Berlin, Jan 22, IRNA ,Hundreds of thousands of tons of trash, strewn in the streets of the Italian city of Naples, will be transported to Germany for disposal, the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported Tuesday.
Two cargo trains are to deliver 1,500 tons of trash every day to the east German city of Croebern and the north German port city of Bremerhaven, an unidentified manager for the Italian Ecolog transport company was quoted saying.
German trash disposal companies are expected to earn up to 200,000 euros a day for removing the garbage, according to industry experts.
Last year, around 18 million tons of trash were imported into Germany, according to the Federal Environment Office.
The business of trash is booming as a result of free capacities at Germany’s 70 waste incinerator facilities.
There plans to build 80 additional waste incinerators, according to the Sueddeutsche Zeitung.