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The public have been urged to help clean up horticultural waste left behind after two major storms three months ago. The Ministry of Public Works and Keep Bermuda Beautiful have organised a weekend horticultural community clean-up on Saturday and Sun...

Recycling trash cans are set to go on sale, the public works ministry announced yesterday. A ministry spokeswoman said the 140 litre “bins” for recyclable material cost $40 each and were limited to two per household. She added that garbage cans, earl...

Greenpeace will team up with the Government for a forum on the oceans plastic crisis. The international environmental charity will highlight its research on plastics in the Sargasso Sea at Plastics Night Aboard the Esperanza on Monday. Home affairs...

Suppliers of low-emission buses have been asked to submit bids for vehicles for Bermuda. The Ministry of Tourism and Transport and the Department of Public Transportation issued a request for proposals for “appropriately sized, accessible, and low-em...

The public was asked yesterday to avoid single-use plastics over the Cup Match holiday. Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, told people: “As you prepare for your holiday events, enjoy outdoor areas, and prepare to run concessions, I want to enco...

The Government has reduced the number of recreational lobster diver licences amid concerns about the health of the lobster population. A cap of 375 licences will be in place for 2019-20, to reflect the fact only 354 divers applied for licences last y...

The wood waste backlog at Tynes Bay is now cleared and hauler dumping services have resumed as normal, the Ministry of Public Works said this morning. Wood waste deliveries to the Tynes Bay plant were stopped yesterday due to the build-up of dumped ...

Members of the Mirrors Programme will join forces with the Department of Parks to clean up the Southlands property in Warwick. Teams will unite and will clear natural debris, trash and abandoned furniture and learn about the history of endemic and in...

The Government pleaded for patience yesterday as it deals with large piles of Sargassum seaweed on Bermuda’s beaches. Seaweed has washed up at numerous spots in the island’s first “inundation event” since 2011. The Department of Environment and Natur...

Warwick Academy pupils cleaned up of a beach to mark World Ocean Day. Year 10 Global Citizenship groups from the school visited Southlands Beach as part of their Community Action Project on Friday. They worked with Keep Bermuda Beautiful. The project...