2015 June Queen’s Birthday Honours
Stuart Hayward, BEST President and Chief Advocacy Officer honoured. see http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20150612/NEWS/150619871
Read moreBeat the Bead – Useful links and Articles
Here you can find links and articles regarding microbeads and micro-plastics: Articles Teen keen to help reduce ocean pollution (Royal Gazette, Jan 18, 2016) Magnus joins campaign to tackle microbeads (Royal Gazette, Sep 10, 2015) Facial Scrubs Release 94,500 Toxic Microbeads in Each […]
Read moreCampaign Statement: Beat the Beads Bermuda
In anticipation of the upcoming visits by Plastic Tides and 5 Gyres, two of a number of organizations working actively on the issue of micro-plastics and microbeads in the world’s oceans, the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) has joined with […]
Read moreThe Customs Tariff Amendment Act 2015
18 March 2015 BEST comments on the Amendment designed to provide tax breaks for people wanting to import “mushroom spawn, strawberry plants and trees of kinds that bear edible fruits or nuts” in an effort to encourage local food production: BEST […]
Read moreSouthlands – New Landslide
Media Release March 2 2015 In response to question from the media regarding a recent landslide at Southlands, Stuart Hayward issued the following: We weren’t aware of this particular slide. The coastline along a considerable stretch of our south shore […]
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