For more than 50 years, the Department of Solid Waste Management has served the Miami-Dade community. Today, we are the largest government owned and operated waste collection and disposal system in the Southeastern United States. In addition to providing waste collection and recycling services to over 300,000 households in unincorporated Miami-Dade County and nine municipalities, our Department owns and operates the most technologically advanced waste-to-energy facility in the world.

Thanks to your enthusiastic participation, Miami-Dade County’s single-stream recycling program is having quite a positive impact on our environment.  Take a look at our Recycling Happy Facts and learn more about how your recycling efforts are making a difference!
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The fall season brings with it a new set of telephone books to most Miami-Dade residents. The Department of Solid Waste Management reminds you to recycle your old phone books, rather than just throwing them away. Save trees!
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Take a behind the scenes look at the single-stream recycling process and how you can help improve it.

> Sign up for recycling alerts

Fluorescent Light Bulb Disposal
More and more residents are purchasing compact fluorescent light bulbs for use in their homes. These bulbs are more energy efficient and last longer than standard incandescent bulbs.
>  Learn how to properly dispose of them

Miami-Dade Solid Waste recycling customers can sign up to miamidade.gov to receive recycling alerts. Once you sign up, you'll receive an e-mail reminder the night before your scheduled recycling pick-up day.
> Find out how you can sign up

In this episode of Inside County Jobs, Miami-Dade TV’s new series, host Erika Benitez-Gill drops by the Snapper Creek Trash and Recycling Center and takes you on a behind-the-scenes adventure where there’s no time to waste.  It's not a glamorous job, but somebody’s gotta do it…

A customer satisfaction survey conducted by an independent research firm found that more than 80 percent of Miami-Dade residents rate garbage collection as good or very good.