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Information about the issues involved in the use of synthetic turf in sports fields.

Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) is required to pay more than $100,000 after illegally felling hollow bearing trees in Mogo State Forest on the South Coast in March 2020.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has extended a Stop Work Order for Compartment 34A in Flat Rock State Forest near Ulladulla that prevents harvesting by Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW).

The NSW Government has waived the waste levy for residents disposing of bushfire generated waste in the Cessnock Local Government Area. Homes and businesses were damaged by fires last week.

The outcomes will be achieved through the phase out of certain problematic or unnecessary plastic products, accelerating the transition to more sustainable and less harmful plastic products by funding innovation and research, and better managing the leakage of problem plastic litter.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a $7,500 fine to the former Director for Harwood Slipway Pty Ltd, Giovanni Cervella, following the unlawful transport of approximately 230 tonnes of hazardous waste to a rural property in Ashby, in northern NSW.

The former owner of Bowral Landfill has been fined $263,000 after the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) discovered incomplete weighbridge information had been provided. At least 14,000 tonnes more general solid and asbestos waste had been deposited at the tip than was documented.

To meet the challenge of developing a circular economy we will need to expand and modernise our waste and resource recovery infrastructure. This requires a strong pipeline of infrastructure investment to maintain and improve our capacity to collect, sort, process and dispose of waste.

By making more efficient use of our resources, we reduce our carbon emissions.

Pollution from waste can have long-term impacts on the environment and human health.