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The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined Multilink Earth Works Pty Ltd $30,000 for allegedly failing to comply with two clean-up notices requiring the removal and lawful disposal of waste.

Sibelco Australia Limited has been fined $15,000 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority and issued with an Official Caution for alleged environmental breaches at its Swan Bay clay mine at Port Stephens.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued $45,000 in fines to Sydney Water for alleged inadequate clean-up of sewage overflows which impacted Sydney’s waterways in Pymble, Faulconbridge and Forestville.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority Board is in Broken Hill this week (April 10-12) to visit key environmental sites and discuss local environmental issues with partner organisations, community representatives and industry.

Return and Earn broke records for recycling over the Christmas - New Year period, setting a new daily record and processing more than 91 million drink containers.

NSW Environment Minister Gabrielle Upton has welcomed an 18-month jail sentence handed down to Paul Mouawad at the Downing Centre Local Court today, in relation to a fraud charge brought by NSW Police with the assistance of the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA).

The NSW Government is calling for national regulation to better control and manage waste.

A Hunter Valley mine has been caught out during the NSW Environment Protection Authority’s Operation Dust Patrol and has been fined $15,000 for breaching its operating licence.