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The upcoming Good Friday holiday will cause a delay in trash collection for some residents, the Ministry of Public Works said. A ministry spokesman said household waste usually collected on Friday would instead be collected on Saturday. The waste col...

Legislation to cut back on single-use plastics in Bermuda is expected to come forward this year, but the details of the proposal are still up for discussion. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said it was possible that a first phase of the p...

Trash collectors will pick up old Christmas trees over the next two weeks. A spokesman for the public ministry said the western parishes, west of Tee Street, Devonshire, would have discarded trees collected on January 15. Christmas trees in areas eas...

A large pile of trash dumped outside the Tynes Bay Waste-to-Energy facility over the holiday weekend has angered members of the public. The waste was removed from the area by yesterday morning, but on social media several people highlighted the pile ...

Both burners at the Tynes Bay incinerator are back in operation, it was announced tonight. Wayne Furbert, the acting public works minister, said that the second burner was returned to service last weekend. Mr Furbert added: “The team of engineers hav...

A bust-up over the state of the Tynes Bay incinerator heated up yesterday as the Government was accused of failure to act on promises of investment in the plant that dated back decades. A major announcement by Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the publ...

The use of a compost centre as an emergency landfill site could be eased after emergency repairs were completed at the Tynes Bay incinerator. Wayne Furbert, the Acting Minister of Public Works, said that the incinerator had started to work through a ...

Part of Marsh Folly is being prepared for landfill waste as supply chain problems hit repairs to the Tynes Bay incinerator, the acting public works minister said yesterday. Wayne Furbert told the House: “The Tynes Bay facility is our only means of mu...

A “major capital development” is needed to refurbish the ageing Tynes Bay incinerator, the acting public works minister said this week. Wayne Furbert warned: “The choice is simple – we can either invest $150 million to make significant upgrades to th...

The Ministry of Home Affairs has urged the public to provide their thoughts on a proposed ban on single-use plastics before the end of the month. The Government released a policy paper on the proposal this summer, with the deadline for comments on Oc...

A senior at the weekend praised the “excellent job” done by trash collectors but pleaded for the public to stick to the correct days for putting out their garbage. The woman, who asked not to be named, said trash left lying around attracted rats and ...

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...