Visiting Gippsland Lakes? Take your waste home with you

Enjoying Gippsland’s magnificent lakes and waterways this Christmas holidays? EPA Victoria wants everyone to remember to take home whatever they took in. “Gippsland Lakes are the largest...

Where do the batteries go?

Getting the gift of a new phone, appliance or electrical device for Christmas? Maybe a new e-scooter or e-bike? Chances are, if you received something new, it updates something you already had. EPA...

Bendigo parks are not a Christmas wasteland

Is a new phone, appliance or electrical device on your Christmas list? Maybe a new outfit or furniture? “Chances are, this Christmas, if you receive something new it will update something you...

EPA uses new power to quiet a noisy pub

A noisy pub at Traralgon and its company director have been convicted and fined $15,000 each as EPA Victoria takes action with new laws to protect the public and the environment.   They will also...

EPA Victoria's advice for businesses closing for Christmas

Businesses and construction sites closing for the Christmas holiday period should make sure they have properly secured their sites, facilities and equipment, says EPA Victoria. Factories, warehouses...

Fire in machine causes fine in court

A major fire in a machine processing medical waste at Dandenong South has cost the company running it nearly $55,000 for breaching a licence condition from EPA Victoria.   EPA charged Cleanaway...

Birdscarers must be appropriately used

EPA Victoria North East Region is visiting local farmers and orchardists to remind them about the regulations for the use of birdscarer guns. Misusing scare guns to frighten birds away from their...

EPA orders Brooklyn clean up after shutting down recycler

EPA Victoria has ordered industrial recycler Limbourne Group, trading as Apex Waste Control, to remove large stockpiles of industrial waste from its Bunting Rd, Brooklyn, premises.   The order...

Black Friday and Cyber Monday winner? Don't forget to dispose of old e-waste appropriately

Your Fridays may be black and your Monday’s under a cybersales attack, but if you’ve gone purchase crazy and taken advantage of cheap prices on replacement electronic devices, it’s...

Company and Director guilty for 2017 Coolaroo fire

A company and its sole Director face possible fines in excess of $1.5 million over a 2017 fire that burned for more than a week, forced the evacuation of homes and destroyed a recycling plant in...