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Coastal Waste presents root‑cause fixes after North Miami Beach residents report missed pickups and illegal dumping
Summary
Coastal Waste and Recycling told the City Commission it has completed a root‑cause analysis and raised steps — daily documentation, bilingual tagging, route supervisors and coordination with city staff — to address residential, commercial/multifamily and bulk collection problems.
Coastal Waste and Recycling presented a plan on Jan. 21 to improve collection service in North Miami Beach after increases in missed pickups, spillage and illegal dumping prompted public complaints and city staff follow‑up.
Coastal’s senior leadership acknowledged service failures between Thanksgiving and year‑end and described weekly coordination with city staff since Dec. 20. The company introduced a set of operational changes: dedicated route supervisors, driver tools and training for on‑route cleanup, daily non‑collection reports to the city, improved tagging for contamination and noncollection (now trilingual: English, Spanish, Creole), and property‑level outreach for commercial and multifamily customers to “right‑size” service levels.
The company’s presentation distinguished three areas of service problems:
- Residential collecti…
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