Segment aired on Sunday, May 31, 2026 on NBC6 Impact. Jackie Nespral talks with the Mayor of Sunrise Mike Ryan who is behind Broward Solid Waste Authority's Master Plan. Click here to watch the segment. 

Segment aired on May 12, 2026, on NBC6 News Today. Transcription: Well, Broward County is the latest municipality to approve a master plan for how it handles everyone's trash. The plan aims at significantly reducing waste and increasing recycling efforts to counter...

Ran on WIOD News Radio on May 12, 2026 Trash Talk is getting under way today in Broward County. Broward Commissioners today are set to vote all on a forty year master plan that brings together the County in more than two dozen municipalities for a unified effort....

Published on May 8, 2026, on WLRN Public Media.  Broward County municipalities are set to face a critical vote concerning the future of the county's trash disposal in the coming months. Broward only recycles 38% of its trash. That’s well below the state’s 75% goal....

Published in the New Pelican on May 7, 2026.  Hillsboro Beach - This town Tuesday became the fourth Broward County municipality to endorse the Solid Waste Authority (SWA) agreement that is promising a better deal on solid waste services in the future. On hand to...

Published in the Sun Sentinel on May 2, 2026.    Broward County’s ambitious “master plan” for revamping the way we all dispose of our trash and embrace recycling is fast approaching a significant deadline, according to the chairman of the governing board and...

BROWARD COUNTY, FL (April 27, 2026) – On April 17, 2026, the Governing Board of the Solid Waste Authority of Broward County (SWA) approved a 40-year Solid Waste Management and Recycling Master Plan (Master Plan). The approval set in motion a 120-day window for the...

Published in Sun Sentinel on April 28, 2026.   Managing trash is an essential service for a functional society. Broward generates 5 million tons of garbage annually, or 20,000 pounds per minute. As our population increases, so will our trash. The regional...

Sun Sentinel | Mike Ryan | November 11, 2025 Broward County has a waste crisis. We generate about 20,000 pounds of waste every minute, which is about 10.6 billion pounds every year. Our county landfill is nearing capacity and the waste-to-energy facility is at...

Local 10 | Louis Aguirre | November 12, 2025 SUNRISE, Fla. — Saturday marks National Recycling Day, a reminder of the importance of cutting waste and recycling correctly — a message that hits especially close to home in South Florida, where cities and counties are...