Contact: Marcelo Balladares, marcelo.balladares@sierraclub.org, 786-414-4976; Patrick Ferguson, patrick.ferguson@sierraclub.org, 786-970-9061
WHAT: With our environment and our water on the line, community and environmental leaders and concerned voters will hold a press conference on April 21 immediately before the Miami-Dade County Commission waste incinerator vote.
WHO: Speakers will include residents and representatives from Florida Rising, Debris Free Ocean, the Zero Waste Miami Coalition and Sierra Club Florida. Members of the community impacted by incineration will be in attendance to represent the community’s opposition to incineration and support the county’s promotion of a Zero Waste program.
WHERE: Stephen P. Clark Government Center (outside West Entrance)
111 NW 1st St, Miami, FL 33128
WHEN: Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Crowd will gather at 8:30 AM
Press conference will begin at 9:00 AM
VISUALS: Banners, signs, t-shirts, stickers
BACKGROUND: Since September 16, 2024, Miami-Dade Commissioners have repeatedly deferred a decision on whether or not to site a new waste incinerator in the county. They are set to make their final decision on April 21, 2026, after receiving a joint proposal from FCC and FPL for a potential incinerator site next to the Everglades.
- In Florida, officials and communities clash over where to build the nation’s largest trash incinerator (Grist)
- Miami-Dade mayor backtracks on rebuilding controversial incinerator (NBC 6)
- Should Miami-Dade look westward for waste solutions? ‘We can absolutely do what Austin has done’ (Local 10)
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