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Recycling Chronicles, Part II


Greenbin2 See Recycling Chronicles, Part I

I just got off the phone with 3-1-1…but by using the long number, 305-468-5900. I think 311 doesn’t go through for me because I have Vonage as my phone provider. Anyway, I had needed to call to follow up on my Recycling questions, but my biggest motivation for calling was the poor little dead animal on the side of Brickell Ave. It’s been there for 3 days.

My hold time was about 3 minutes before someone picked up (very nice person, by the way). I told her about the animal, the location, my address, name, and phone number. She gave me a ticket number and said that Animal Control will be dispatched within 24 hours.

I then asked her about recycling - more specifically, trying to understand if condos are required to recycle, and if there is a place for me to recycle. She couldn’t really help me and referred me to Solid Waste, with whom I spoke in Part I of this series.

This time I’m really still at the same place that I started. Next time, in Part III, I either need to speak with my property manager again, or I will contact some recycling providers directly. (Other alternatives: try to catch the trash guys someday and chat and/or talk to my neighbors.)

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Recycling Chronicles, Part I


Greenbin2 One of my biggest motivators to starting GreenerMiami was the fact that my condominium does not provide a recycling program. I have been researching this issue online and it has led me down a winding path of confusion.

Only having arrived in Miami in July, I didn’t understand the difference, at first, between the City of Miami jurisdiction and Miami-Dade County jurisdiction. Therefore, I first researched the Solid Waste section of the Miami-Dade website and found that condos in Miami-Dade county MUST recycle. However, I am coming to realize that since I am a resident of the City of Miami, I have different rules.

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Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth, and Power--A Dispatch from the Beach
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