Dusseldorf- Five more German municipal incinerators were given regulatory clearance Thursday to burn imported refuse from the southern Italian city of Naples, where uncleared garbage has triggered a political crisis.
German incinerator operators, mostly public-owned, have agreed to destroy 160,000 tons of the trash for an undisclosed price. Hamburg is currently burning 3,000 tons per week after it has been carried north by rail.
The most populous German state, North Rhine Westphalia, is to take 69,500 tons from Campania, the Italian region that includes Naples.