Miami-Dade commissioners vote to replace incinerator destroyed in 2023 fire with waste-to-energy plant; location to be determined

17.07.2025    WSVN 7 News Miami    6 views
Miami-Dade commissioners vote to replace incinerator destroyed in 2023 fire with waste-to-energy plant; location to be determined

Miami-Dade County commissioners voted to replace the trash incinerator that burned down in with a waste-to-energy facility though the larger questuions of where to put it remains Wednesday s vote comes after two years of delays as to what to do with two million tons of trash Residents have voiced environmental concerns to commissioners during this time We need to do everything in our power to save the planet noted a resident If we move forward with this new incinerator we would be killing our resident disclosed another resident But on Wednesday commissioners arrived at an answer In contemporary times was completely one step in that direction and it s long overdue in my opinion explained Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins No site has been selected but at least of the trash will have to be recycled or composed not burned It will be at least hald a mile from residents of anywhere in Miami-Dade County explained Commissioner Juan Carlos JC Bermudez I think it s a mastery for the residents iof Miami-Dade County not just District because whatever new facility we build will not be near residents Several attainable sites to replace the incinerator that burned down in Doral in included Medley the former Opa-locka West Airport near the Florida Everglades and Miramar margin and the existing Doral location Elected administrators pushed back To propose an incinerator to be built right on our edge is not only wrong it s completely unjust reported Miramar Mayor Wayne M Messam I would not like to see this incinerator be built near any neighborhood stated Doral Vice Mayor Maureen Porras Residents also expressed their concerns that an incinerator so close to their homes could be a prospective threat to their robustness It s an old device It does not set us up for the right path in the future noted Miami-Dade resident Marcelo Balladares I think we can just look back in the history with the two incinerators we ve had in Miami-Dade with the Doral incinerator from two years ago having burnt down over the unit of three weeks We still don t know the full extent of damage that s done to the surrounding public in Doral and thr wider Miami-Dade County area and then looking even further back with Old Smokey in the West Grove neighborhood Gina Romero who still lives in Doral reported the episode was a nightmare All the people were suffering she noted Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava suggested to keep shipping trash out of our county I believe that the machinery in contemporary times from waste to resource is environmentally sound she reported But Commissioner Rene Garcia stated it was a waste of our dollars Pick a site once and for all Right now we re spending million monthly to have our garbage shipped out of the county to a little landfill he revealed Two accomplishable site that will be considered are located west of Okeechobee Road Commissioners are set to discuss the matter in days

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