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Shoppers can receive a ten cent discount on their purchases if they bring a reusable shopping bag, a grocery store chain announced. The discount will be effective immediately at all MarketPlace and Price Rite stores as part of a move to become more e...

The sight of garbage being dumped on Pembroke Marsh for the first time in decades is a ready symbol of Bermuda’s shift from economic miracle to economic mediocrity. There are others. The dreadful state of the Botanical Gardens, poor roads and governm...

A collage designed to highlight the amount of plastic pollution has gone on public display. Plastic Tidal Wave was created with more than 2,000 plastic bottle tops collected by members of the public to mark World Water Day in March. The artwork ...

An e-waste drive will be launched this weekend to encourage the recycling of electrical items. The public are asked to bring old laptops, computers, cable boxes, mobile phones and other electronics to the Tynes Bay Waste Treatment Facility to be recy...

Recycling trash cans are set to go on sale, the public works ministry announced yesterday. A ministry spokeswoman said the 140 litre “bins” for recyclable material cost $40 each and were limited to two per household. She added that garbage cans, earl...

Bermuda’s recycling plant could handle at least four times the amount of waste it processes at present, it was revealed yesterday. And Clarkson Trott, the solid waste manager at the public works ministry, said the public should recycle more trash to ...

Companies that worked hard to submit bids for a Government recycling collection contract were told to do it again because they were at first told to provide a copy of a licence that was not needed. A request for quotations issued by the Ministry of P...

Gibbons Company is to introduce new, reusable and recyclable shopping bags in a bid to help reduce the amount of plastic waste in the ocean. The new bags are made out of recycled plastic water bottles and are designed with an ocean theme. They come ...

The Government is to look at importing plastic waste for disposal at the Tynes Bay Incinerator. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said he understood some people would “go berserk” at the suggestion. He argued the burning o...

In the lead-up to Christmas, Sue Khan was looking for gifts that matched her character. Her life took a minimalist turn three years ago. For her, that meant downsizing her possessions and figuring out what was most valuable and important. The shift ...

Mandatory trash recycling could be on the cards, the Minister for Public Works has signalled. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said: “I am increasingly leaning towards seeking approval for mandatory recycling as those who do recycle appear to have no r...

A successful pilot recycling programme in Dockyard could become permanent. Blue recycling bins were installed in May after the West End Development Corporation and the Department of Public Works agreed to split the costs of the initiative. Wedco’s B...