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Published on: 20 Sep 2023
NSW recyclers achieved an incredible environmental milestone on 15 September, celebrating a staggering 10 billion bottles and cans recycled through th...
Recycling and reuse
Plastics
EPA
Minister Penny Sharpe and CEO Tony Chappel at a Return and Earn site
Published on: 20 Sep 2023
Ampol must pay $700,000 towards four community projects in a legally binding agreement with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA). This comes...
Enforceable undertaking
Water
EPA
Oily floodwaters on street in Kurnell, with cleanup truck
Published on: 15 Sep 2023
The NSW Return and Earn scheme is on the verge of reaching the milestone of 10 billion recycled cans and bottles at return points.
Recycling and reuse
Plastics
EPA
Child inserting  can into a Return and Earn reverse vending machine
Published on: 14 Sep 2023
Coal mines in the Hunter region are again on notice as NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) officers head out to monitor air quality as part of ...
Mines
Air
EPA
Residential area in the foreground, with open cut coal mine in the background and hazy air, Hunter Valley
Published on: 08 Sep 2023
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is prosecuting Metropolitan Collieries Pty Ltd after two significant pollution incidents at Camp Gully ...
Prosecution
Water
EPA
An EPA officer sampling water in Camp Gully Creek
Published on: 06 Sep 2023
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has commenced a prosecution against Sunset Power International Pty Ltd trading as Delta Electricity (De...
Prosecution
Water
EPA
Vales Point power station
Published on: 05 Sep 2023
The EPA has been liaising with the University of Western Sydney, the Department of Education and their contaminated land consultants about per- and po...
Sampling contaminated soil with sample bottle and person in disposable gloves
Published on: 04 Sep 2023
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is continuing its investigation into a major crayfish kill in a tributary of Hazelbrook Creek on Wednes...
Water
Pesticides
EPA
Giant spiny crayfish (Euastacus spinifer)
Published on: 01 Sep 2023
The NSW Government welcomes the findings of the Independent Review by the Office of the Chief Scientist & Engineer (OCSE) into the deaths of millions ...
Water
Ministerial
Dead fish floating in the Darling-Baaka River near Menindee