News
30 May 2024
Clean energy expert appointed to NSW EPA Board
Sam Maresh, former Chief Executive Officer of GE Australia, has been appointed to the Board of the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for the next five years.
News
03 Jun 2024
Have your say on tackling food waste and the waste levy
The NSW Government is taking significant steps to reduce waste ending up in landfill and boost recycling efforts, with two discussion papers opening today for feedback.
News
04 Jun 2024
EPA working with community after PFAS found in Mullumbimby
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is doorknocking and talking to residents in the Mullumbimby area after PFAS was found in groundwater.
News
06 Jun 2024
Call for members of new climate change group
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is calling for nominations for members of a new advisory group, ensuring community and environmental advocates can provide advice on climate change action.
News
13 Jun 2024
Waste levy waived for areas hit by heavy rain and flooding
The Minns Labor Government is helping communities rebuild and recover from heavy rainfall and flooding by waiving the waste levy in affected areas.
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14 Jun 2024
Tumut paper mill fined more than $200,000 for water pollution
Visy Pulp and Paper Pty Ltd must pay more than $200,000 after untreated wastewater from their Tumut paper mill polluted local creeks in October 2022.
News
17 Jun 2024
NSW reuse revolution eases cost-of-living crisis
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 the reuse sector released today.
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21 Jun 2024
NSW leading action to prevent battery fires
At the Environment Ministers’ Meeting in Sydney today, Ministers agreed to take urgent action to help prevent potentially deadly battery fires.
News
24 Jun 2024
Geta Skip company and director fined $60,000 for abandoned waste
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 metres of waste on a Smithfield premises after the lease had ended. This is the equivalent of nearly two and a half Olympic swimming pools of waste.
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26 Jun 2024
Macquarie River pollution costs Dubbo sand quarry almost $250,000
A sand quarry near Dubbo has been fined $210,000 after polluting the Macquarie River with dirty water.