May 9, 2015 – Giugliano, Italy: A toxic fire near a Roma camp. The area near the camp is full of illegal dump and toxic refusals.
November 16, 2013 – Naples, Italy: A rally against toxic waste in Campania. Thousands of people took to the streets of Naples, to protest against the illegal dumping of toxic garbage in Naples and province.
February 4, 2014 – Castel Volturno, Italy: An illegal dumping in a lake near Caserta.
October 7, 2013 – Scisciano, Italy: A man is portrayed inside the so-called cemetery of tires where hundreds of wheels are piled.
October 7, 2013 – Scisciano, Italy: Hundreds of wheels piled in the so-called cemetery of tires.
Paola Cipolletta, 57 years old is portayed inside her home in Mugnano, Southern Italy on February 25, 2021. Paola lives in one of the most polluted countries in the land of fires and in 2017 she fell ill with colon cancer, a disease probably linked to environmental pollution.
January 28, 2014 – Giugliano, Italy: Remains of burned waste in the area of Masseria del Pozzo, a highly contaminated zone where currently live about 400 Roma.
January 28, 2014 – Giugliano, Italy: An immigrant pedaling near an agricultural land where wastes are buried and from which often, during the year, emerge fumes because of leachate.
February 6, 2014 – Giugliano, Italy: A pyramid of ecoballe in the area called Taverna del Re. Exactly on the border between Giugliano and Villa Literno, rises a ‘temporary’ storage site for ecoballe. With a width of about 130 acres, about 185 soccer fields, Taverna del Re is the largest of the 18 sites like this in Campania. Established in 2001, the site of Taverna del Re was designed to accommodate four millions of ecoballe by about a ton of Refuse Derived Fuel each, while it was being built the Acerra incinerator, where, according to plan, the RDF would be burned. After 10 years, the site hosts officially 6 million bales, but probably their number exceeds 7 million.
January 28, 2014 – Giugliano, Italy: The activist Lucia De Cicco portrayed in the so-called area Vasto, full of toxic waste underground and illegal dumps close to the farmlands. Lucia, during a protest of 2008 against the re-opening of the storage site Taverna del Re, set herself on fire.
A burned car is seen close to the farmlands of Qualiano, Southern Italy on September 17, 2019. The area is part of the so-called “land of fires”, a site of toxic and illegal waste dump.
The environmental activist Marzia caccioppoli, 45 years old is portrayed next to a blow-up of his son Antonio in Casalnuovo, Southern Italy on February 26, 2021. Antonio died at the age of 9 after falling ill with glioblastoma multiforme, a disease that according to his mother would have arisen due to the environmental pollution strongly present in the land of fires.
January 17, 2104 – Naples, Italy: An area of the ring road designated for cars emergency stop is transformed into an illegal dump.
February 4, 2014 – Castel Volturno, Italy: A flock of sheep grazing near some land where toxic waste was found.
November 4, 2014 – Acerra, Italy: A camp of cauliflower near the Acerra incinerator.
May 23, 2015 – Terzigno, Italy: Dozens of bags containing textiles waste are seen near Ranieri quarry. Ranieri quarry is an area of extraction of lava material disposed on June 5, 1995 with the establishment of the Vesuvius National Park. The landfill, which lies entirely in the Vesuvius National Park, despite the environmental constraints, in 2000 was used as a landfill with a promise to be “cleaned up” within a year. Due to the loss of volume and the collapse of the waterproof membrane that covered the landfill at the quarry, it has turned into a lake of rainwater unhealthy where floating waste of all kinds.
May 24, 2014 – Caivano, Italy: An Italian ranger during an operation near Naples.
February 23, 2015 – Acerra, Italy: Mortuary posters are seen during the funeral day of Pasquale De Maria. Pasquale De Maria died at the age of twenty after contracting cancer, as many people living in the land of fires. At the beginning of February 2015 the Court of Appeal of Naples said the environmental disaster for the area of Acerra.
October 8, 2013 – Aversa, Italy: A group of immigrants protest against the construction of the incinerator.
February 4, 2014 – Castel Volturno, Italy: An illegal dumping in a lake near Caserta.
The activist Vincenzo Tosti, 63 years old, is portrayed near an illegal landfill in Orta di Atella, Southern Italy on February 19, 2021. In 2015 Vincenzo was diagnosed with Non-Hodkin’s Lymphoma, a very rare malignant tumor, quite common among the military exposed to depleted uranium in war zones. According to Vincenzo this disease would have arisen due to the strong environmental pollution present in the land of fires.
May 23, 2015 – Terzigno, Italy: Abandoned waste inside Ranieri quarry. Ranieri quarry is an area of extraction of lava material disposed on June 5, 1995 with the establishment of the Vesuvius National Park. The landfill, which lies entirely in the Vesuvius National Park, despite the environmental constraints, in 2000 was used as a landfill with a promise to be “cleaned up” within a year. Due to the loss of volume and the collapse of the waterproof membrane that covered the landfill at the quarry, it has turned into a lake of rainwater unhealthy where floating waste of all kinds.
January 13, 2014 – Villa di Briano, Italy: A forester digs in a field that, according to repent of Camorra, was used as a toxic waste dump near Caserta.
May 23, 2015 – Terzigno, Italy: A general view of Cava Ranieri. Cava Ranieri is an area of extraction of lava material disposed on June 5, 1995 with the establishment of the Vesuvius National Park. The landfill, which lies entirely in the Vesuvius National Park, despite the environmental constraints, in 2000 was used as a landfill with a promise to be “cleaned up” within a year. Due to the loss of volume and the collapse of the waterproof membrane that covered the landfill at the quarry, it has turned into a lake of rainwater unhealthy where floating waste of all kinds.
January 13, 2014 – Villa di Briano, Italy: A cameraman records a field that, according to repent of Camorra, was used as a toxic waste dump near Caserta.
May 23, 2015 – Terzigno, Italy: A sign reading “Field poisoned, attention! Danger of death” near Ranieri quarry. Ranieri quarry is an area of extraction of lava material disposed on June 5, 1995 with the establishment of the Vesuvius National Park. The landfill, which lies entirely in the Vesuvius National Park, despite the environmental constraints, in 2000 was used as a landfill with a promise to be “cleaned up” within a year. Due to the loss of volume and the collapse of the waterproof membrane that covered the landfill at the quarry, it has turned into a lake of rainwater unhealthy where floating waste of all kinds.
May 23, 2015 – Terzigno, Italy: A general view of Cava Sari landfill, a collection site of non-recyclable dry waste in “Pozzelle”. Cava Sari, located in the Vesuvius National Park in an old quarry of lava stone, currently holds 972,000 cubic meters of waste (among which there may be also radioactive waste) in front of a capacity of 730,000 cubic meters, characterized by being one of the largest landfills in the region.
November 16, 2013 – Naples, Italy: A rally against toxic waste in Campania. Thousands of people took to the streets of Naples, to protest against the illegal dumping of toxic garbage in Naples and province.
A man is seen during the rally against biocide in Casandrino on February 28, 2015. Hundreds of citizens took to the streets of Casandrino to protest against the land of fires and the increase of cancer deaths in Campania territories.
May 24, 2014 – Caivano, Italy: Giuseppe Nocerino, member of the Italian rangers from the provincial section of Naples.
A firefighter extinguishes a fire close to the farmlands of Afragola, Southern Italy on September 17, 2019. The area is part of the so-called “land of fires”, a site of toxic and illegal waste dump.
Abandoned waste close to the farmlands of Afragola, Southern Italy on September 17, 2019. The area is part of the so-called “land of fires”, a site of toxic and illegal waste dump.
Abandoned waste close to the farmlands of Afragola, Southern Italy on September 17, 2019. The area is part of the so-called “land of fires”, a site of toxic and illegal waste dump.
August 3, 2015 – Lago Patria, Italy: A portrait of Angelo Ferrillo, founder and head of the blog www.laterradeifuochi.it, a container of video-complaints and a web space that tells the effects of the eco-mafias and the failure of politics about the phenomenon of toxic waste burning. The blog of Angelo Ferrillo from longtime describes the daily dramatic environmental disaster in Campania.
February 4, 2014 – Castel Volturno, Italy: Textile illegally dumped in the pine forest, few meters from the sea.
January 28, 2014 – Giugliano, Italy: The activist Lucia De Cicco walks in the so-called area Vasto, full of toxic waste underground and illegal dumps close to the farmlands. Lucia, during a protest of 2008 against the re-opening of the storage site Taverna del Re, set herself on fire.
May 23, 2015 – Terzigno, Italy: A statue of Padre Pio near a house located a few hundred meters from the Ranieri quarry. Ranieri quarry is an area of extraction of lava material disposed on June 5, 1995 with the establishment of the Vesuvius National Park. The landfill, which lies entirely in the Vesuvius National Park, despite the environmental constraints, in 2000 was used as a landfill with a promise to be “cleaned up” within a year. Due to the loss of volume and the collapse of the waterproof membrane that covered the landfill at the quarry, it has turned into a lake of rainwater unhealthy where floating waste of all kinds.