EPA pumps $5k out of a Carlton petrol station

The NSW-based company running a high-profile Carlton petrol station has been hit with a $5,928 fine for failing to show it was obeying an environmental notice from EPA Victoria.   The notice...

Veolia Waste Transfer Station decision on Development Licence

After a comprehensive, science-based assessment of Veolia’s Development Licence application for a waste transfer station at its site in 290 Hallam Road, Hampton Park, EPA Victoria has decided to...

Waste tyre blitz in the west

EPA Victoria is targeting tyres dumped on public streets, parks and farmland which pose major environmental and human health risks as dumpers choose to shift the cost of disposal onto the community...

More fast food outlets failing the environment

EPA Victoria will escalate its enforcement of environmental compliance and contact the corporate and franchise headquarters of  McDonalds, Hungry Jacks and KFC after inspections found another...

EPA testing for emerging contaminants in fish

EPA Victoria scientists will soon be seen on Port Phillip Bay, on the river banks that feed into it and Gippsland Lakes as they start the collection phase of a project to better understand how our...

ASK Developers fined for contaminated wash water runoff

The only thing that should go down our stormwater drains is rain, and that’s why EPA Victoria gives such close attention to industrial run off. ASK Developers Pty Ltd has been fined nearly $4,...

Failure to provide info leads to fine for Monash Bin Hire

EPA Victoria is continuing its war on illegal waste dumping fining a company that refused to provide information in relation to a waste dumping case dating back to late 2024. In January this year...

Illegal tyre dump sparks a statewide EPA operation

The discovery of an illegal dump full of old tyres at Lockwood South, near Bendigo, has put EPA Victoria’s investigators on the trail to a network of other properties with possible connections...

Waste Tracker non-compliance crack down

Failing to properly complete EPA Victoria’s electronic waste tracking system, Waste Tracker, has cost a business nearly $10,000 in EPA fines. Waste Tracker is an electronic system used to track...

Concert fined over noise concerns

 The ‘Let Them Eat Cake’ concert organisers have found themselves eating a $9,880 slice of humble pie in the form of a fine after failing to comply with an EPA Victoria order. The...