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A scrap metal recycling site in Sydney’s western suburbs has been fined $30,000 for unlawfully operating a waste facility without a licence or appropriate environmental controls.

The man and business have been ordered to pay $335,043 in penalties and costs by the Liverpool Local Court for three land pollution offences in Sydney’s south-west.

A campaign looking at pesticide use in North-West NSW has found most landholders are complying with state’s environmental laws, but some need to keep better records,

Blue Mountains City Council has been fined after landfill leachate from the Blaxland Waste Management Facility polluted Cripple Creek earlier this year. 

The EPA has fined CPB Contractors Pty Limited $45,000 after the company was to have breached its licence conditions by failing to properly implement noise controls during nighttime construction work.

The NSW Government is launching an Asbestos Plan of Action and will conduct a two-year trial allowing NSW households to have asbestis waste picked up and disposed of for free.

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

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.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority has been working closely with NSW Maritime, Randwick City Council, and scientists to determine the origin of thousands of black balls that washed up on Eastern...