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Makin’ Waves has stopped importing plastic bags and is encouraging customers to opt for reusable containers instead. Jade Williams, the manager of the surf shop in Hamilton and a buyer for the store, spearheaded the switch. Stuart Joblin, a co-owner ...

One of the world’s rarest seabirds has nested on Bermuda again after a gap of nearly 170 years, an environmental organisation said yesterday. The Audubon Society said a pair of roseate terns (Sterna dougallii) built a nest on a small nature reserve i...

A pile of trash left uncollected in St George’s led to rats and a bad smell, residents have said. Neighbours in Slippery Hill said garbage bags were left uncollected since before Cup Match and were at last picked up at about 7.45pm on Thursday. One r...

The Government’s change of heart on plans for concessions at Shelly Bay “flies in the face” of its promise to back local businesses, the shadow tourism minister said yesterday. Leah Scott said: “The Progressive Labour Party government is promoting e...

Barrett Lightbourn, an engineer and environmentalist who pioneered solar power and energy conservation in Bermuda, has died. He was 66. Friends and colleagues said Mr Lightbourn was a modest visionary who brought renewable power to the island decades...

A mound of trash has caused an eyesore on one of Bermuda’s most scenic routes for several days. It is thought some Paget residents were unaware of a change to their collection day, meaning when they left out bags of garbage it was already too late. O...

A West End sea clean up carried out as penance by a man caught dumping trash bags in a bay was a success, an environmental charity said yesterday. Jonathan Hodgkins, 19, offered to lead a clean up of Mangrove Bay after he was caught on film throwing ...

The following was e-mailed to Minister of Public Works Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch and copied to The Royal Gazette Dear Sir, I would like to thank the hard-working crews of the Department of Works & Engineering for their recent clean-up out here i...

A teenager caught on camera throwing bags of trash into the ocean at a weekend raft-up has apologised and promised to clean the area with a group of friends. Jonathan Hodgkins, 19, was filmed throwing two bags into Mangrove Bay last Sunday. He admitt...

A video of revellers tossing garbage overboard at a raft-up in the West End on Sunday was condemned by an environmental watchdog yesterday. Jonathan Starling, executive director of charity Greenrock, said that his main concern was that sea turtles co...

A family who lost their title to a prime piece of land said a Commission of Inquiry into “land grabs” may not be able to compensate them. Etoile Burch, 98, said her family could even hold a claim on land now occupied by the Grand Atlantic condominium...

Dear Sir, This letter is directed at those of you who think that it is all right for you to discard your used and unwanted trash items alongside our roadways and into other people’s hedges. As a frequent walker along South Road, between Astwood Park ...