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All EPA and Minister's Office media releases and news articles from the beginning of 2023.

Latest EPA media releases

28 Oct 2026

The NSW EPA confirms it will implement the NSW Government commitment to no longer proceed with mandatory reusable cup schemes.

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27 Oct 2026

Rural landholders across the NSW Mid North Coast can now register for a new clean-up project that will remove large and hazardous human-made debris left on properties after severe weather events in...

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22 Oct 2026

Ballina Shire Council has been fined $2,500 after misusing pesticide near a Lennox Head waterway and failing to keep required records.

Image of a Lennox Head waterway. Council had applied Metsulfuron-Methyl WG Herbicide to weeds growing in or over water in a culvert.
21 Oct 2026

A chemical production company in Riverstone NSW has been fined $45,000 and issued three Formal Warnings for multiple breaches including failing to store chemicals properly and poor onsite water...

19 Oct 2026

Councils, communities and waste industry leaders are being called to provide feedback on a new plan to increase recycling and address landfill constraints in regional NSW.

Waste and recycling facility

Latest media releases from the Minister for Environment and Heritage, Penny Sharpe MLC

28 Oct 2026

The NSW Government is making two changes to reforms that reduce plastic waste, to give small businesses certainty.

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22 Oct 2026

The Minns Labor Government has passed reforms to reduce plastic waste, make more products recyclable and help keep harmful plastics out of our waterways.

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21 Sep 2026

The Minns Labor Government is consulting on Australia's first mandatory solar panel recycling scheme.

Image - The solar power system at Commodore Mine, Queensland
06 Aug 2026

Minister for the Environment, the Hon. Penny Sharpe MLC, thanks NSW EPA Tony Chappel for his service over the past four years.

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06 Jul 2026

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

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Latest news items

06 Nov 2024
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...
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