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Rome’s Garbage Crisis Heats Up With Abandoned Fridges

COLD WAR

As Rome’s determined new mayor tries to fight its eternal corruption, she’s up against an unlikely enemy: abandoned refrigerators piling up all over the city.

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ROME — The Eternal City has had its share of unwieldy invaders over the course of its long history. But perhaps none have been quite like its current fetid foe—old refrigerators that are being abandoned along its leafy boulevards and parks.

There are ice boxes floating in the Tiber River.

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