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.
Miami-Dade cannot celebrate composting while building infrastructure that requires us to stop composting.
Cutting food waste is a huge potential climate win. Why are we ignoring it?
A Q&A with the CEO and founder of SwapCo, an app designed to make sustainable fashion social, local and easy.
Cities are capturing methane from landfills and converting it into renewable natural gas that can power heavy-duty vehicles.
Increasing the practice of recycling solar panels has more than just environmental benefits.
As demand for critical materials keeps growing, discarded electronics can become valuable resources.
Food makes up almost 25% of the waste in our landfills, and when it decomposes, it releases methane.
The global fashion industry is responsible for roughly 10% of carbon emissions.
The mayor backed off a plan to rebuild a waste-to-energy incinerator in Doral in favor of shipping trash to landfills.
Miami-Dade’ officials have delayed a decision on where to build the planned $1.5 billion incinerator.
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