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The blue bag recycling separation and bailing unit at the Material Recovery Facility is non-operational while it undergoes repairs, the Ministry of Public Works announced today. Replacement parts should arrive on the Island in two weeks and it is ant...

The Island’s waste recycling service will continue “as far as we know”, according to Waste Management’s education and enforcement officer, Vanese Gordon. But recycling is doomed to remain a money-losing enterprise, especially for an Island jurisdicti...

Craig Cannonier appeared last night to backtrack on the decision to close Bermuda’s recycling plant for a year. Twenty-four hours earlier, the Minister for Public Works had said the move to suspend the Material Recovery Facility service had been made...

The Bermuda Government will close the Material Recovery Facility for one year in an effort to reduce spending, according to Craig Cannonier, the Minister for Public Works. Responding to reports of the suspension of service, Mr Cannonier said: “The Mi...

Public Works Minister, Patricica Gordon-Pamplin, has led tributes to workers at the Tynes Bay facility as the centre marked its 20th anniversary. Ms Gordon-Pamplin described the facility as a ‘milestone of achievement’ as she presented long service a...

Marsh Folly workers are faced with health and safety risks due to members of the public illegally dumping items at the facility, including dead animals. While the March Folly facility is intended to collect residential horticultural waste- such as Ch...

Did you know that common estimates for the number of plastic bags used by people annually are in excess of 500 billion bags? That’s about one million bags used per minute! What do we use them for? Generally we put a purchase in them, walk or ride hom...

Public Works Minister Michael Weeks pleaded with people to properly dispose of their waste as he reminded them of punishments for illegal dumping. Mr Weeks held a press conference at Aeolia Drive in Devonshire to complain about the frequent discardin...