Environment Protection Authority v Steggles Foods Mt Kuring-gai Pty Ltd [2017] NSWLEC 33 In this case, the NSW EPA commenced proceedings against Steggles Foods for contravening the following condition
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Concerns raised over Central Coast tender
Central Coast Council’s 10-year contract with Remondis will come to an end in January next year and Council told Inside Waste it had invited tenders but was unable to comment on ongoing
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Strength in numbers
Thus, in October that year, Maitland City Council turned to its neighbours – Cessnock and Singleton – to discuss the viability of implementing a regional contract for the collection and processing
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Waste 2017: Achieving better outcomes in new builds
NSW EPA senior project officer Marcelle Psaila, who spoke at the conference, said the regulator has been working to achieve better outcomes in waste management planning, detailing some of its efforts particularly
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C&D waste in a state of flux
What is waste? It depends who and where you ask… One of the first steps in working out what C&D waste can be used for, and the rules it is subject to, is determining if it is actually
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Insights from inside the EPA: top five tips for managing your response to an investigation
I spent around 10 years advising the NSW EPA on compliance action and running major prosecutions in the waste industry. In that time, I saw some companies that managed the EPA exceptionally well and some
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Legal Eagle: State significant development applications for the waste Industry explained
A proposed development is classified as State Significant Development (SSD) if it is listed in Schedule 1 of the State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional Development) 2011 (SRD SEPP), or
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Legal Eagle: Resource recovery orders and exemptions – how do they work?
Currently, there are two separate types of documents that set out the strict conditions required to be met before specific types of waste can be used for a particular purpose. These are called resource
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A fine solution
Benedict Industries, which processes C&D waste, celebrated its 50th anniversary last year and five decades on, the company is going from strength to strength. In NSW, the company has a hub facility
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Legal Eagle: Application of the Eligible Waste Fuels Guidelines explained
The EfW Policy Statement deals with two types of waste. Firstly, eligible waste fuels and secondly, non-eligible waste fuels. Within the definitions section of the EfW Policy Statement, eligible waste
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