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A six-month sampling program has confirmed PFAS levels are below the latest ecological and recreational guidelines in the Central Coast’s Tuggerah Lakes catchment.

Woolworths Group and H2coco have been ordered to stop supplying two products after the NSW EPA found they were using banned plastic straws attached to poppers. 

Veolia Environmental Services Pty Ltd (Veolia) has been issued a Clean Up Notice after ammonia and other pollutants were detected in groundwater within the Woodlawn underground mine near Tarago.

A Newcastle company has been fined $30,000 for failing to maintain its plant equipment, resulting in sewage-like odours from its dairy processing facility.

From Western Sydney to the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains, offenders who dump waste on public and private land are the focus of an EPA program.

More than $10 million has been awarded to businesses, organisations and Councils who are rescuing food waste across NSW.

Battery-related fires will be reduced following nation-leading battery regulation and the expansion of a major public safety campaign to keep dangerous batteries out of household bins.

Plastics that pollute our waterways, litter our parks and neighbourhoods, and contaminate our recycling efforts are set to be phased out.

The NSW Government has announced waste levy rates will not rise above the Consumer Price Index in the 2026–27 financial year.

The NSW Government is taking further action to reduce plastic waste, announcing the next phase of single-use and problematic plastic phase-outs.

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...