Another proposed site for Miami-Dade trash incinerator part of land swap deal
A development firm is proposing a 65-acre site for Miami-Dade County's new trash incinerator as part of a land swap deal.
For decades, the incinerator in Doral burned half of Miami-Dade's trash. But after a February 2023 fire, it’s been shut down, and the county has been under pressure to choose a new location to build a replacement.
"While we are working on reducing the amount of waste and coming up with alternatives. we are also looking at the possibility of a rebuild of a waste-to-energy site," County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said.
Commissioners were already presented with a study that analyzed three possible sites: Doral, where the incinerator was located; a site near Medley; or Opa-Lo...
