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Latest EPA media releases
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Grafton business fined $149k for defrauding Return & Earn
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 and Earn recycling scheme by double counting almost three million containers.
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Gas capture system installed to prevent odour
A new landfill gas capture system installed at Bellettes Landfill last week is expected to significantly reduce odours that have been impacting the Tumut community.
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Cracking down on spray drift
Spring has begun and for farmers and crop growers, this means that the use of pesticides and herbicides is about to increase.
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$6 million to help businesses reduce waste and cut emissions
Pre-schools and food courts will be among the 4,000 small to medium NSW businesses helping to divert approximately 35,000 tonnes of waste from landfill each year thanks to $6 million in Bin Trim Networks grants awarded by the NSW Government.
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Cadia pleads guilty in Land & Environment Court
Newcrest’s Cadia Holdings Pty Ltd plead guilty today (29 September) in the Land and Environment Court to a breach of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 in relation to its Cadia Gold Mine operation.
Latest Ministerial media releases
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$6 million to help businesses reduce waste and cut emissions
Pre-schools and food courts will be among the 4,000 small to medium NSW businesses helping to divert approximately 35,000 tonnes of waste from landfill each year thanks to $6 million in Bin Trim Networks grants awarded by the NSW Government.
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EPA begins $5 million water quality monitoring program for Darling Barka
Water quality monitoring in the Darling Barka River will get a boost under a $5 million NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) disaster recovery program as part of its ongoing response to fish kills in and around Menindee Lakes earlier this year.
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10 billion containers returned and $1 billion earned
The NSW Return and Earn scheme is on the verge of reaching the milestone of 10 billion recycled cans and bottles at return points.
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Response to Chief Scientist report on fish deaths
The NSW Government welcomes the findings of the Independent Review by the Office of the Chief Scientist & Engineer (OCSE) into the deaths of millions of fish along the Darling-Baaka River near Menindee earlier this year.
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Battery safety to prevent fires
The NSW Minns Government is urging households to use, store and dispose of batteries safely to combat the surge in house, garbage truck and waste facility fires. The Government is raising awareness of how to prevent these potentially deadly fires and save lives.
Latest news items
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10 billion containers recycled
NSW recyclers achieved an incredible environmental milestone on 15 September, celebrating a staggering 10 billion bottles and cans recycled through the Return and Earn scheme since it launched in December 2017.
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University of Western Sydney Hawkesbuy campus PFAS contamination
The EPA has been liaising with the University of Western Sydney, the Department of Education and their contaminated land consultants about per- and poly-fluoroalkyl (PFAS) contamination in a small area of soil at the site of the University of Western Sydney Hawkesbury campus.
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Opportunity for licensees to inform climate change actions
We are working with industry to decarbonise and build greater preparedness and resilience to climate change risks through our Climate Change Policy and Action Plan, released earlier this year.
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Update - Metropolitan Colliery's landslip clean-up continues
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Commonwealth Proposes Bans on PFAS
