BEST - Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce

Health risks from black plastic food containers

Dear Sir, In my opinion, the Hamilton MarketPlace makes and sells the most delicious roasted chicken on the island. However, I will no longer buy it. The establishment puts said roasted chicken into the all-too-familiar black plastic food containers and […]

Dumping of old cars at sea ‘should be banned’

Bermuda should ban the practice of dumping old vehicles at sea — and may already be prohibited from doing so under British conventions, an environmental charity has suggested. Creative solutions to deal with the build-up of cars and bikes at […]

Free Lecture On Climate Change & Fisheries

BEST will hold a free lecture by Dr. Sarah Smith on “Bermuda’s fisheries management and the impacts of climate change” at Bermuda College on Thursday [April 24]. A spokesperson said, “The community is invited to attend a free lecture on Thursday, […]

BEST Bulletin – April 2025

Join us at Bermuda College, in Room H100, The Athene Hall or streaming live: Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheBermudaCollege YouTube: www.youtube.com/@BermudaCollege/streams  

Save open spaces to grow our own food

Opinion Article by BEST’s Executive Director, Kim Smith. The Royal Gazette, April 10, 2025. In recent months, anyone buying eggs, or baked goods containing eggs, has suffered a shock. At one point last month, the price of a dozen eggs […]