Miami-Dade County’s recycling program faces a messy challenge: sticker shock. After prices locked in from a 2008 processing contract expired in the spring, Miami-Dade saw recycling costs instantly ...

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MIAMI - America generates about 97 billion pounds of plastic waste every year – the most on the planet. In the U.S., one of the biggest users of single-use plastic cups is Starbucks – 75% of its ...

Miami-Dade County has announced a strategic partnership with the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) to advance the county’s Zero Waste Master Plan (ZWMP), marking a major step forward ...

Homeowners in South Florida are accustomed to having recycling pickup every two weeks. In one Miami Gardens neighborhood, residents say it’s been more than two months since their recycling bins have ...

Miami — A donation box at the Brickell Run Club in Miami, Florida, asks runners to recycle used sneakers that would otherwise wind up in the trash. "Typically, on a weekly basis, we'll probably get, I ...

View of recycled materials traveling along a conveyor to be sorted at the Waste Management Recycling Plant in Pembroke Pines. A new contract means millions of dollars more for Miami-Dade County’s ...