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Independent tests carried out on water samples from Grape Bay and Hungry Bay at the weekend showed that both beaches were safe for recreational use. The Royal Gazette commissioned Shervon De Leon, of Bermuda Environmental Laboratories, to collect the...

Initial improvements at Tynes Bay to help tackle the problem of “sewage balls” are expected to be up and running by mid-October. According to a Bermuda Government spokeswoman, the Flo-Septage receiving station and screening system will improve the q...

“Sewage balls” plaguing South Shore beaches must be tackled “completely” to protect the island’s most important tourism asset, according to the Bermuda Tourism Authority. Greenrock and the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce echoed the cal...

Executive director for Greenrock, Jonathan Starling, has called for a bottle deposit system in Bermuda which will see returned glass exchanged for cash. Mr Starling was speaking in light of the glass that was littered over Horseshoe Bay after the Cu...

“Sewage balls”, also known as “grease balls”, have again been found on at least one of the South Shore beaches — three years after a study showed that sewage outfall had created a “public health hazard”. The resulting outrage led to a Bermuda Governm...

The Ministry of Health has confirmed a report of grease balls on Grape Bay Beach. However, according to the ministry, routine seawater samples, as of Monday this week, have been clear. A spokeswoman said: “The seawater quality is being retested and...

Mounds of building debris, furniture and appliances illegally dumped near the entrance of Fort Hamilton have been described “an extreme case of irresponsible contracting”. Steven DeSilva, Superintendent of Parks with the Corporation of Hamilton, tol...

Environment minister Cole Simons says the Bermuda Government will consider legislation banning glass bottles on beaches if the problem of broken glass persists. He spoke after several people were reportedly cut by discarded glass on Bermuda’s most po...

Chairman of the Cross Island Legacy committee Wayne Caines has urged the public to submit ideas for the future use of the land. “We want Bermudians to have the ability to dream,” Mr Caines said in a talk at Hamilton Rotary Club on Tuesday. Mr Caines...

Restaurants will be forbidden from pouring fats, oils and grease straight down the sink, after the House of Assembly approved a new environmentally conscious Bill. Health and seniors minister Jeanne Atherden introduced the Public Health Amendment (No...