EPA Victoria has continued its campaign against waste tyres being dumped with more snap inspections in the west of Melbourne. A series of snap inspections on vehicle wreckers, mechanics and tyre retailers
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Dumped tyres spark EPA operation
The discovery of illegally dumped tyres at Lockwood South, near Bendigo, has put EPA Victoria’s investigators on the trail to a network of other properties with possible connections to the scam.
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$17 million upgrade for Evoro waste management facility
A revamp of the Evoro Laverton North liquid and hazardous waste management facility will transform the operation at a cost of $17 million. Upgrade works are underway at the Melbourne site and scheduled
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EPA orders Brooklyn clean up after shutting down operations
Following on from is shutdown by EPA Victoria, Limbourne Group, trading as Apex Waste Control, has been ordered to remove large stockpiles
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VWMA wants government action over battery fires
The Victorian Waste Management Association (VWMA) is urging the Victorian Government to take immediate steps to address the growing threat of lithium-ion battery (LiB) fires, particularly as the state braces for peak bushfire season.
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Vic EPA: Dob in a dumper
EPA Victoria is warning residents that illegal waste dumping is on the rise, and it is everyone’s responsibility to keep an eye on where their skip bin loads of renovation waste and hard rubbish are going.
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RMIT and council trial world-first coffee concrete footpath
Freshly brewed coffee concrete may be coming to a street near you after RMIT University teamed up with Macedon Ranges Shire Council to conduct a world-first coffee concrete footpath trial. Several other
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Soft plastics recycling facility opens in Melbourne
Melbourne’s west is now home to Australia’s first soft plastics and e-waste recycling facility that will create materials we need to make roads and buildings more durable and sustainable across the
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Vic EPA sends out warning to tyre retailers
EPA Victoria is warning tyre retailers and mechanics after investigators discovered an illegal stockpile of thousands of waste tyres on a property south of Bendigo.
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Illegal dumping costs woman $245k
A woman who leased land on Wallan Road, Whittlesea, which became an illegal waste site, has been fined $45,000 due to an issue investigated by EPA Victoria and ordered to pay the estimated $200,000 cost
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