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The parks department warned yesterday it was illegal to dump trash anywhere other than designated garbage dumps after a rash of incidents in public places. A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works warned that polluters faced a fine of up to $5,00...

As a result of the precautions being taken to limit the potential threats associated with Covid-19, Earth Hour activities around the world have taken on an entirely different format. Greenrock Chairman Eugene Dean said,? “Our observance of Earth Hour...

A charitable cleaning crew pitched in to collect trash in the west end while collection services were down. But Richard Walker-Talbot, a driver with Talbot Enterprises, said that his family company could only do so much and needed help from the publi...

A “significant” portion of Bermuda’s trash was collected this week by back-up crews, the Government said tonight. And normal trash collection is to resume on Monday after the Ministry of Public Works put extra contingency plans in place. Government ...

The Corporation of St George has joined the effort to collect garbage after government trash collectors downed tools earlier this week. The East End workers pitched in with the City of Hamilton and private collectors to help clear a backlog caused by...

Limited trash pick-ups have restarted across the island using private companies and City of Hamilton staff, the Government said yesterday. A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said it was decided to have “outside agencies manage residential ...

A west end nature reserve is to get a makeover. The Bermuda Audubon Society said a “major restoration project” at the Somerset Long Bay Nature Reserve was launched to tackle vines and cow cane that had overrun the reserve. Karen Border, the society’s...

Government will detail its plans to phase out single-use plastics in the next few months. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said it was planned to eliminate their use in about two years. Mr Roban said: “Our goal is to have the elimination o...

Government could install green energy solar panels on several of its buildings, it was revealed on Friday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, told the House of Assembly that officials had been in discussions with a company ...

A pond filled in almost eight decades ago is to be reborn as a nature reserve. Excavators have moved in to the site of Eve’s Pond, at Shelly Bay in Hamilton Parish, as a first step towards the recreation of the pond and a three-and-a-half acre reserv...

A Bermudian park has joined a scheme to preserve forests in Commonwealth countries. The Walsingham Nature Reserve, known as Tom Moore’s Jungle, is the first in a British Overseas Territory to be accepted by the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy. The QCC, a...

A company with a loan scheme to cover solar energy installation has accused the island’s electricity and telecoms watchdog of blocking the innovation. Greenlight Energy said its financing arrangement would allow people unable to afford the upfront co...