By John Dorschner MiamiWebNews.com Plastic bags — the evil that should never be in our recycling bins — can find a home at major supermarkets. So can quite a bit of other types of plastic and foam. But what happens then? As with much of recycling, there is theory —…

By John Dorschner MiamiWebNews.com One of the top recycling experts in America has two pieces of good news for those of us who want to help the planet: (1) Prices of most recyclables, which had been devastated by the Chinese withdrawal several years ago, have rebounded during the pandemic. That’s…

By John Dorschner MiamiWebNews.com Looking closely at recycling in America is like watching sausage being made. I visited a major recycling center in Miami — and saw a fast-moving conveyor belt and a series of screens zooms through material that residents may have spent considerable time choosing and cleaning. This…

By John Dorschner MiamiWebNews.com While many are saying that recent verdicts in Minnesota and Georgia have started a new era in seeing that justice is done for Black victims, a continuing Miami case shows how hard it is to convict cops in much of the country. I’m speaking of the…

By John Dorschner MiamiWebNews.com Money doesn’t buy happiness: While six baseball teams spent more than $2 million per victory and didn’t make the playoffs, the Tampa Bay Rays have once again made the most of their small budget, getting 100 wins in the regular season with a $70.8 million payroll, meaning they spent…

By John Dorschner Miamiwebnews.com FINALLY — 11 days after the formal ceremony celebrating the change — and more than four months after it became a legal entity on state roads in Miami-Dade — the name of the great anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman was unveiled on West Dixie on Wednesday. At…

By John Dorschner Miamiwebnews.com TEN days after the formal ceremony celebrating the road — and more than four months after the Harriet Tubman Highway became a legal entity on state roads in Miami-Dade — the name of the great anti-slavery activist remains shrouded in black plastic on West Dixie. Why…

By John Dorschner Miamiwebnews.com NOTE: See end of story for Miami Herald correction. A week after a Harriet Tubman Highway sign was unveiled on South Dixie, the media continues to bungle and blur what happened. That includes TV and print. A Herald editorial rightly congratulated those who pushed to get…

By John Dorschner MiamiWebNews.com More than FIVE days after Harriet Tubman Highway was formally dedicated, black plastic still covers the sign on West Dixie at NE 119th Street. The dedication was Saturday at 11 a.m. by the Vizcaya Metrorail Station on South Dixie in toney Coconut Grove. About a dozen…