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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...

A garbage collector was hurt after an unemptied spray paint can exploded over a three-man crew. A Ministry of Public Works spokesman said that the aerosol can exploded when the bag it was in was put in the government trash truck’s waste compactor and...

Garbage normally collected on Monday will be collected two days early because of the National Heroes Day holiday. The Ministry of Public Works said the change included all of Sandys and Southampton West, up to and including Lighthouse Road from Middl...

Dear Sir, Over the past couple of years, we have noticed the regular appearance of dozens of maggots in our kitchen. I think this is likely to be the consequence of the move from twice-weekly trash collection to once-weekly collection. Given the slig...

Dear Sir, I am writing to those of you who continually find the need to dump your household garbage and trash into our roadside hedges and national parks — island-wide. No amount of appeals and advertisements requesting that you refrain from doing so...

Normal trash collection schedules will restart this morning after waste management staff agreed yesterday to end a work-to-rule. The industrial action, announced on Sunday, was called off after talks between the Bermuda Industrial Union and the Depar...

Garbage collectors have launched a work to rule and the industrial action will hit trash pick-up schedules, a Government spokesman warned today. The public works ministry spokesman said a meeting with staff in a bid to end the dispute was due to be h...

Fees for dropping off horticultural waste, which were dropped in the aftermath of Hurricane Humberto, are to be reinstated on Monday. The Ministry of Public Works advised the public to take advantage of waived fees and bring remaining trees and folia...

Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, expressed “complete shock and disgust” after trash collection workers found human waste in garbage bags placed out for collection on Tuesday. Colonel Burch said: “We are having increasing ...

The wood waste backlog at Tynes Bay is now cleared and hauler dumping services have resumed as normal, the Ministry of Public Works said this morning. Wood waste deliveries to the Tynes Bay plant were stopped yesterday due to the build-up of dumped ...

City businesses were reminded about how they can play a part to reduce the number of rodents on Hamilton streets. They were asked to keep bin lids closed and to clean bins regularly to prevent an “open invitation” to rats, that appeared to be plaguin...