encouraging the public to trash the Island.

That is the view of trucker, Mr. Peter Bromby who says that the new rules are doubling the cost of disposing of large amounts of household waste.

Better known as one of the Bermuda's top sailors, Mr. Bromby reports that the cost of him carrying waste is now twice as much and it takes twice as long.

And he says a $60,000 piece of machinery for breaking down the refuse at Sally Post in Dockyard has stood idle since it was bought six months ago.

In the past Mr. Bromby loaded his truck and charged around $50 for removing waste from peoples' homes. He took all the waste to Sally Post.

Then, in recent weeks, the Government banned wood from the Dockyard site so Mr. Bromby, and other truckers, now have to take their wood to Pembroke Marsh.

Mr. Bromby said: "As far as I know wood has been accepted at Sally Post for the past 20 years. Why has it suddenly changed? It is a landfill site like Pembroke Marsh.

"It now means that every load I pick up has to be split between wood and other waste and has to be taken to two different sites. It also costs quite a lot to deliver into the city.'' Mr. Bromby said that his costs would have to be between $110 and $120 which he does not believe householders will be willing to pay.

He said: "People will either dump their own rubbish where they shouldn't or just leave it laying around looking a mess.'' Concerning the machine, a "chipper,'' he said: "There is a similar machine at Hamilton and this machine at Dockyard was brand new. The one at Hamilton was not working and they stripped parts from the new machine to fix it.''