MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Authorities are investigating after they say a garbage truck caught fire in southwest Miami-Dade Tuesday morning. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said firefighters ...

Moving the Miami-Dade trash trains out of Fort Pierce may be just weeks away, not years, after Brian Mast put the pressure on ...

Mast says he is aware of the problems caused by the trains hauling tons of garbage from Miami-Dade to downtown Fort Pierce, ...

After its incinerator burned down, Miami-Dade County has been shipping its trash to Fort Pierce, creating a stinky situation ...

"We've had engagements with FEC in the past and FEC's response to us is, 'Go away. Go away you little city of Fort Pierce,'" ...

MIAMI – Miami-Dade County commissioners were holding ... the incinerator being in their backyard. Right now, trash is being hauled via truck and train by a contractor outside of the county.

I am recommending that we continue to long haul waste via truck and rail using our contracted capacity while we continue exploring options to build a landfill outside of Miami-Dade county." ...

Trash from Miami-Dade County is brought by train to Fort Pierce in enclosed containers, which are then loaded onto semi-trucks and hauled to a landfill in Okeechobee County. The empty containers ...