Category: Waste disposal
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Broward Solid Waste Authority’s draft master plan: We’ll need to dump trash at landfill for decades
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Broward Solid Waste Authority’s long-awaited master plan for the future of garbage disposal and recycling in the county has finally dropped, in draft form. -
Broward commission OK’s Monarch Hill dump to rise higher than Statue of Liberty
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
In a split 5-3 vote, the Broward County Commission Tuesday approved Waste Management’s request to increase the allowable height of its already mountainous Monarch Hill dump astride Florida’s Turnpike another 10 stories. -
Whistleblower accuses Port Everglades’s Cliff Berry Inc., two other clean-up companies of fraud, illegally dumping oily sludge
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Port Everglades’s Cliff Berry Inc., two other clean-up companies accused of fraud and illegally dumping oily sludge. -
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Bergeron loses appeal against Waste Management in recycling case; huge legal fees loom
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Broward County delays vote on Monarch Hill height increase in face of opposition by cities, residents
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
After a big build-up to a final decision, the Broward County Commission on Tuesday evening voted unanimously to put off for two months a decision on whether to let Waste Management supersize its Monarch Hill landfill to a height of 325 feet – 20 feet higher than the Statue of Liberty. -
Coconut Creek spurns Waste Management’s offer; to fight dump’s expansion plans at county today
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Waste Management’s attempt to corral Coconut Creek’s longstanding opposition to expanding the mountainous, odoriferous Monarch Hill landfill with offers of cash and environmental incentives fell flat Monday afternoon when city commissioners voted unanimously to reject it.
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