In the avalanche of infringement procedures on Wednesday 17 May against member states which fail to comply with EU law, two involve Italy and its poor waste management.
The Commission is referring Italy to the Court of Justice of the EU for its failure to rehabilitate or close down 44 landfills, which represent a serious risk for human health and the environment.
This is a persistent infringement of Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste which required member states either to close or...