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The NSW EPA is encouraging households to make this the year they keep their festive feasts fresh, cool and waste free to save money and ease pressure on the state’s growing waste crisis.

A pesticide water monitoring project is underway across Coffs Harbour and Nambucca Valley on the NSW Mid North Coast.

Seven council-led initiatives will share $1.16 million to develop smarter, more cost-efficient waste and recycling services.

The EPA has updated its advice to members of the community as clean-up and investigation of the St Marys site continues following a fire at the Cooper’s Environmental Waste Recycling.

The NSW EPA has commenced an investigation into a large chemical fire at Coopers Environmental Waste Recycling in North St Marys. 

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.

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...