Carolyn Walsh appointed Chair of the Board
Carolyn Walsh has been appointed to the role as Chair of the Board of the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for a five-year term.
Illegal dumping drops but the state still counting the cost
A new study has found there has been a marked reduction in the number of NSW residents and businesses illegally dumping waste compared to six years ago.
Clarence coal mine ordered to pay $815,000 following Wollangambe River Pollution
Clarence Colliery Pty Ltd has been ordered to pay $815,000 in fines and penalties after being convicted of five environmental offences.
Sydney Water required to undertake preventative works on debris balls
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a Pollution Reduction Program to Sydney Water requiring a range of significant works to reduce the likelihood of further debris balls washing up on the state’s beaches.
Supermarket record keeping mandate
From 1 July 2026, large supermarkets must record their food donations, and supermarkets and certain other premises, businesses and institutions where food or drink is prepared or provided must separate food waste from general waste.
EPA secures $34,000 penalty for private native forestry offences
A Mid North Coast logging company has been ordered to pay over $34,000, and its director placed on a 2-year good behaviour bond, in the Taree Local Court for a range of private native forestry offences at a property in Belbora in 2023.
How the river monitoring gauges are used: Hunter River Salinity Trading Scheme
Tumut Waste ordered to pay more than half a million dollars for offensive odours
Tumut Waste has been ordered to pay more than $500,000 for emitting offensive odours at the Bellettes Landfill.
Shoalhaven Recycling fined $30,000 for water pollution
The EPA has fined QSSR Pty Ltd, trading as Shoalhaven Recycling, $30,000 after the valve on a tank was left open and an unknown amount of polluted water flowed into nearby Mulgen Creek near Bomaderry in September 2025.
Problematic plastic to be phased out
Plastics that pollute our waterways, litter our parks and neighbourhoods, and contaminate our recycling efforts are set to be phased out.
