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“Sewage balls” plaguing South Shore beaches must be tackled “completely” to protect the island’s most important tourism asset, according to the Bermuda Tourism Authority. Greenrock and the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce echoed the cal...

Executive director for Greenrock, Jonathan Starling, has called for a bottle deposit system in Bermuda which will see returned glass exchanged for cash. Mr Starling was speaking in light of the glass that was littered over Horseshoe Bay after the Cu...

“Sewage balls”, also known as “grease balls”, have again been found on at least one of the South Shore beaches — three years after a study showed that sewage outfall had created a “public health hazard”. The resulting outrage led to a Bermuda Governm...

The Ministry of Health has confirmed a report of grease balls on Grape Bay Beach. However, according to the ministry, routine seawater samples, as of Monday this week, have been clear. A spokeswoman said: “The seawater quality is being retested and...

Mounds of building debris, furniture and appliances illegally dumped near the entrance of Fort Hamilton have been described “an extreme case of irresponsible contracting”. Steven DeSilva, Superintendent of Parks with the Corporation of Hamilton, tol...

Environment minister Cole Simons says the Bermuda Government will consider legislation banning glass bottles on beaches if the problem of broken glass persists. He spoke after several people were reportedly cut by discarded glass on Bermuda’s most po...

Chairman of the Cross Island Legacy committee Wayne Caines has urged the public to submit ideas for the future use of the land. “We want Bermudians to have the ability to dream,” Mr Caines said in a talk at Hamilton Rotary Club on Tuesday. Mr Caines...

Restaurants will be forbidden from pouring fats, oils and grease straight down the sink, after the House of Assembly approved a new environmentally conscious Bill. Health and seniors minister Jeanne Atherden introduced the Public Health Amendment (No...

A deep ocean research mission is set to begin off the coast of Bermuda tomorrow. Conducted by multidisciplinary organisation Nekton, the scientific programme will create a new standardised methodology to be used by marine biologists for measuring phy...

Exactly 200 days after two fishermen found her bobbing aimlessly off the North Shore and gasping for every breath, Daisy the loggerhead turtle has been returned to the open ocean. The endangered creature was on the brink of death, suffering from pneu...