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We are seeking feedback on the energy from waste options paper until 5pm Friday 16 May 2025.
The NSW Government is working to ensure we continue to provide safe drinking water to the people of NSW.
Summary of recent regulatory, policy and legislative updates. Listed with most recent update first.
Safe disposal of embedded batteries, including vapes, is under new trial. Find where to recycle them.
CRC and Household Chemical CleanOut event services are currently disrupted, please check with the local council before visiting a centre or attending an event.
NSW has a statewide mandate for Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) recycling, to reduce food waste and stop food waste going to landfill.
Read updates on environmental issues we are managing.
We are working closely with councils in Northern NSW to help communities prepare for and undertake waste clean-up following ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
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See all media releasesD & N Rubber Refinery has been fined $30,000 by the EPA for unlawfully storing around 130 tonnes of waste tyres and failing to comply with a prevention notice.
Toxicology results have confirmed pesticides as the cause of the recent mass poisoning of Corella birds in Newcastle.
The EPA has fined the operator of the M8 Operational Water Treatment Plant (OWTP), WCX M5 PT Pty Limited (WCX), $60,000 following the alleged discharge of contaminated groundwater into the Cooks River in September 2024.