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Solid Waste Management
For more than 50 years, the Department of Solid Waste Management has served the Miami-Dade community. Today, we are the largest government owned and operated waste collection and disposal system in the Southeastern United States. In addition to providing waste collection and recycling services to over 300,000 households in unincorporated Miami-Dade County and nine municipalities, our Department owns and operates the most technologically advanced waste-to-energy facility in the world.
The recycling machine at work
Is it a figment of your imagination, or is the Recycling Machine real? Check out what happens to products you place in your blue recycling cart.
Trash is now being accepted at Resources Recovery Facility
The temporary outage at Miami-Dade’s Resources Recovery Facility, located at 6990 NW 97 Avenue, which began Thursday, July 22, 2010, is now over. The facility’s operations are back to normal. The facility is now accepting both trash and garbage for disposal.
Every day is Earth Day with our recycling friends!
Meet Tommy, Maria and Reggie, three cool kids who know some really easy ways to reduce, reuse and recycle! Learn about the message of recycling by playing a word game, crossword puzzle and guessing game that will show you how to take better care of the Earth. And don't forget to tell your parents and family members what you've learned!
50-year Solid Waste Master Plan under development
A complete evaluation of Miami-Dade's waste facilities and capacity is under way. The Solid Waste Master Plan will include ways to provide sustainable waste services for the next 50 years. The thorough process will offer the public a chance to provide input.
Your efforts have made an impact!
Thanks to your enthusiastic participation, Miami-Dade County’s single-stream recycling program is having quite a positive impact on our environment. Take a look at our Recycling Happy Facts and learn more about how your recycling efforts are making a difference!
Recycling from beginning to end
Take a behind the scenes look at the single-stream recycling process and how you can help improve it.
Going Green
Fluorescent Light Bulb Disposal
More and more residents are purchasing compact fluorescent light bulbs for use in their homes. These bulbs are more energy efficient and last longer than standard incandescent bulbs.
Recycling Alerts are now available!
Miami-Dade Solid Waste recycling customers can sign up to miamidade.gov to receive recycling alerts. Once you sign up, you'll receive an e-mail reminder the night before your scheduled recycling pick-up day.
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Did you know that your household waste is converted into energy? We turn trash into enough electricity to power the equivalent of 40,000 homes for a year at the County’s Resources Recovery Facility in northwest Miami-Dade. Read more about the site and its operation.
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