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Doral Residents To Protest Plans To Build New Waste Facility In City
The new facility would be right next to the Covanta waste-to-energy facility that burned down in February.
March 8, 2023
MIAMI - A showdown is expected Tuesday at the Miami-Dade County Commission meeting as residents of Doral plan to show up in white T-shirts to demonstrate against plans for a new waste treatment facility.
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The new facility would be right next to the Covanta waste-to-energy facility that burned down in February.
The Doral Community Coalition fought with Miami-Dade County last year because they say the waste treatment plant in their area smells terrible and plans for a new updated one right across from the one already there were not a good idea. The county voted for the new plant to be built anyways and the DCC filed a lawsuit. Seven months later a fire broke out at the existing plant. Smoke billowed and lingered over the city for days.
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