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

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 ...

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

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.

Battery-related fires will be reduced following nation-leading battery regulation and the expansion of a major public safety campaign to keep dangerou...

Plastics that pollute our waterways, litter our parks and neighbourhoods, and contaminate our recycling efforts are set to be phased out.

NSW recyclers have benefited from $1.5 billion in refunds by returning a record 15 billion containers through Return and Earn.