Miami-Dade’s composting breakthrough should be celebrated — will a $1.9B incinerator snuff it out?
Miami-Dade cannot celebrate composting while building infrastructure that requires us to stop composting.
Tag: landfills
The climate solution sitting in America’s trash
Cutting food waste is a huge potential climate win. Why are we ignoring it?
Catherine Valdivieso and the SwapCo app make sustainability stylish
A Q&A with the CEO and founder of SwapCo, an app designed to make sustainable fashion social, local and easy.
South Florida’s waste is the key to fueling its economy
Cities are capturing methane from landfills and converting it into renewable natural gas that can power heavy-duty vehicles.
Why recycling solar panels is harder than you might think − an electrical engineer explains
Increasing the practice of recycling solar panels has more than just environmental benefits.
Critical minerals don’t belong in landfills – microwave tech offers a cleaner way to reclaim them from e-waste
As demand for critical materials keeps growing, discarded electronics can become valuable resources.
Reducing food waste helps the climate
Food makes up almost 25% of the waste in our landfills, and when it decomposes, it releases methane.
Helping solve climate change by how we shop
The global fashion industry is responsible for roughly 10% of carbon emissions.
Under pressure, Miami-Dade mayor flips on incinerator
The mayor backed off a plan to rebuild a waste-to-energy incinerator in Doral in favor of shipping trash to landfills.
In Florida, officials and communities clash over where to build the nation’s largest trash incinerator
Miami-Dade’ officials have delayed a decision on where to build the planned $1.5 billion incinerator.