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EPA Victoria has suspended the registration of a Drouin waste transfer station. The site is not currently permitted to accept waste of any kind, and anyone […]
A dairy processing facility in Hexham, Newcastle has been fined $30,000 by the NSW EPA for failing to maintain its wastewater treatment plant. EPA officers conducted […]
A landfill operator near Tarago has been issued a Clean Up Notice by the NSW EPA after ammonia and other pollutants were detected in groundwater at […]
A metals recycling business has been fined $45,000 and costs, following a major fire at its Laverton North premises in January 2024. The fire broke out […]
Leaking sewage that flowed close to the Tarago River has resulted in a EPA Victoria $6,105 fine for the operator of a caravan park. The caravan […]
A landfill operator has been issued a Clean Up Notice by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) after ammonia and other pollutants were detected in groundwater […]
A dairy processing facility in Hexham, Newcastle has been fined $30,000 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for failing to maintain its wastewater treatment plant. […]
EPA Victoria has fined an East Gippsland man $1,221 after his truck released liquid manure across a Traralgon street. The spill was witnessed by motorists and […]
EPA officers attended a carwash in Northcote after community members reported seeing green liquid running down a street and toward the stormwater system that flows into […]
A Wendouree waste and recycling company has been fined $2,035 over industrial litter that escaped onto neighbouring land. Members of the public reported seeing waste gathered […]
The Supreme Court has upheld EPA Victoria’s argument that a company running a landfill in Ravenhall underpaid its Landfill Levy contributions by nearly $7 million in […]
From 1 July 2026, under new laws in NSW, businesses and institutions that sell or handle food, such as supermarkets, hotels, cafes and schools, will be […]
The Gunnedah Local Court has ordered a landfill in Mullaley to pay $52,000 for a breach of its Environment Protection Licence. The NSW EPA had assisted […]
A Sydney Water Corporation has been ordered to pay $240,000 over a sewage spill at Carramar in Sydney, after pleading guilty to two offences in the […]
An investigation involving 22 officers from EPA, Victoria Police, Hume City Council and emergency services has identified large stockpiles of industrial waste illegally deposited and buried […]
A spill of blood and animal residue from a truck on the Princes Highway near Camperdown has cost a transport company a $4,070 fine from EPA […]
EPA has issued a $10,000 fine to a recycling company that has had three fires in this calendar year. CCTV footage has shown recycling material, potentially […]
A builder has been fined $2,035 by EPA Victoria after sand and cement waste was found flowing from an unattended building site in Lara after a […]
A man has been fined $2,035 by EPA Victoria after residents found him unloading asbestos waste on the side of a road at Elphinstone. The residents […]
EPA Victoria is developing a national guideline to support the safe management of end‑of‑life lithium‑ion batteries (EOL LIBs) as a rapidly growing major risk of harm […]
Three housebuilders working at Lara and Armstrong Creek have been fined for industrial littering. Inspections of 20 building sites by EPA Victoria resulted in three fines […]
An EPA Victoria inspection has found a stockpile of mixed waste, containing combustible material including timber, cardboard, fabric and plastic at the site of a company […]
As part of a joint operation with Victoria Police and the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator before Easter, EPA Victoria officers conducted truck inspections and interviewed 20 […]
Nominations for the 2026 WasteSorted Awards are open until 25 May 2026. The Awards, offered by the Waste Authority WA, celebrate outstanding achievements in waste reduction […]
The Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water have released the 2024–25 National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) data. The data shows pollutants released to […]
EPA Victoria has fined a Caroline Springs rendering company $10,176 in fines for illegal waste dumping. The company dumped construction waste on a vacant plot of […]
EPA Victoria has fined the occupier of a Sunbury property for the second time in six months for illegally burning industrial waste. A total of $16,280 […]
EPA Victoria has fined a skip bin company $10,176 for the unlawful deposit of more than 1,000 litres of waste after receiving a tip from the […]
The NSW EPA has entered into a legally binding Enforceable Undertaking with the a company, which has agreed to pay $150,000 after mulch allegedly containing minor […]
The Compliance and Enforcement Branch of the Federal Department Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water recently took part in a global operation targeting illegal waste […]
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October 30, 2026