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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...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board has been swamped by medical waste in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. But it insists the build-up of debris does not pose a health hazard. BHB operates two macerators at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, which handl...

Government plans to eliminate single-use plastics have been applauded by an environmental campaign group. The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) said it welcomed the move and called for urgent action on the issue. Last week Walte...

Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, told the House of Assembly this morning that a public information campaign and consultation with businesses will take place this year with the goal of banning the importation of some products next year. He ...

It’s time to take down the tree. Christmas trees will be collected from people’s homes over the next two Saturdays. Trees in Sandys, Southampton, Warwick and Paget and on Tee Street and Kent Avenue in Devonshire will be collected this Saturday, the...

The Government has revealed more than $1.1 million in contracts related to modernisation of the water and wastewater system in St George’s Parish. The Official Gazette said Bermuda Land Development Company paid Milhouse Engineering and Construction $...

Trash collection has been hit by “ongoing delays”, a spokesman for the Department of Works and Engineering advised today. Collection scheduled for yesterday is to be completed today. Friday’s waste collection, which had been advertised for today, wil...

Garbage collection has been delayed by staffing shortages, the Department of Works and Engineering announced today. If garbage has not been picked up by on schedule, a spokesman advised the public to leave it for collection preferably in a lidded bin...

The Remembrance Day holiday next week will push government’s garbage collection schedule back a day, the Ministry of Public Works announced tonight. A ministry spokesman explained that garbage will not be collected on the holiday, which falls next We...

Consultants have been asked to help come up with a regulatory framework and plan to develop laws for water and wastewater operations. The Government told potential bidders that the work of organisations such as the Regulatory Authority and Environmen...

An engineering project to expand water networks is under consideration by the Government. The Ministry of Public Works — through the Bermuda Housing Corporation — asked for submissions from consultants to develop a business case for a new water, wast...