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Urgent action is needed to refurbish ageing equipment at Tynes Bay, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. Diallo Rabain, speaking on behalf of the Minister of Public Works, said: “Many of you may recall that the plant is now over 25 years old and ha...

Front Street businesses have been urged to remember Harbour Nights festivities tomorrow when they put out their trash for collection. A spokeswoman for the City of Hamilton urged businesses to put out trash either before 4pm or after 10.30pm on Wedne...

This is part of a series marking World Oceans Day highlighting the growing problem of pollution on the marine environment Perhaps you thought this was going to be an ode to the ocean, dotted with analogies and hyperboles — a poetic description ...

Septic waste disposal at a Government composting centre next month could cause foul smells, it was warned today. The public works ministry said that the operation at Marsh Folly in Pembroke, carried out twice a year, would start on June 7. A spokeswo...

Electronic waste that weighed the equivalent of five family cars has been salvaged and shipped from Bermuda to be recycled in the US. And that was only the most recent shipment made by Guardian, a secure document destruction and paper recycling compa...

A schoolgirl has sprung a sweet surprise on trash collection workers. Little True Bourne, aged 6, penned a thank-you letter to the island’s unsung heroes who keep the country clean. She wrote: “Dear sanitation workers, I want to thank you for keepin...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board has been swamped by medical waste in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. But it insists the build-up of debris does not pose a health hazard. BHB operates two macerators at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, which handl...

Government plans to eliminate single-use plastics have been applauded by an environmental campaign group. The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) said it welcomed the move and called for urgent action on the issue. Last week Walte...

Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, told the House of Assembly this morning that a public information campaign and consultation with businesses will take place this year with the goal of banning the importation of some products next year. He ...

It’s time to take down the tree. Christmas trees will be collected from people’s homes over the next two Saturdays. Trees in Sandys, Southampton, Warwick and Paget and on Tee Street and Kent Avenue in Devonshire will be collected this Saturday, the...

The Government has revealed more than $1.1 million in contracts related to modernisation of the water and wastewater system in St George’s Parish. The Official Gazette said Bermuda Land Development Company paid Milhouse Engineering and Construction $...

Trash collection has been hit by “ongoing delays”, a spokesman for the Department of Works and Engineering advised today. Collection scheduled for yesterday is to be completed today. Friday’s waste collection, which had been advertised for today, wil...