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All EPA and Minister's Office media releases and news articles from the beginning of 2023.
Media releases
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The EPA has fined QSSR Pty Ltd, trading as Shoalhaven Recycling, $30,000 after the valve on a tank was left open and an unknown amount of polluted water flowed into nearby Mulgen Creek near Bomaderry...
Tumut Waste has been ordered to pay more than $500,000 for emitting offensive odours at the Bellettes Landfill.
A Mid North Coast logging company has been ordered to pay over $34,000, and its director placed on a 2-year good behaviour bond, in the Taree Local Court for a range of private native forestry...
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a Pollution Reduction Program to Sydney Water requiring a range of significant works to reduce the likelihood of further debris balls washing...
Clarence Colliery Pty Ltd has been ordered to pay $815,000 in fines and penalties after being convicted of five environmental offences.
Ministerial releases
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The NSW Government has announced waste levy rates will not rise above the Consumer Price Index in the 2026–27 financial year.
The NSW Government is taking further action to reduce plastic waste, announcing the next phase of single-use and problematic plastic phase-outs.
In exciting news for the environment, NSW has reduced its plastic litter in the environment by 45% - the equivalent of 2,000 buses filled with plastic rubbish. This means NSW has blitzed past the...
The NSW Government has unveiled the first part of its infrastructure plan to prevent a waste crisis in NSW. This plan also incorporates updated settings on Energy from Waste, following the recent...
Ground breaking regulations to address dangerous battery handling and disposal are now open for community and industry feedback.
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