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The South Florida Roundup

Miami-Dade trash dilemma, small airports' toxic pollution and two centuries of Monroe County

By Ammy Sanchez
Published July 7, 2023 at 3:38 PM EDT
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From left to right: Juan Carlos Bermudez and Danielle Cohen Higgins, two Miami-Dade Commissioners, and Mike Fernandez, director of the county's Solid Waste Management Department, gather outside the shuttered Covanta trash incinerator plant on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.
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The Miami Herald
From left to right: Juan Carlos Bermudez and Danielle Cohen Higgins, two Miami-Dade Commissioners, and Mike Fernandez, director of the county's Solid Waste Management Department, gather outside the shuttered Covanta trash incinerator plant on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

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Ammy Sanchez
Ammy Sanchez is the Morning Edition producer for WLRN. She graduated with her bachelor's degree in communications from the Honors College at Florida International University.
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