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The NSW Environment Protection Authority’s (EPA) Don’t Be a Tosser! campaign has received international acclaim, winning Excellence in the Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication category in the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Gold Quill Awards. 

The EPA has fined the operator of the M8 Operational Water Treatment Plant (OWTP), WCX M5 PT Pty Limited (WCX), $60,000 following the alleged discharge of contaminated groundwater into the Cooks River in September 2024.

D & N Rubber Refinery has been fined $30,000 by the EPA for unlawfully storing around 130 tonnes of waste tyres and failing to comply with a prevention notice.

Toxicology results have confirmed pesticides as the cause of the recent mass poisoning of Corella birds in Newcastle.

$2 million has been awarded to 19 projects across NSW to combat local litter and keep communities clean.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has commenced public consultation on its statutory five-yearly review of the licences for Sydney Water’s 23 sewage treatment systems across Greater Sydney and the Illawarra.

The EPA and the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) have conducted sampling of the upper reaches of Ourimbah Creek and its tributaries since 2016. We have monitored for ammonia which is an indicator of leachate from landfills. 

The first phase of a complex remediation process is underway at the former Lake Munmorah Power Station on the Central Coast.

The EPA has fine Morello Earthmoving $30,000 for illegally burying waste.