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We are seeking feedback on the energy from waste options paper until 5pm Friday 16 May 2025.
The NSW Government is working to ensure we continue to provide safe drinking water to the people of NSW.
Summary of recent regulatory, policy and legislative updates. Listed with most recent update first.
Safe disposal of embedded batteries, including vapes, is under new trial. Find where to recycle them.
CRC and Household Chemical CleanOut event services are currently disrupted, please check with the local council before visiting a centre or attending an event.
NSW has a statewide mandate for Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) recycling, to reduce food waste and stop food waste going to landfill.
Read updates on environmental issues we are managing.
We are working closely with councils in Northern NSW to help communities prepare for and undertake waste clean-up following ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
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The EPA is investigating potential pesticide misuse in Corowa after samples taken from local hives and deceased bees tested positive to pesticides.
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released its latest air quality monitoring results for the Cadia Valley and surface and groundwater sampling results in the upper Belubula River.
Warkworth Mining Ltd has entered into a legally binding Enforceable Undertaking with the NSW Environment Protection Authority. The company has agreed to strengthen its dust management efforts and pay $120,000 to a local environmental rehabilitation project.