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Bin Trim is the largest business recycling program of its type in Australia, engaging with more than 38,000 businesses between 2014 and 2022, and diverting over 260,000 tonnes of waste from landfill.

Water quality monitoring in the Darling Barka River will get a boost under a $5 million NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) disaster recovery program as part of its ongoing response to fish kills in and around Menindee Lakes earlier this year.

Community update on action to mitigate rail noise impacts on the Waverton and Wollstonecraft railway section.

The NSW EPA regulates freight and passenger train operators, being rolling stock operators, railway infrastructure operators and railway construction work operators, through environment protection licences.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has identified the pollutant which caused a major crayfish kill in a tributary of Hazelbrook Creek in the Blue Mountains last month.

Under section 58 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 licensees may apply to the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for a variation in their licence conditions.

The climate change 'horizon scan' aims to identify and analyse future trends relating to an assessment of risks, opportunities and engagement areas for the EPA.

Increasing frequency and intensity of extreme events such as droughts and floods alongside ocean warming and acidification, increasing fluctuation in air temperatures and rising sea levels are posing significant threats to communities, ecosystems and the built environment.

Increasing risks of land, property and infrastructure damage along with the increasing concern of underinsurance are likely to change the liveability and profitability of certain regions. This has potential impacts on human settlement and industry patterns, creating potential for abandoned land and extra burdens on urbanised area resources.