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Recycling starts at home. Learn how to prevent food waste and recycle in unexpected ways, and explore the convenient services available for disposing of problem wastes like paint cans, batteries, and fluoro lights.

Central West residents are being reminded to dispose of batteries safely following recent fires at local landfills in the region.

The EPA has a critical role in protecting the environment from the threat of climate change and in delivering actions that will support NSW to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

Frequently asked questions and their answers about the Climate Change Policy and Action Plan 2023-26

We have a critical role in protecting the environment from the threat of climate change and in supporting the NSW Government’s net zero commitments.

Councils play an important role in supporting the EPA to protect the environment from the threat of climate change, and in supporting the NSW Government’s net zero commitments.

We are committed to supporting our agricultural licensees to limit climate change impacts which threaten their sector.

We are working in partnership with the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW), and the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI), to ensure climate change is adequately addressed by proponents of activities we’ll regulate, and that approvals contain appropriate conditions. We are supporting our licensees to take action to decarbonise and build resilience to climate change.

Learn how the NSW Government is responding to climate change in the context of Australian and international action and how we are strengthening our approaches.

We surveyed our environment protection licensees during August and September 2024. The survey collected information to help us understand how to support them to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and the impacts of climate change on their operations.