May 2023
CEO Tony Chappel presents the highlights of the EPA’s work over the past months including our Climate Change Action Plan released earlier this year, the ongoing plan to reduce plastics waste and the response to the recent fish deaths at Menindee. In this edition we hear more from the Youth Advisory Council and our campaign for safe use of pesticides in farming. You can also read about some of the latest regulatory action and waste watch initiatives including keeping food and organic waste out of landfill and a new community recycling centre.
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Message from the CEO
Welcome to the May edition of EPA Connect. We are playing an ongoing role in investigating and monitoring the fish deaths event at Menindee and over the past months we have been progressing work through our Climate Change Action Plan and the EPA's key focus on plastics waste.
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Green light for Climate Change Action Plan
We released our Climate Change Policy and Action Plan 2023-26 earlier this year.
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Youth voices inspire our work
The March meeting of the Environment Youth Advisory Council brought further ideas and feedback to our table on topics including the next steps for plastics bans, promoting food and organics waste into clean compost, social media policy and career opportunities in the environment.
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Campaign targets safe use of pesticides
The EPA is engaging with peak industry bodies, landholders and agronomists to better understand the impacts, challenges and factors leading to an increase in pesticide spray drift events.
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Regulatory Action
Regulatory and compliance incentives and action
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Get involved
Check out the latest in grants, consultations and resources
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Waste Watch news
Latest food and other news in the waste watch space.