MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

Let’s Clean Things Up

Miami-Dade County is OUR community. It’s where we live, work and play. Let’s take pride and keep it clean.

Dispose of your trash properly so our streets, sidewalks and open spaces look their absolute best. OUR efforts will make a difference.

In support of the Keep Miami-Dade County Beautiful initiative, the Miami-Dade County Departments of Solid Waste Management and Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces, through Neat Streets Miami, are partnering with OUR community to combat and prevent littering in our neighborhoods and public spaces. 
 
What is litter?
Litter is typical waste such as plastic bottles, paper cups, food service containers, fast food wrappers, bags, cigarettes butts, and other trash or garbage that is improperly disposed of in public spaces.  

The negative implications of litter:
Not only is litter an eyesore that can’t be ignored, it’s also bad for the environment. Litter pollutes our roadways and neighborhood walkways, gets washed into storm drains and directly into waterways endangering our wildlife and harming our natural resources. Litter can also clog storm drains and lead to street flooding.

What’s more, litter lowers property values. What starts out as one or two pieces of trash carelessly thrown onto the ground can turn into a heaping pile of material that can make an area look dirty and in some cases even smell bad.  

Lastly, littering is against the law. If caught in the act, individuals can be fined.