Veolia fined $30,000 for Woodlawn licence breach
Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd has been issued a fine of $30,000 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for breaching a condition of its Environment Protection Licence relating to the storage of leachate at the Woodlawn Landfill near Goulburn.
Water sampling results for Hawkesbury River show PFAS levels below recreational guidelines
NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) surface water sampling in the Hawkesbury River has found PFAS detections are well below Recreational Water Quality Guidelines and the risk of PFAS consumption from using the river for the community is low.
FOGO mandates and rollout
NSW has a statewide mandate for Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) recycling, to reduce food waste and stop food waste going to landfill.
NSW Government taking action on waste crisis
The Minns Labor Government is taking strong action to prevent a waste crisis in NS
Household problem waste recycling services and events disrupted
A fire at Cleanaway’s St Mary’s chemical waste facility on 4 February has disrupted household problem waste disposal services across NSW, impacting several Household Chemical CleanOut events and Community Recycling Centre (CRC) operations.
Snapshot: National Roadmap: Harmonising action on problematic and unnecessary plastics
Previous State of the Environment reports
State of the Environment reports from 2012 and 2021.
Pesticides the cause of Ourimbah peacock deaths
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) suspects the reckless misuse of pesticides is the cause of six recent peacock deaths in Ourimbah, after toxicology reports identified two chemicals ingested by the birds, one of which is commonly used in rat and mice baits.
Sealed radioactive sources