New South Wales

Resource Recovery Framework recommendations need implementing ASAP

The NSW EPA recently published the independent review of the Resource Recovery Framework. Commissioned in 2021 by the EPA and delivered by independent reviewer Dr Cathy Wilkinson of Monash University, the review outlines 22 recommendations to help refine and strengthen the framework. Read More

mike.wheelerOctober 18, 2022, 6:59 amOctober 18, 2022

Industry News, Latest News, New South Wales

Veolia shuts down Horsley Park facility after asbestos find

Veolia has permanently shut down landfill at its Horsley Park Waste Management Facility and must pay more than half a million dollars as part of a voluntary legally binding agreement, after the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) found fragments of asbestos scattered across the top of the landfill, on roads and in soil stockpiles. Read More

mike.wheelerOctober 11, 2022, 9:28 amOctober 11, 2022

Features, New South Wales

reDirect Recycling gets C, D&E recycling solution for waste plant

Wet processing experts CDE have installed a waste recycling plant for reDirect Recycling at its site in Wetherill Park, Sydney, which has been designed to divert waste from landfill and to recover resources. Read More

mike.wheelerOctober 11, 2022, 9:06 amOctober 11, 2022

Industry News, New South Wales, News, Opinion

National Waste Policy Action Plan “poorly enacted”

The Auditor General’s Report on the effectiveness of the National Waste Policy Action Plan has found that it sets the right targets but is poorly enacted at all levels of government. Read More

Mike RitchieOctober 5, 2022, 9:42 amNovember 1, 2022

Industry News, Latest News, New South Wales

Cleanaway pays $168 million for GRL

Cleanaway has acquired composting business Global Renewables Holdings Pty Ltd (GRL) in Sydney for $168.5 million. The acquisition is expected to complete within Q3 2022. Read More

mike.wheelerSeptember 21, 2022, 9:50 amSeptember 21, 2022

Industry News, New South Wales, News, Opinion

NSW Return and Earn CDS reaches milestone

NSW Return and Earn CDS has had more than 8 billion bottles, cans and drink cartons returned across the state’s various collection points. Read More

mike.wheelerSeptember 20, 2022, 9:06 amSeptember 20, 2022

Industry News, Latest News, New South Wales

Huge fine for man after providing false information to EPA

Former Royal Demolition and Excavation Pty Ltd director Maher El Masri has been given a fine of $30,000 and ordered to pay $10,000 in legal costs by Parramatta Local Court. Mr El Masri pleaded guilty to providing false and misleading information to the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) as part of its investigation into waste offences. Read More

mike.wheelerSeptember 15, 2022, 10:12 amSeptember 15, 2022

Industry News, New South Wales, Opinion

Wetherill Park waste facility fined $15,000

A stockpile of unprocessed waste that posed a fire risk has seen the Cleanaway Resource Co Resource Recovery Facility Pty Ltd in Wetherill Park fined $15,000 by the NSW EPA for allegedly failing to store waste in a competent manner. Read More

mike.wheelerSeptember 13, 2022, 9:19 amSeptember 13, 2022

Features, Industry News, New South Wales

BSCA happy with EPA’s draft climate plan

Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action (BSCA) welcomes the release of the NSW Environment Protection Agency’s draft climate plan, a year after its landmark win in the NSW Land and Environment Court.
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mike.wheelerSeptember 8, 2022, 8:32 amSeptember 8, 2022

Industry News, Latest News, New South Wales

Is the new NSW EPA boss ushering in a new era of cooperation?

Tony Chappel has only been in the NSW EPA hotseat for three weeks but already knows that collaboration is a key to success if a truly circular economy is going to happen not just within NSW but Australia as a whole. He also said it also is important to remember social licence has a critical role to play, too. Read More

mike.wheelerAugust 24, 2022, 6:22 pmAugust 24, 2022