Ministry: Five New Garbage Trucks Have Arrived
Earlier today, the Minister of Public Works Lt/Col David Burch met with senior members of the Waste Management team to assess the current collection schedule, with the Ministry noting that five new garbage trucks “recently arrived in Bermuda and are being prepared for service.”
Minister Burch with Chief Engineer Yves Lortie, and Waste Management Department’s Kirk Outerbridge and Clarkston Trott
A Government spokesperson said, “During the meeting the team reviewed the survey results from the front line workers and Minister Burch received an update on the once a week collection statistics, current waste production levels, as well as an overview about the recycling schedule.
“Minister Burch was also updated on the five new garbage trucks which recently arrived in Bermuda and are being prepared for service.
Following the meeting, Minister Burch expressed his thanks to the Waste Management team and the general public for adapting to the new schedules, and he indicated that he “will shortly provide the public with a full update regarding the 2019 plans for waste collection in Bermuda.”
“As a reminder, the Ministry of Public Works once a week garbage collection remains in effect and recycling will be collected on the upcoming dates:
January Recycling collection dates:
- West: Thursday 31.
February Recycling collection dates:
- West: Thursday 14, 28.
- East: Friday 1, 15.
March Recycling collection dates:
- West: Thursday 14, 28.
- East: Friday 1, 15, 29.”
Thank you enormously, Minister Burch.
The disastrous OBA could not have cared a damn.
They also behaved in a nasty, ruthless, unrealistic, undemocratic way for all of their tenure from 2012 TO 2017. Glad the GOMBEYS are out!!Rather well-deserved.
Persevere on, Minister Burch!!
The OBA in 2018 announced that they will be bringing in10 new trash trucks. Burch has nothing to do with it.
Corr. 2017
Well OBA did provide us with America’s Cup.
In 2017 the OBA had 10 new buses coming in. Burch had nothing to do with this.
I get that you despise the OBA, but why disparage gombeys in that manner?
Yes you rock Mr. Burch! Thank you for buying us new trash trucks with our money in only 18 short months. Now we have no excuse for not resuming 2 pick ups per week.
Are they the pop a wheelie type?
Maybe now our Christmas tress in the west end can finally be collected???? still lying off the railway trail.
I live in the West – my Tree was collected, as well as hundreds of others. Contact the Waste Collection Team about your Tree. Be concerned, to action. The number is 278-0563.
Will they spend a year getting them ready for the road, like the new buses that arrived January 2018?
Please tell me the trucks will be weekly maintained and kept in good condition so they will last as long as possible
And like the buses, are they custom made for Bermuda for a million each?
So we should’ve purchased 70 of them and scrapped America’s Cup.
Do you understand our economy and how it works?
I think you need to lay off the onion juice.
Or, like buses do they require weeks of modification to be suitable for Bermuda’s road?
Will we go back to bi-weekly collection? All I see is rats on this island’s roads!!
get cats. rats don’t move as they want in St Davies
a) What if the cat you get just happens not to be ratter ? Not all cats go hunting for rats . Birds ? Well we all know about that.
b) Cats should be kept indoors anyway as those that roam are as much an environmental nuisance as rats.