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Published on: 07 Apr 2026
Battery-related fires will be reduced following nation-leading battery regulation and the expansion of a major public safety campaign to keep dangerou...
Ministerial
Small batteries
Published on: 12 Mar 2026
Plastics that pollute our waterways, litter our parks and neighbourhoods, and contaminate our recycling efforts are set to be phased out.
Plastics
Ministerial
Pollution
Plastic pollution in water
Published on: 05 Jan 2026
NSW recyclers have benefited from $1.5 billion in refunds by returning a record 15 billion containers through Return and Earn.
Waste
Recycling and reuse
Woman and child using a Return and Earn machine
Published on: 23 Dec 2025
The NSW Government has announced waste levy rates will not rise above the Consumer Price Index in the 2026–27 financial year.
Ministerial
Waste
Compost tunnel with maturing compost to the left of an unmatured tunnel with loader
Published on: 09 Nov 2025
The NSW Government is taking further action to reduce plastic waste, announcing the next phase of single-use and problematic plastic phase-outs.
Ministerial
Plastics
Hands, one with a handful of shells, the other a handful of plastic litter on a beach
Published on: 25 Oct 2025
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...
Ministerial
Litter
Plastic litter on beach
Published on: 23 Oct 2025
The NSW Government has unveiled the first part of its infrastructure plan to prevent a waste crisis in NSW. This plan also incorporates updated settin...
Ministerial
Waste
Piles of waste at the Lismore waste sorting facility after the 2021-22 floods
Published on: 16 Oct 2025
Ground breaking regulations to address dangerous battery handling and disposal are now open for community and industry feedback.
Ministerial
Waste
Small batteries
Published on: 03 Sep 2025
In a major boost to recycling efforts across New South Wales and South Australia, each state’s container deposit scheme is set to expand to accept win...
Ministerial
Recycling and reuse
eligible bottles return and earn