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The EPA has fined CPB Contractors Pty Limited $45,000 after the company was to have breached its licence conditions by failing to properly implement noise controls during nighttime construction work.

An Illawarra man has been ordered to pay $33,500 for running an illegal cosmetic tanning business and failing to comply with a notice to cease and desist his operations. 

A Sydney cosmetic business has been ordered to forfeit all nine of its tanning beds and pay more than $35,000 for illegally operating cosmetic tanning services using ultra-violet radiation.

The owner of an unlicensed quarry in Balala has been ordered to pay $190,000 by the Armidale Local Court for extracting gravel at more than two and four times the legal limit.

For the first time, all licensed landfills and sewage treatment plants (STPs) in NSW will be required to monitor and report PFAS in wastewater under new EPA requirements that come into effect from...

The NSW Government is launching an Asbestos Plan of Action and will conduct a two-year trial allowing NSW households to have asbestis waste picked up and disposed of for free.

A $1 million community fund will help eligible residents in Captains Flat carry out voluntary remediation works on their properties to reduce exposure to legacy lead contamination.

The NSW Government is committing a record $37.3 million to strengthen and expand its response to legacy lead contamination in Broken Hill.

Large supermarkets and large catering businesses that prepare or provide food are required to separate food waste from general waste.

More than $10 million has been awarded to businesses, organisations and Councils who are rescuing food waste across NSW.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority has been working closely with NSW Maritime, Randwick City Council, and scientists to determine the origin of thousands of black balls that washed up on Eastern...