Calendar of key events

July 2021

4–11   NAIDOC Week
  

29   Launch of Strategic Plan 2021–24

August 2021

26   Land and Environment Court ruling that EPA must do more to mitigate the effects of climate change

September 2021

10   Spring Odour Campaign
  

22   Spokeswomen’s Awards

October 2021

Mental Health Month
  

11   End of 108-day COVID Delta lockdown in NSW

 

November 2021

3   First SHINE Awards and launch of Aboriginal visual identity
  

16   Passing of the Plastic Reduction and Circular Economy Act 2021 to phase out certain single-use plastics

December 2021

14th birthday of Return and Earn
  

New EPA Regulatory Policy published

 

January 2022

10   Outgoing CEO Tracy Mackey hands the leadership torch to Jacqueleine Moore
  

31   First day of our new structure

February 2022

16   Environment Amendment Legislation Bill passed by Legislative Assembly
  

24   Seven billion containers returned via Return and Earn since
program began

March 2022

1   Warehouse fire in Wickham creates asbestos contamination fears
  

Catastrophic flooding events in northern NSW and around the Hawkesbury and
Nepean rivers
  

17   EPA celebrates its 30th birthday

April 2022

13   EPA Board visits Port Botany

May 2022

3–5   Coffs Harbour Waste Management Conference

June 2022

1   Ban on lightweight,
single-use plastic bags comes into force