New South Wales News

This is an Archive of AEBN's Environment Network Weekly (ENW) e-newsletter. Articles are placed in this archive one month after members have received and viewed the weekly ENW e-news. The full article can only be read by members who are logged in.

NSW single-use plastics ban – effective 1 June 2022

As a reminder, from 1 June 2022, NSW will ban lightweight plastic bags.  Other single-use plastic bans will phase-out the…[Read More]

Drink importer fined under laws that govern NSW Container Deposit Scheme

A drink importer that repeatedly failed to comply with NSW packaging legislation requirements is the first NSW company to be…[Read More]

NSW Draft Water Strategies and review of Water Sharing Plans: Comment sought

The NSW Department of Planning and Environment has developed draft regional water strategies for some areas of NSW to help…[Read More]

Warning to businesses: Waste company fined $600,000 for failing to immediately notify NSW EPA of pollution incident

A waste company in NSW has been convicted and fined more than $600,000 in the NSW Land and Environment Court…[Read More]

NSW University cops $61,000 fine for radiation breach

The NSW Land and Environment Court has fined a University in NSW a total of $61,000 in relation to the…[Read More]

Draft Contaminated Land Management Regulation 2022 – Reminder to provide comment

NSW EPA is seeking feedback on the Draft Contaminated Land Management Regulation 2022.NSW Government has reviewed the Contaminated Land Management…[Read More]

NSW EPA response to 2021 WA guidelines on Asbestos contaminated sites

On 24 August 2021, the WA Department of Health released the revised Guidelines for the Assessment, Remediation and Management of…[Read More]

NSW EPA to blitz building and construction site across NSW

NSW EPA is undertaking a blitz in May 2022 of building and construction sites across NSW. Erosion and sediment controls at…[Read More]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: For businesses to develop and commercialise innovative clean technologies

The NSW Government is providing funding under the Clean Technology, Research, Development and Commercialisation Infrastructure Grants NSW for NSW initiatives…[Read More]

Conviction for providing false waste classification report

A testing service company that provides waste classification services, was found guilty in a NSW Court for supplying false information…[Read More]

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