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Published on: 18 Oct 2023
NSW would be better protected against the environmental risks of industrial chemicals under proposed changes open for public consultation that will al...
Chemicals
Regulation
EPA
Bulk storage of industrial chemicals
Published on: 13 Oct 2023
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has launched four further prosecutions in the NSW Land and Environment Court against Newcrest’s Cadia H...
Prosecution
Air
EPA
Aerial photograph of the Cadia gold mine
Published on: 13 Oct 2023
A new real-time water monitoring system has gone live in Camp Gully Creek at Metropolitan Collieries’ Helensburgh coal mine site following a NSW Envir...
Water
Pollution
EPA
An EPA officer sampling water in Camp Gully Creek
Published on: 09 Oct 2023
Newcastle City Council has plead guilty in Newcastle Local Court and been fined $110,000 and ordered to pay costs for water pollution following an inc...
Water
Pollution
EPA
Landfill
Published on: 06 Oct 2023
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has extended a Stop Work Order until 13 November 2023 to cease harvesting in parts of the Tallaganda St...
Native forestry
Regulation
EPA
Greater glider (Petauroides volans)
Published on: 06 Oct 2023
Disposing of household problem waste is now easier than ever for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities in NSW thanks to an accessib...
Waste
Recycling and reuse
EPA
Bins and sections of Community Recycling Centre
Published on: 03 Oct 2023
Spring has begun and for farmers and crop growers, this means that the use of pesticides and herbicides is about to increase.
Pesticides
EPA
Pesticide spray unit from rear with spray arms extended
Published on: 03 Oct 2023
A new landfill gas capture system installed at Bellettes Landfill last week is expected to significantly reduce odours that have been impacting the Tu...
Air
Waste
EPA
Odour mitigating pipes in a landfill
Published on: 03 Oct 2023
Grafton business Clarence Valley Metal Recyclers (CVMR) has been ordered to pay more than $149,000 in fines and legal costs for exploiting the Return ...
Fine
Recycling and reuse
EPA
Child inserting  can into a Return and Earn reverse vending machine