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Almost 28,000 tonnes of plastic per year will be processed at a new facility in Albury, thanks to a $4.8 million grant from the NSW Government’s Major Resource Recovery Infrastructure Program.

A Central Coast recycling company has been fined $15,000 for allegedly failing to follow NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) orders to store chemicals safely to prevent potential pollution reaching local waterways.

Sydney manufacturing company Jalco Australia Pty Limited has entered into an Enforceable Undertaking with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to contribute $200,000 to a local environmental project following a water pollution incident.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority has fined Economy Waste Group Pty Ltd of West Gosford $15,000 for potentially putting the community and environment at risk through alleged non-compliant stockpiling of waste.

Almost 28,000 tonnes of plastic per year will be processed at a new facility in Albury, thanks to a $4.8 million grant from the NSW Government’s Major Resource Recovery Infrastructure Program.

Thousands more NSW households and businesses will be able to recycle their food and garden waste with $10.9 million being awarded to 23 projects to support new collections and processing capacity.

The NSW Government is awarding more than $23 million in grants to fund new infrastructure to increase recycling and support the use of recycled materials in manufacturing.

The NSW Government’s highly successful Return and Earn container deposit scheme has had its second birthday and continues to deliver big wins for the environment and the community.