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Weston hears Broward Solid Waste Authority plan aiming to raise recycling, seeks 80% population approval by August
Summary
Broward Solid Waste Authority representatives presented a master plan to Weston’s City Commission on March 16, outlining a 40-year strategy to boost recycling (plan scenario ~62% vs. Florida’s 75% goal), possible flow-control rules and a facilities amendment that must be approved by ILA members by Aug. 14 to proceed.
Weston City Manager Don Decker invited the Broward Solid Waste Authority’s executive director and consultants to present a countywide master plan for managing garbage and recycling.
At a March 16 presentation, SES Engineers project manager Daniel Deitch told the Weston City Commission that Broward County generates about "10,600,000,000 pounds of solid waste a year," roughly "20,000 pounds of waste every minute," and that the authority’s plan sets a multi‑decade horizon to stabilize processing and improve resource recovery.
The plan lays out scenarios the authority says could raise recycling to roughly 62 percent countywide — short of the state’s 75 percent recycling goal — by combining diversion programs, increased beneficial use of yard and construction/demolition debris, and a targeted approach to mandatory commercial recycling. Deitch said the authority will emphasize using existing processing capacity rather than building new, large-scale disposal facilities.
Why it matters: the authority covers 29…
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