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Consultation is open on the draft Product Lifecycle Responsibility Regulation to mandate a product stewardship scheme for batteries. Have your say before 5pm Friday 14 November.
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See all media releasesGround breaking regulations to address dangerous battery handling and disposal are now open for community and industry feedback.
D & N Rubber has been fined $30,000 for the second time this year after allegedly stockpiling around 90 tonnes of waste tyres at its Smithfield site without the required licence.
The EPA has fined Recycled Concrete Products Pty Ltd $30,000 after the company breached a Prevention Notice requiring it to cease accepting waste.