EPA launches biosolids compliance campaign
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is commencing a compliance campaign this week looking at how biosolids are processed and applied to agricultural land across the state under its Resource Recovery Orders (RRO) and Resource Recovery Exemptions (RRE).
EPA secures $870,000 in fines in private native forestry prosecutions
Whites Timber Products Pty Ltd and Whites Haulage Pty Ltd have been fined a total of $870,000, plus costs, in the Land and Environment Court, for three private native forestry offences (each) on private property in Kybeyan, Southern NSW.
Illawarra man fined $3000 for illegal solarium operations
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a Wollongong man two penalty notices—each carrying the maximum fine of $1500—for allegedly operating an illegal solarium business in the Illawarra region.
Construction company fined $200,000 for providing false information to the EPA
A construction company and its director have each been fined $100,000 plus costs in the Parramatta Local Court for providing false information to the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) during an illegal dumping investigation in February 2023.
New research funded to find plastic waste solutions
Three pioneering projects have been awarded $1.25 million by the NSW Government to tackle plastic pollution through innovative and impactful solutions.
