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Waste and Recycling

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Dramatic North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre Now in Public Feud With His Kid's Science Teacher

    Controversy seems to follow North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre wherever he goes. So, naturally, now he's managed to get himself in a public feud with his kid's science teacher.Laurie Futterman, a science teacher at the David Lawrence Jr. K-8 Center, showed up last week at a city council meeting to speak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Chili's Can Be Rude -- Stop Throwing Away Your Food!

    I love free stuff, Groupon, discounts, hook ups, and so on. But my obsession with not throwing away food when there is some other use for it stems from more than the fact I like to save a little coin.Americans generate more than 34 million tons of food waste annually -- which makes it the largest pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Miami Shipper Antillean Marine Charged With Oil Pollution

    via Wikimedia CommonsIt was like this, except the birds were alive and probably not covered in oil.​Miami River shipping company Antillean Marine has been charged with knowingly dumping oil into U.S. waters, then falsifying its records to omit the offense, which could cost them more than $1.5 mill ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2011

    Earthly Girls are Easy

    via Wikimedia CommonsIt was like this, except the birds were alive and probably not covered in oil.​Miami River shipping company Antillean Marine has been charged with knowingly dumping oil into U.S. waters, then falsifying its records to omit the offense, which could cost them more than $1.5 mill ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2010

    Dead in the Water

    via Wikimedia CommonsIt was like this, except the birds were alive and probably not covered in oil.​Miami River shipping company Antillean Marine has been charged with knowingly dumping oil into U.S. waters, then falsifying its records to omit the offense, which could cost them more than $1.5 mill ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2010

    Tower of Babel

    via Wikimedia CommonsIt was like this, except the birds were alive and probably not covered in oil.​Miami River shipping company Antillean Marine has been charged with knowingly dumping oil into U.S. waters, then falsifying its records to omit the offense, which could cost them more than $1.5 mill ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Google Earth Used to Help Make Arrest in Florida

    ​If you watch CSI: Miami, you might be under the impression that Miami-Dade has the most tech-savvy crime fighters in the state. You might be wrong. A Santa Rosa County deputy used Google Earth to help track down a man and make an arrest.The crime isn't nearly as interesting as the police work, th ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 14, 2008

    Bottled Water Gets the Boot

    As containers and costs mount, tap water is the rule in eateries.

  • Calendar

    April 17, 2008

    Fix The Green, Love The Green

    Get off your butt, you lazy environmentalists!

  • Calendar

    March 22, 2007

    Earth Day Early

    The Grove gets a little greenery

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    A Fine Mess

    Georges William was fined $500 because his name was found in a pile of illegally dumped trash. Then New Times showed up.

  • News

    February 4, 1999

    Trash and Cash

    Small, independent garbage haulers have always had to battle the big companies, but now they have a new foe: the City of Miami

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    Giving New Meaning to the Word Trashman

    A former top official at the Department of Environmental Resources Management is under criminal investigation for illegal dumping

  • News

    January 9, 1997

    Talkin' Trash

    More good news for Miami: Surfside knows the secret of good garbage

  • News

    September 5, 1996

    Why Recycle?

    It feels good to do it. But recycling doesn't always save money or protect the environment.

  • News

    April 18, 1996

    Such a Deal!

    The Old South Dade Dump is an open-air museum of pollution history -- and it's all ours

  • News

    January 25, 1996

    Our Garbage, Ourselves

    Scaling Mount Trashmore, sorting through the clues to the mystery of everyday life

  • News

    May 25, 1994

    Throw Away This Newspaper

    And you just might face hefty fines, thanks to the countywide crackdown on businesses and landlords that refuse to recycle

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