Miami-Dade County Increases Recycling Rate

In its first year, Miami-Dade County’s single-stream recycling program has recovered nearly twice the amount of recyclables that it did under its former program.

Miami-Dade County Solid Waste Directory Kathleen Woods-Richardson says, “The result of simplifying our recycling program into a ‘single stream’ is that our residents have responded by recycling almost double the tonnage of materials as they did under the old program.”

From June 30, 2008, through May 31, 2009, the program has collected more than 41,000 tons of material for recycling.

More than 340,000 Miami-Dade households in the Department of Solid Waste Management’s service area and 11 municipalities participate in the recycling program.

“We’ve done our part by making recycling easier, and our residents have done their part in helping to protect our environment by participating enthusiastically in our new recycling program,” Woods-Richardson says.