sounded the alarm on Tuesday over Rome's rubbish crisis, as rat control services worked overtime and the waste collection company board resigned. https://www.thelocal.it/20191002/rats-and-resignations-plague-rome-as-rubbish-crisis-intensifies Wed, 02 Oct 2019 19:07:29 +0200 rats-and-resignations-plague-rome-as-rubbish-crisis-intensifies As Rome residents returned to the city after the summer holidays, so too did the capital's chronic problem with rubbish. https://www.thelocal.it/20190920/rome-residents-tape-bins-shut-in-protest-over-rubbish-crisis Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:31:07 +0200 rome-residents-tape-bins-shut-in-protest-over-rubbish-crisis Machines have been placed at three Rome metro stations which allow passengers to “earn” public transport tickets by recycling their old plastic bottles, local authorites have announced. https://www.thelocal.it/20190725/you-can-now-trade-plastic-bottles-for-metro-tickets-in-rome Thu, 25 Jul 2019 19:36:45 +0200 you-can-now-trade-plastic-bottles-for-metro-tickets-in-rome Landfills in flames and rats feasting on waste in the streets have sparked health fears in Rome, as doctors warn families to steer clear of disease-ridden curbside garbage and locals launch a disgusting dumpster contest online. https://www.thelocal.it/20190713/disgusting-dumpsters-rome-garbage-crisis-sparks-health-fears Sat, 13 Jul 2019 10:50:25 +0200 disgusting-dumpsters-rome-garbage-crisis-sparks-health-fears The rubbish piling up on the streets of Rome will be cleared within two weeks, Italy's environment minister promised after an emergency meeting on the capital's waste crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20190710/rome-rubbish-will-be-cleaned-up-within-15-days Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:31:03 +0200 rome-rubbish-will-be-cleaned-up-within-15-days Rome will spend €12 million on improving 20 of the capital's parks and gardens in a major project beginning in June, said mayor Virginia Raggi. https://www.thelocal.it/20190603/rome-begins-12-million-makeover-of-the-citys-parks-and-gardens Mon, 03 Jun 2019 12:21:35 +0200 rome-begins-12-million-makeover-of-the-citys-parks-and-gardens Firefighters are working to contain a large fire that broke out early this morning in the north-east of the city. https://www.thelocal.it/20181211/fire-in-rome-smoke-from-toxic-waste-blaze-spreading-over-the-city Tue, 11 Dec 2018 10:50:51 +0100 fire-in-rome-smoke-from-toxic-waste-blaze-spreading-over-the-city The region of Abruzzo has agreed to accept up to 39,000 tonnes of rubbish from Rome to help ease a garbage crisis in the capital. https://www.thelocal.it/20180111/abruzzo-rome-rubbish Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:45:49 +0100 abruzzo-rome-rubbish The foulest stench is in the air, but the zombie-like creatures lurching through rubbish-strewn streets of Rome are not monsters in Michael Jackson's "Thriller", but heat-weary tourists and furious residents. https://www.thelocal.it/20170729/eternal-citys-woes-turn-up-heat-on-rome-mayor Sat, 29 Jul 2017 13:18:24 +0200 eternal-citys-woes-turn-up-heat-on-rome-mayor Rome's mayor has vowed to clean up the capital by the end of the week after the city's trash crisis became a political battlefield. https://www.thelocal.it/20170510/romes-rubbish-crisis-is-reaching-emergency-levels-five-star-virginia-raggi-grillo-matteo-renzi-trash-garbage Wed, 10 May 2017 17:06:45 +0200 romes-rubbish-crisis-is-reaching-emergency-levels-five-star-virginia-raggi-grillo-matteo-renzi-trash-garbage Austria has received a request from Rome authorities to help them deal with the Italian capital’s ongoing rubbish crisis by taking some of it off their hands. https://www.thelocal.it/20160823/rome-wants-to-send-its-rubbish-to-austria Tue, 23 Aug 2016 11:21:42 +0200 rome-wants-to-send-its-rubbish-to-austria Rome authorities are considering enlisting the help of the city's prison inmates to fix the ongoing rubbish crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20160819/prisoners-to-clean-up-rome-and-help-solve-the-garbage-crisis Fri, 19 Aug 2016 16:24:44 +0200 prisoners-to-clean-up-rome-and-help-solve-the-garbage-crisis Rubbish piling up on Rome's streets has damaged the city's reputation. Now the new council says things are going to change, and change quickly. https://www.thelocal.it/20160728/romes-new-council-promises-to-clean-up-city-by-august-20th Thu, 28 Jul 2016 12:40:11 +0200 romes-new-council-promises-to-clean-up-city-by-august-20th A mysterious mouse-eaten portrait found on a Rome rubbish heap ten years ago and thought to be an original work by Amedeo Modigliani, an Italian Jewish artist who worked mainly in France, is set to go on display for the first time. https://www.thelocal.it/20160620/mysterious-modigliani-portrait-found-in-rome-rubbish-to-go-on-display Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:44:24 +0200 mysterious-modigliani-portrait-found-in-rome-rubbish-to-go-on-display Rubbish began piling up on the streets of Rome on Monday, after workers with the city's waste management authority, Ama, downed tools as part of a national strike. https://www.thelocal.it/20160530/rome-risks-rubbish-pile-up-as-collectors-strike Mon, 30 May 2016 15:41:08 +0200 rome-risks-rubbish-pile-up-as-collectors-strike Romans have taken to Facebook to hit back at the Italian capital's critics following a wave of bad publicity the city has received in the international press. https://www.thelocal.it/20150730/italians-defend-rome-saying-new-york-as-bad Thu, 30 Jul 2015 12:03:07 +0200 italians-defend-rome-saying-new-york-as-bad A Rome councillor has proposed giving members of the city's Roma community jobs sorting out rubbish, because of their "skills in rummaging through waste". The idea has been met with fierce criticism at city hall. https://www.thelocal.it/20150203/hire-roma-people-to-sort-out-citys-rubbish-councillor Tue, 03 Feb 2015 14:08:00 +0100 hire-roma-people-to-sort-out-citys-rubbish-councillor Trash from the Italian island of Sicily will next year be processed at special treatment plants in Austria. https://www.thelocal.it/20141229/sicily-to-send-its-rubbish-to-austria Mon, 29 Dec 2014 10:19:00 +0100 sicily-to-send-its-rubbish-to-austria Rome is struggling to cope with the thousands of rats that scutter around the capital, prompting the city authorities to invest €400,000 to tackle the problem. https://www.thelocal.it/20130920/rome-spends-400000-on-rat-hunt Fri, 20 Sep 2013 19:23:00 +0200 rome-spends-400000-on-rat-hunt