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Southside residents and businesses have been warned to watch their water consumption because of low rainfall.
A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Land Development Company said signs had been placed around the area to alert people to low levels in the reser...
DATE: Jul 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two schoolgirls have inspired an environmental charity to form a youth council.
Eugene Dean, the chairman of Greenrock, said environmental work by Katarina Rance and Salayah Stange had prompted the move. The 15-year-old schoolgirls organised two sch...
DATE: Jul 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A scheme to swap old-style incandescent light bulbs for free LED light bulbs has been unveiled by the Department of Energy.
The Government offered a swap scheme for a single bulb in May, but from this week members of the public can swap up to ten lig...
DATE: Jul 17, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The wood waste backlog at Tynes Bay is now cleared and hauler dumping services have resumed as normal, the Ministry of Public Works said this morning.
Wood waste deliveries to the Tynes Bay plant were stopped yesterday due to the build-up of dumped ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The “irresponsible behaviour” of residents regarding trash pick-up is to blame for Bermuda’s rat problem, the public works minister told MPs on Friday.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said: “I have had enough people, including Members from that side,...
DATE: Jul 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A young activist has teamed up with an international environmental group to organise an island-wide clean-up of Bermuda’s most popular beaches.
Micah Richardson, 17, was selected by Greenpeace International to take a team of young volunteers and remo...
DATE: Jul 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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An Irish company is to install an aeration system in the slurry pit of a farm at the centre of a row over bad smells and pests.
Green Land Dairy Farm in Smith’s said Dairy Power Equipment had been recruited to install a new system in its manure pit i...
DATE: Jul 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A World Bank report on waste management has found that Bermuda produces more waste per head than any other country.
Bermuda topped the world in per capita waste creation, with an estimated 4.56 kilograms a person every day.
But those figures were roo...
DATE: Jul 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A school has ditched disposable plastic lunch plates for reusable containers as part of a drive to be protect the environment.
Adam and Emily Hopkins, who have a child at Saltus Grammar School, donated cash to help fund the changeover.
Jon Beard, the...
DATE: Jul 08, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Government has praised the efforts of volunteers, the Royal Bermuda Regiment, the Mirrors Programme and the Department of Parks workers who helped clean up Southlands on Saturday.
The community clean-up was the first of five scheduled to take place b...
DATE: Jul 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes