News
03 Feb 2023
Cootamundra company fined for excess tyre storage
A Cootamundra tyre processing facility has been fined $15,000 for allegedly stockpiling more than five times the amount of waste tyres it is licensed to store.
News
03 Feb 2023
Supermarkets on notice to clean-up soft plastic stockpiles
Australia’s largest supermarkets, Coles and Woolworths have been served by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) with a draft Clean-up Notice to remove more than 5200 tonnes of soft plastic stockpiled at 15 sites across the state.
News
09 Feb 2023
New flood programs start to assist in Central West
The communities of Eugowra, Cudal and Molong in the NSW Central West will receive help from the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) this week to remove a significant amount of debris that has spread throughout local waterways following the floods in December.
News
14 Feb 2023
Bayswater Power Station fined $15,000 for alleged saline water discharge
Bayswater Power Station, operated by AGL Macquarie Pty Limited (AGLM), has been fined $15,000 after the company allegedly discharged saline water in Bayswater Creek.
News
20 Feb 2023
Moree Plains, Narrabri and Walgett farmers engaging on pesticide use
Farmers in Moree Plains, Narrabri and Walgett are getting a visit from the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) as part of a three-day blitz engaging farmers on proper pesticide use.
News
24 Feb 2023
Monday deadline for soft plastic removal plan
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) on Wednesday issued Australia’s largest supermarkets, Coles and Woolworths, with a revised draft Clean-up Notice to manage the recovery, recycling and lawful removal of more than 5200 tonnes of soft plastic stockpiled across the state.
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24 Feb 2023
NSW kickstarts decarbonisation and circular design in infrastructure (NSW)
The cost of carbon will be measured in business cases for future NSW Government infrastructure projects to drive down emissions and costs for the people of NSW.
News
27 Feb 2023
Sydney Water ordered to pay $200,000 for polluting creek
Sydney Water Corporation has been convicted and fined $200,000 in the Land and Environment Court of NSW after 282,000 litres of raw sewage discharged into Prospect Creek.
News
02 Mar 2023
$10 million to restore Aboriginal land impacted by floods
Following last year’s floods, the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is delivering up to $10 million to help Aboriginal communities restore culturally significant land as part of a new Aboriginal Lands Flood Recovery program.
News
28 Mar 2023
Officers in Narromine and Warren targeting spray drift
Farmers in Narromine and Warren may receive a visit from the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) this week as part of a targeted education and compliance campaign aimed at reducing incidents of spray drift.