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Plans to introduce fees for single-use plastics in the run-up to an outright ban could be scrapped, a policy paper has warned. The paper said that the Government had earlier pledged to introduce a charge for single-use plastics but the 2020 deadline ...

Residential trash collection is being offered by a local service for just $9 a week in a move aimed at supplementing the government’s once a week free collection. Kenten Trott said the service is being offered in the eastern parishes – Hamilton Pari...

A plant to turn salt water into fresh water in the East End is planned by the Bermuda Land Development Company. The BLDC has advertised for a contractor to install and run a new reverse osmosis plant in St David’s. A notice from the quango said: “The...

Members of the public should show trash collectors more respect, according to the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union. Chris Furbert also said that those who have criticised collectors who downed tools recently should instead be concerned over...

Garbage collectors who downed tools last week over a lack of working trash trucks returned to work yesterday morning – but garbage collection will still be impacted for the rest of the week. A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said that alth...

Industrial action taken over a lack of working trash trucks could see waste collection halted next week, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union warned. Chris Furbert said yesterday that the Ministry of Public Works had agreed to supply waste c...

Urgent action is needed to refurbish ageing equipment at Tynes Bay, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. Diallo Rabain, speaking on behalf of the Minister of Public Works, said: “Many of you may recall that the plant is now over 25 years old and ha...

Front Street businesses have been urged to remember Harbour Nights festivities tomorrow when they put out their trash for collection. A spokeswoman for the City of Hamilton urged businesses to put out trash either before 4pm or after 10.30pm on Wedne...

This is part of a series marking World Oceans Day highlighting the growing problem of pollution on the marine environment Perhaps you thought this was going to be an ode to the ocean, dotted with analogies and hyperboles — a poetic description ...

Septic waste disposal at a Government composting centre next month could cause foul smells, it was warned today. The public works ministry said that the operation at Marsh Folly in Pembroke, carried out twice a year, would start on June 7. A spokeswo...

Electronic waste that weighed the equivalent of five family cars has been salvaged and shipped from Bermuda to be recycled in the US. And that was only the most recent shipment made by Guardian, a secure document destruction and paper recycling compa...

A schoolgirl has sprung a sweet surprise on trash collection workers. Little True Bourne, aged 6, penned a thank-you letter to the island’s unsung heroes who keep the country clean. She wrote: “Dear sanitation workers, I want to thank you for keepin...