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Published on: 11 Feb 2026
A Dapto man has been fined $30,000 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for allegedly dumping asbestos in bushland off Mt Keira Rd, near ...
EPA
Illegal dumping
Asbestos
Asbestos waste wrapped in black plastic with Dangerous asbestos hazard tape
Published on: 10 Feb 2026
A radiographer and a medical diagnostic imaging company were fined for using a portable X-ray device on elderly patients across Sydney without a licen...
EPA
Radiation
Stock image of Doctor holding an X-ray
Published on: 04 Feb 2026
The NSW EPA's 2025 Bust the Dust campaign found Hunter mines are suppressing dust and minimising impacts on local air quality.
EPA
Mines
EPA officers monitor dust emissions
Published on: 20 Jan 2026
Forestry Corp NSW has been issued with two penalty notices in relation to water pollution concerns in Mogo State Forest.
EPA
Native forestry
EPA and Forestry officers inspecting bushland
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
Ferrycarrig Construction has been fined after a NSW EPA investigation found the company supplied dozens of falsified waste dockets relating to works a...
Greater Sydney
Fine
Waste
rear view of a garbage truck
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: 23 Dec 2025
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 ...
EPA
Christmas food waste
Published on: 22 Dec 2025
The EPA has entered into a legally binding Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with Cadia Holdings Pty Ltd, owners and operators of Cadia Gold Mine, worth ov...
Air
Central West, Far West and Orana
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