Dive summary:

• More than 100 tons of recyclables ended up in the Islamorada, Fla. landfill, half of which was because of a disgruntled employee who didn’t want to drive all the way to Miami to drop off the materials.
• Over the ten-month span last year, 104.5 tons of materials, about 20% of the total recyclables, were taken to the landfill.
• The other half of the improperly disposed recyclables resulted from contaminated loads that the MRF facility refused to take. 

From the article:

The other 50 tons ended up in the landfill because of a rogue employee, the newspaper reported.

"I had a disgruntled employee that did not want to drive all the way to Miami," Advanced Disposal local manager Bruce Williams told the newspaper. "He did take four loads to the landfill against my direction."

By the time Williams learned about those loads last week, the employee has already been fired for other reasons, he told the Free Press. ...