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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...

Garbage collection details have been released for the Bermuda Day holiday. The Ministry of Public Works said that garbage and recycling normally collected on Friday will be collected on Saturday. Public drop-off at the Tynes Bay Waste Facility on Fri...

Surveillance cameras could help clamp down on illegal dumping at a public dock, a nature enthusiast said yesterday. Jessica Riederer added that “repeat offenders” disposed of waste and that more education would make people think twice before they dis...

An artwork made from trash washed up on beaches went on display at a major international sailing race. The piece, finished yesterday by artist Meredith Andrews, was created for the Argo Group Gold Cup final on Saturday to highlight pollution of the s...

Recently, the Minister of Public Works, Lt. Col. the Hon. David A. Burch, OBE (Mil), ED, JP, MP, met with senior waste management technical officers to discuss a number of matters regarding waste collection. Some of the topics included the introduc...

The City of Hamilton renewed its call to retailers and restaurants to apply for wheelie bins. About 150 bins have been distributed so far this year, after the City announced they would soon become mandatory. The scheme is intended to reduce the numbe...

Once a week garbage collection is to become permanent, the public works minister announced yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said that the aim was “to rid the country of garbage and manage the expectations of the public by not falsely promisi...

A chance to boost small businesses across the island was wasted when the Government decided to take control of vehicle emissions and roadworthiness testing, a former finance minister said. Bob Richards, also deputy premier in the last One Bermuda All...

The island’s only vehicle emissions test firm will be left in “chaos” when it is stripped of its contract to carry out checks for Transport Control Department, it was claimed yesterday. Staff at Bermuda Emissions Control Ltd, which employs 13, said t...

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...