As County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava recently told the Herald Editorial Board, garbage is an “existential crisis” for Miami-Dade.
As the county debates what to do with it — a decision is pending on whether to build a new waste-to-energy incinerator to replace the one that burned in Doral in 2023 — it’s clear we must produce less trash. Miami-Dade produces double the national average of waste per person, largely because of its tourism industry, according to the county.
As environmentalists and county officials dream of a “zero-waste” future, a concept that encourages the reuse and recovery of materials, the county’s largest city seems to be going in the opposite direction. The Miami Commission is considering legislation that would allow the city to discontinue its recycling program …