News
29 Sep 2023
Cadia pleads guilty in Land & Environment Court
Newcrest’s Cadia Holdings Pty Ltd plead guilty today (29 September) in the Land and Environment Court to a breach of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 in relation to its Cadia Gold Mine operation.
News
01 Oct 2023
$6 million to help businesses reduce waste and cut emissions
Pre-schools and food courts will be among the 4,000 small to medium NSW businesses helping to divert approximately 35,000 tonnes of waste from landfill each year thanks to $6 million in Bin Trim Networks grants awarded by the NSW Government.
News
03 Oct 2023
Cracking down on spray drift
Spring has begun and for farmers and crop growers, this means that the use of pesticides and herbicides is about to increase.
News
03 Oct 2023
Gas capture system installed to prevent odour
A new landfill gas capture system installed at Bellettes Landfill last week is expected to significantly reduce odours that have been impacting the Tumut community.
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03 Oct 2023
Grafton business fined $149k for defrauding Return & Earn
Grafton business Clarence Valley Metal Recyclers (CVMR) has been ordered to pay more than $149,000 in fines and legal costs for exploiting the Return and Earn recycling scheme by double counting almost three million containers.
News
06 Oct 2023
EPA extends Stop Work Order in Tallaganda State Forest
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has extended a Stop Work Order until 13 November 2023 to cease harvesting in parts of the Tallaganda State Forest by Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW).
News
06 Oct 2023
Mobile resource launched to help recycling in diverse communities
Disposing of household problem waste is now easier than ever for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities in NSW thanks to an accessible, best-practice recycling guide.
News
09 Oct 2023
Newcastle City Council Prosecuted for water pollution
Newcastle City Council has plead guilty in Newcastle Local Court and been fined $110,000 and ordered to pay costs for water pollution following an incident at Summerhill Waste Management Facility (SWMF) in 2021.
News
13 Oct 2023
EPA commences four additional prosecutions against Cadia gold mine for air pollution
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has launched four further prosecutions in the NSW Land and Environment Court against Newcrest’s Cadia Holdings Pty Ltd’s (Cadia) for alleged air pollution and solid particle exceedances from the Cadia gold mine.
News
13 Oct 2023
Real-time water monitoring for Camp Gully Creek goes live
A new real-time water monitoring system has gone live in Camp Gully Creek at Metropolitan Collieries’ Helensburgh coal mine site following a NSW Environment Protection Authority investigation of wastewater discharges from the site in 2022.