At a Miami-Dade County Commission meeting, public dissent against the proposed incinerator persisted despite Mayor Daniella Levine Cava's change of recommendation. Originally advocating for a modern garbage incinerator, economic and procedural hurdles led her to support continued reliance on landfilling through existing contracts. Critics argue this shift contradicts previous expert recommendations on environmental and financial grounds, sparking debate among commissioners about sustainable waste management alternatives in the face of increasing garbage volumes and climate considerations.
Levine Cava wrote in the Nov. 22 memo that urged commissioners to vote for building a modern garbage incinerator in Doral that would use technological advances to all but eliminate odor and reduce emissions.
We had a memo with facts from experts saying landfilling was the worst option, from an environmental lens and from a financial lens,
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