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A team from the British Virgin Islands visited Bermuda this week to learn more about how the island handles its waste. Marlon Penn, BVI Minister of Health and Social Development, Petrona Davies, permanent secretary for the ministry, and Albert Gillin...

Rampant illegal dumping has fuelled a long-simmering dispute over garbage between a high-end condo development and the neighbourhood next door. A fence and hedge appears to be the dividing line between the Cloverdale Condos in Devonshire and Ap Owen ...

Hot weather has brought weekly trash collection issues to a boiling point at a roadside pick-up point in Pembroke beset by a “rat community”. The fenced enclosure, at the corner of Serpentine Road and Market Lane, also ends up “full to the brim” and ...

Garbage collection has been delayed through to the end of the week, the Ministry of Public Works warned yesterday. A spokesman said maintenance staff shortages caused by vacations and training, along with “ongoing supply chain issues”, led to a backl...

The City of Hamilton intends to expand its sewage treatment facility as part of a project to cut back on the release of solid waste into the island’s waters. According to a planning application, the corporation hopes to build a new wastewater treatme...

Garbage collection will follow a rollover schedule next week in light of Bermuda Heroes Weekend. The Ministry of Public Works announced today that Monday’s waste will be collected on Tuesday, Tuesday’s waste will be collected on Wednesday, and so on ...

Trash collection will be a day later for residents whose waste is usually picked up on a Friday, to accommodate the Bermuda Day holiday. The Ministry of Public Works said that the collection will be made on Saturday, May 28. A spokesman added: “The W...

A backlog of garbage is still being tackled by waste management staff after the trash truck fleet was hit with mechanical issues. The Ministry of Public Works advised that there were four trucks running as of Friday afternoon – with an additional two...

The upcoming Good Friday holiday will cause a delay in trash collection for some residents, the Ministry of Public Works said. A ministry spokesman said household waste usually collected on Friday would instead be collected on Saturday. The waste col...

Ways to support businesses as the island moves to end single-use plastics will be looked at, the Government has said. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, explained that it was planned to implement the change in a way that allowed the best re...

Waste management, Hawaiian-style, will be examined as part of a series of talks on the environment organised by the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute. Rafael Bergstrom, the executive director of Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii, will explain how...

Trash collection will be delayed this week because of a shortage of staff caused by Covid-19. A public works spokesman said staff were being moved around to try and make sure there were enough on the front line to handle waste collection on the desig...