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Published on: 05 Jul 2024
A man has been fined $200,000 by Liverpool Local Court, after a covert surveillance operation conducted by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (E...
EPA
Asbestos
Illegal dumping
Asbestos waste wrapped in black plastic with Dangerous asbestos hazard tape
Published on: 02 Jul 2024
Western Sydney company BSV Tyre Recycling Australia Pty Ltd (BSV) has been ordered to pay more than $160,000 for 10 offences relating to the improper ...
Waste
Fine
EPA
Waste tyres
Published on: 02 Jul 2024
Hundreds of thousands of birthdays will be celebrated in NSW this month, and with ‘Plastic Free July’ kicking off, we’re challenging every party plann...
EPA
Plastics
Published on: 28 Jun 2024
A former landfill site at St Peters in Sydney’s Inner West, now part of the St Peters Interchange, has been declared significantly contaminated by the...
Contaminated land
EPA
Landfill
Published on: 26 Jun 2024
A sand quarry near Dubbo has been fined $210,000 after polluting the Macquarie River with dirty water.
Fine
Water
EPA
Macquarie River near Dubbo
Published on: 25 Jun 2024
The NSW EPA, lead Environmental Services Functional Area under NSW’s emergency management arrangements, is working closely with Department of Primary ...
Free-range ISA brown chickens in paddock
Published on: 24 Jun 2024
The company and director of a skip bin waste removal business have been fined a total of $60,000 in Parramatta Local Court for leaving 6,000 cubic met...
Prosecution
Waste
EPA
Illegally dumped building material
Published on: 21 Jun 2024
At the Environment Ministers’ Meeting in Sydney today, Ministers agreed to take urgent action to help prevent potentially deadly battery fires.
Waste
Ministerial
Small batteries
Published on: 17 Jun 2024
The NSW community saved $432 million last year through second-hand shopping, helping to ease the cost-of-living crisis according to a new study into t...
Recycling and reuse
Waste
EPA
Group of people at Addison Road, making bags from plastics