Miami Dade Commission Ignores Complexity Of Trash Odor Issue

By: Ivette Gonzalez Petkovich, Esq. On April 13th, the Chairman’s Policy Committee of the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners approved a Resolution initiating the development of a new waste-to-energy (WTE) plant to replace the Covanta facility in Doral, located near residential areas zoned at the time by the Miami Dade County Commission. The Resolution gives…

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Petition To Address Doral Trash Odor Gains Momentum

A petition to relocate and modernize Miami-Dade County’s waste management facility in Doral has surpassed 1,700 signatures in only three weeks. Doral Community Coalition’s petition urges the Miami-Dade County Commission not to renew the lease on the Miami-Dade County Resources Recovery Facility, citing environmental and odor concerns. Run by Covanta, the waste-to-energy plant processes 1,000,000…

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