Residents argue the project will disproportionately impact majority-Black and -Hispanic communities in the Miami-Dade area. When leaders of Florida’s most populous county met in September to pick a ...

When leaders of Miami-Dade, Florida’s most populous county, met in September to pick a site for what could become the nation’s largest trash incinerator, so many people went to the government center ...

DORAL, Fla. - Two years ago, Miami-Dade County awoke to a garbage nightmare. Both of the county landfills were nearly full, and the aging incinerator that once burned the lion’s share of the county’s ...

Bowing to pressure from the Trump family, Miami-Dade County mayor is scrapping her plan for a new trash-burning facility in Doral. This comes just two months after Mayor Daniella Levine Cava's ...

Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is abandoning a proposed plan to build a new trash incinerator in Miami-Dade County. In a memo released on Saturday, Levine Cava discussed the challenges involved in waste ...

Lee County officials say building a new incinerator is just an idea, and one that hasn't taken root. But some local environmental groups have heard enough. There has been some county commission ...

File - The Chester Covanta incinerator, a waste-to-energy facility that burns trash, seen from Lewis Street in Chester, Pennsylvania, in 2021 (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Have a question about Philly’s ...

This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing region. From the Poconos to the Jersey Shore to the mouth of the Delaware Bay, what do you want to ...

The city of Minneapolis has taken one more step toward shutting down the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC) trash incinerator. Mayor Jacob Frey signed a resolution calling for it to be closed by ...

Marion County's garbage will still be sent to a landfill beginning in January, but the Reworld Marion Inc. incinerator in Brooks will have until the end of June to finish burning the waste it's ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - A new bulky junk dumpster introduced at the incinerator lot in February 2025 has become a success among Jonesboro residents. The dumpster offers a convenient alternative to ...

Across the country, trash incinerators disproportionately overburden majority-Black and -Hispanic communities. Though the number of incinerators has declined nationwide since the 1980s, Florida offers ...