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Published on: 18 Feb 2025
Central Coast locals are leading the circular charge after re-homing more than 26,000 items and saving $323,000 by opting for pre-loved rather than ne...
EPA
Recycling and reuse
Secondhand jackets hanging on a metal frame underneath a sign which reads Garage Sale Trail
Published on: 18 Feb 2025
Approximately ten shipping containers worth of human-made debris have been removed from a 90-kilometre stretch of the Macquarie River - Wambuul near W...
EPA
Burnt out car on a riverbank leaning against a large tree
Published on: 12 Feb 2025
A construction company and its director have each been fined $100,000 plus costs in the Parramatta Local Court for providing false information to the ...
EPA
Illegal dumping
Prosecution
Illegally dumped building material
Published on: 10 Feb 2025
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is urging the public to wake up to the risks of lithium-ion battery products amid a spate of dangerous fires.
EPA
Recycling and reuse
Small batteries
Published on: 07 Feb 2025
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a Wollongong man two penalty notices—each carrying the maximum fine of $1500—for allegedly o...
EPA
Radiation
Solarium with lid open and chair
Published on: 07 Feb 2025
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is appealing for information from the Bonny Hills community after what it suspects may have been the de...
EPA
Pesticides
Magpie and juvenile
Published on: 07 Feb 2025
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a $30,000 fine to Sika Australia, a chemicals company in Wetherill Park, for stockpiling fla...
EPA
Chemicals
Toxic chemicals in a drum on plastic wrapping
Published on: 05 Feb 2025
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is commencing a compliance campaign this week looking at how biosolids are processed and applied to agr...
EPA
Recycling and reuse
Two hands holding a pot plant with the soil and roots showing
Published on: 05 Feb 2025
Three pioneering projects have been awarded $1.25 million by the NSW Government to tackle plastic pollution through innovative and impactful solutions...
Ministerial
Plastics
Hands, one with a handful of shells, the other a handful of plastic litter on a beach