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Published on: 05 Dec 2024
Wollongong’s Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) service is taking green waste to the next level, transforming scraps into compost for four thriv...
EPA
Recycling and reuse
FOGO
Food waste in the top of an organics waste green bin
Published on: 04 Dec 2024
Litter at recreational fishing spots is being reeled in by 50% in the next five years with Australia’s largest community fishing conservation charity,...
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Litter
Grants
Plastic litter on beach
Published on: 04 Dec 2024
More than 12,000 tonnes of soft and hard-to-recycle plastics will soon be diverted from NSW landfills and transformed into valuable materials for loca...
EPA
Plastics
Recycling and reuse
Baled plastic waste
Published on: 02 Dec 2024
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has finalised testing on ball-shaped debris that washed up on beaches in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs last ...
EPA
Water
Pollution
Black balls of debris on the sand, Silver Beach, Kurnell
Published on: 29 Nov 2024
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined Forest High School contractor ADCO Constructions the maximum penalty of $30,000 for dischargi...
EPA
Water
Pollution
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Published on: 22 Nov 2024
NSW has cemented its position as one of Australia’s leading jurisdictions for recyclers, thanks to improved infrastructure which can now process nearl...
EPA
Recycling and reuse
Plastics
Bins and sections of Community Recycling Centre
Published on: 20 Nov 2024
More than 10 Olympic sized swimming pools of flood debris has been diverted from landfill and reused, saving $2.4 million following a collaborative ef...
EPA
Recycling and reuse
Flood debris on rural bridge
Published on: 14 Nov 2024
During National Recycling Week we’re shining a spotlight on Wagga Wagga Men’s Shed as they are diverting more than 35 tonnes of unwanted materials fro...
EPA
Recycling and reuse
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Published on: 08 Nov 2024
Bald Hill Quarry Pty Ltd has been ordered to pay more than $577,000 by the Land and Environment Court after pleading guilty to the unauthorised use of...
EPA
Waste
Prosecution
Fumes from a fire at Bald Hill quarry's landfill in Jugiong