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With an estimated 1,000 private boats expected to flock into the Great Sound over the race weekend, Public Works and the Corporation of Hamilton have asked spectators to take extra care with waste. Because public docks will be under heavy use, the pu...

The Waste Management Section of the Ministry of Public Works will hold its second e-waste recycling day on Saturday. Residents are encouraged to take their old, worn out electronics to be recycled at the Tynes Bay Waste to Energy Facility on Palmetto...

Trash collection in the West End will be delayed until Wednesday due to Monday’s Bermuda Day holiday. A statement from the Department of Waste Management stated that West End garbage collection would take place on Wednesday and Thursday next week, wh...

New policy and processes have been announced with regards to the safe and effective management of sharp, biohazardous and pharmaceutical waste in Bermuda. The Department of Health said the new measures will come into effect on June 1. The new policy...

Public Works Minister Craig Cannonier has called reports of illegal dumping at TN Tatem Middle School “disturbing”, warning the public of the potential consequences of such behaviour. In a statement issued this afternoon in response to a report in to...

Tipping fees at the Marsh Folly composting facility are to resume as of February 1, a Government spokeswoman has announced. The nominal fee of $25 per truck was waived last year to help to assist with the Island’s post hurricane recovery, she explai...

Residents have been reminded that there will be changes to trash collection this week. Garbage in the West End will be collected tomorrow and garbage in the East End will be collected on Friday. Recycling will be collected next Thursday in the West ...

The Tynes Bay Waste-to-Energy Facility public drop-off will be closed on Christmas Day and open for limited hours on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. The Ministry of Public Works announced the public drop-off will be open between 9am and noon on the la...

There will be delays in completing this week’s garbage collection, the Department of Waste Management has advised. Garbage collection scheduled for today in the East Zone is expected to be completed by Friday. Delayed West Zone garbage collection fr...

Hazardous waste such as old pesticides can be disposed of at Tynes Bay this week. Residents are urged to safely get rid of any potentially dangerous or toxic items during a special waste drop-off event on Friday and Saturday. Fluorescent light bulb...

Regular opening hours will resume at the Marsh Folly composting facility next week. It will be open tomorrow from 7.30am until noon and during regular weekday hours from Monday — 7.30am until 4pm but closed for lunch between noon and 1pm. There will...

Government has put in place a number of measures to reduce the amount of harmful fats, oils and grease (FOG) in the Island’s sewage waste stream. These materials, as well as other substances, can solidify to form grease balls that have been seen was...