Everything you need to know about waste disposal in Bermuda

Ever needed to find out where to dispose of a bulky item of furniture, or which waste facilities accept aluminum cans for recycling? We've produced an easy-to-use chart so that you can tell at a glance what goes where. 

 

Hours of Operation:

 

AIRPORT FACILITY: Apr – Oct Mon – Sat 7:30 am to 7:30 pm Nov – Mar: Mon – Sat 7:30 am to 4:00 pm 

MARSH FOLLY COMPOSTING FACILITY: Mon – Fri 7:30 am–4:00 pm Closed: noon to 1:00 pm Sat: 7:30 am–2:00 pm

THE RECYCLING CENTRE: Mon – Friday 7:30 am to 4:00 pm 

SPECIAL WASTE FACILITY: Mon – Fri 7:30 am to 4:00 pm Call: 297-7955 or 747-3025 or 747-3024 before going to this facility. 

TYNES BAY PUBLIC DROP-OFF FACILITY: Daily: 7:00 am to 7:00 pm 

TYNES BAY WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY: Mon – Fri 7:30 am to 4:00 pm Sat 7:30 am to 2:00 pm

 

R   Residential
C   Commercial
residential recycling  

Residential Recycling
  Commercial Recycling
*   Residential - Special Waste Days or Call

 

What? Where?
   

Call Works & Engineering at 297-7946 for:

 

• Asbestos (In accordance with W&E disposal policy)

  • • Cell Phones, Computer Hard-Drives & Monitors
  • • Flares
  • • Items containing mercury (Fluorescent Tubes, CFLs, Switches etc.)
  • • Sewage (No Food Waste)
  • • Unknown or Unmarked waste

Tynes Bay Public Drop-off facility

 Marsh Folly Composting Facility Participating Retailers Airport Facility The Recycling Centre Special Waste Facility Tynes Bay Waste Treatment Facility
 Acids * - - - - - C -
 Adhesives R - - - - C -
 Air conditioners and Ducts residential recycling - -

- -
 Aluminum Cans

residential recycling

 - - - - -
 Animal Bedding (Used) - C - - - - -
 Animal Carcasses - C - - - - -
 Batteries – Car and Boat

residential recycling

 - residential recycling - -
 Batteries – Household

residential recycling

 - residential recycling - - -
 Brake Fluids R - - - - C -
 Carburetor Cleaner R - - - - C -
 Cardboard R - - - - - C
 Carpets R - - - - - C
 Caulking * - - - - - C C
 Ceramic Tile - - - R/C - - -
 CFLs (Compact Fluorescent Lights) residential recycling - - - - -
 Compressed Gases (Cylinders) - - - - - C -
 Construction and Demolition Debris - - - R/C - - -
 Contaminated Soils - - - - - C -
 Cooking Oil R - - - - - C
 Corrosives (Acids & Alkaline) * - - - - - C -
 Couches R - - - - - C
 Dry Paint Peelings R - - - - - C
 Dry Wall - - - R/C - - -
 Electronic Goods (E Waste) - - residential recycling - - - -
 Empty Aerosol Cans R - - - - - C
 Empty Gas Cylinders (e.g. Freon, Propane, and Empty Fuel Storage Tanks) Call us  - - - - - - -
 Fertilizers * - - - - - C -
 Fiberglass Boats and Insulation - - - R/C - - -
 Fire Extinguishers - - - - - C -
 Flammable Liquids (Thinners, Enamel paints and Fuels) * R - - - - C -
 Fluorescent Tubes

residential recycling

 - - - -
 Glass and Mirror (Large Pieces) - - - C - - -
 Glass Jars and Bottles residential recycling - - - - -
 Horticultural Waste - R/C - - - - -
 Household Refuse R - - - - - -
 Lumber (Off Cuts and Pallets) R - - - - - C
 Large Applicances - - - R/C - - -
 Mattresses R - - - - - C
 Motor Oil

residential recycling

 -

residential recycling

 - - -
 Motor Vehicles and Tires - - - C - - -
 Paint Cans (Metal, Empty) R - - C - - -
 Paint Cans (Plastic, Empty) R - - - - - -
 Paints R - R - - C C
 Paper (Including Newspaper and Fine Paper) R - - - - - C
 Pesticides * R - - - - C -
 Photo Developing Chemicals - - - - - C -
 Plastic (Non-PVC) R - - - - - C
 PVC Plastics (Furniture Fittings and Pipes) - - -   - - -
 Refrigerants - - - - - C -
 Rubble and Fill (Clean) - - - C - - -
 SCUBA Dive Tanks - - - - - -
 Slaughterhouse Waste and Swill (Commercial Kitchen Waste) - C - - - - -
 Styrofoam R - - - - -  
 Pool Chemicals * R - - - - C -
 Thermometers - - - - - C -
 Tin Cans

residential recycling

 - - - - -
 Tree Stumps and Roots (Cut to 3’ x 5’) - R/C - - - - -
 Weed Killers * R - - - - C -
 White Goods (e.g. Washers, Dryers and Refrigerators) - - -   - - -
 Wooden Furniture and Pallets R - - - - - C