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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 […]
Researchers from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have conducted a world-first trial that has successfully demonstrated a viable approach to cut […]
EPA Victoria has fined a man $1,976 after he dumped a truckload of industrial waste at a vacant house block in broad daylight at Ashwood. The […]
EPA Victoria is using a recent fire at a North Geelong auto wreckers as a reminder to the industry to act now and prevent fire risks. […]
The NSW EPA has partnered with the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) to deliver an Australian-first microplastic assessment Broadscale Microplastic […]
The NSW EPA has fined a company after the valve on a tank was left open and an unknown amount of polluted water flowed into nearby […]
The 2024 collapse of a grain silo and subsequent release of 2,000 tonnes of wheat grain into the Shoalhaven River has resulted in a legally binding […]
EPA Victoria has warned that companies who fail to show how they are reducing packaging waste will risk significant penalties. The warning has come after big […]
EPA Victoria has confirmed that the site of Melbourne’s biggest industrial fire in nearly a decade has now been cleaned up. EPA West Metropolitan regional manager […]
EPA Victoria has issued $20,000 in fines after a routine inspection in the suburb of Officer in Melbourne’s east revealed a truck unloading approximately 200 worn-out […]
EPA Victoria has issued a $2,035 fine for a Laverton North company that allowed its liquid waste to discharge into Cherry Creek. In late January 2026, […]
Green Industries SA (GISA) has released the updated Disaster Waste Management Guidelines. The guidelines assist preparation for, response to, and recovery from waste issues caused by disaster […]
The WA Government has increased the offer of funding to support seven South West local governments to deliver food organics and garden organics (FOGO) services. The […]
EPA Victoria is seeking feedback on proposed new and updated methods for calculating financial assurance, an important regulatory tool used to protect the environment. Financial assurance […]
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