Broward County is generating trash at an alarming rate, and local leaders say the region is running out of places to put it.
Sunrise Mayor Mike Ryan, who also serves as the chair of the Solid Waste Authority of Broward County, joined Inside South Florida to discuss the scope of the problem and what residents and businesses must do to prevent an environmental and economic crisis.
The scale of the problem
Ryan says the amount of waste produced in Broward County is staggering.
“In Broward County, we generate about 5 million tons of trash every year. That’s about 20,000 pounds every minute. That’s the size of a car every minute here, and we’re running out of landfill capacity,” Ryan said…