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Pembroke Pines advances RESOLVE recycling and anaerobic‑digestion plan; commissioners ask for odor, cost and regional details
Summary
City staff recommended issuing an RFP to pursue a combined recycling/pre‑treatment and anaerobic‑digestion facility (RESOLVE) on a mitigation parcel adjacent to the local MRF; commissioners asked for guarantees on odor and safety, site visits to comparable plants, and further coordination with the Broward Solid Waste Authority.
City staff presented a plan called RESOLVE (Recycling, Energy and Sustainable Organics Life‑cycle Value Enhancement) that would combine material recovery, pre‑treatment and anaerobic digestion to capture renewable natural gas (RNG) and reduce landfill disposal. Mark Gomes, assistant city manager and procurement director, outlined the city’s history with a local recycling partner and why Pembroke Pines suspended curbside recycling in January 2022. Gomes described current disposal contracts, the regional Material Recovery Facility (MRF) recently opened by Waste Management, and the risks of volatile commodity markets and contamination for recycling economics.
Environmental engineer John Cooper gave the technical overview of alternatives and said the staff proposal explicitly excludes incineration. "We're not doing incineration," Cooper said, explaining that the RESOLVE concept focuses…
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