Miami Starts New Recycling Program

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Miami-Dade County will begin rolling out one of the nation's largest single-stream recycling programs this summer, with high hopes that it will significantly boost material recovery.rnThe Department of Waste Management will start delivering 65-gallon recycling carts to 340,000 households around Julyrn1 and finish by the end of September. The single-stream system replaces the county's dual-stream program, which it implemented in 1990.rnThe system is more convenient for residents and the carts are more user-friendly, said Chris Rose, deputy director of the Miami-Dade County Department of Solid Waste Management.rnThe county will receive $11.25rnper ton of recyclables collected. Two hauling companies, World Waste Services Inc. and Waste Services Inc., secured contracts to collect the recyclables. Waste Management Inc. will process the material.rnThe program also expands on the types of recyclables collected.