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The Bermuda Government has been required to borrow trash trucks from the City of Hamilton because of its own shortages. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said his public works ministry had faced difficulties collecting garbage all year and would probabl...

Letter to the Editor Dear Sir, I’m really angry. I have just returned from my weekly trip to the horticultural waste site on Marsh Folly to drop off my hedge and lawn clippings. I have fumed every week, seeing people’s horticultural waste jammed int...

Residents are being reminded of a change to trash collection next week as a result of the long weekend. The Ministry of Public Works said this morning that trash normally collected on Monday will instead this week be collected this Saturday due to t...

A pilot project to provide members of the public with trash bins is in the pipeline. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works made the announcement during his Statement in the House of Assembly last Friday. The trash-bin scheme w...

A plague of rats “as big as kittens” yesterday sparked a call for a return to twice-weekly trash collection at the West End. Janet Cann said, if once-a-week collection continued, residents in her area of Sound View Road in Sandys should stop putting ...

Tynes Bay will have longer hours for public trash drop-offs from Monday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said the number of people using the drop-off service had increased. He added that the plant manager had agreed to e...

Garbage will be collected on a weekly basis until at least the end of the year, the Minister of Public Works said yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said the new collection schedule would become permanent if it was up to him. He said: “That ...

Twice-a-week trash collection could be axed for good, the Minister of Public Works hinted yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said there “had been some recommendations” that a once-a-week schedule should become the norm. But he added: “That’s ...

An island-wide garbage “blitz” cleared any roadside backlog of residential waste yesterday, according to Ministry of Public Works. A spokeswoman said seven trash trucks, two hustle trucks and six ministry dump trucks took part in the clean up to remo...

The views of residents outside Sandys will have no bearing on the Government’s decision on a controversial plan for quad bike commercial tours. More than 600 people registered concerns over the proposal, including hundreds from outside the West End ...

Talks to resolve delays on garbage collection have gone “extremely well”, the Minister of Public Works said yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said a potential solution would be put to staff today. The news came after a backlog of waste built ...

By his own admission, Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch does not like talking to or being associated in any way with The Royal Gazette. So it had to take something of great significance to get the Colonel to assemble all media, including the “big bad RG...