Vol. 41, No. 34 AUG. 21 - SEPT. 3, 2023 Miami-Dade County’s recycling is garbage BY GRANT MILLER program that doesn’t work. I was about to write, Publisher Miami Select Volleyball Club “or fix it,” but that is not reality. The truth of the matter is that...
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Vol. 41, No. 34 AUG. 21 - SEPT. 3, 2023 Miami-Dade County’s recycling is garbage BY GRANT MILLER program that doesn’t work. I was about to write, Publisher Miami Select Volleyball Club “or fix it,” but that is not reality. The truth of the matter is that our recycling It’s not just us. Every- generates a contamination rate that is double one is frustrated with re- the national average of 25 percent. How do I cycling. Communities around the country have been know this? Because I read the C-ounty’s re- port. Do I know what that really means? Let me tell you - I had to Google my brains out to wins AAU Jr. National title examining what are the educate myself, and I can tell you I am not true benefits of recycling alone, which is a symptom of the problem. and whether it’s worth Truth be told, few people really know what is the public dollars prop- supposed to go into those giant recycling bins. ping up their programs? That is one thing that Here it is in a nutshell. Contamination is eas- is
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