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A comprehensive study has found reassuring results for Lake Macquarie after assessing its environmental health.
We're working closely with councils across the NSW East Coast to help communities prepare for and undertake waste clean-up in the wake of the severe weather and flooding.
The NSW Government is working to ensure we continue to provide safe drinking water to the people of NSW.
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NSW has a statewide mandate for Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) recycling, to reduce food waste and stop food waste going to landfill.
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A used battery processing company has been fined $30,000 for storing toxic lead waste outside approved areas at its Mount Druitt facility.
The EPA has agreed to a $100,000 Enforceable Undertaking with concrete company following investigation.
Coles and Woolworths have removed 4,000 tonnes of stockpiled soft plastics from 15 sites across NSW, fulfilling EPA Clean-Up Notices.