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...

Federation Trail targeted by illegal dumpers

Illegal dumpers have been caught red handed on CCTV dumping a load of what appears to be household construction waste at a public walking and cycle path in Melbourne’s western suburbs...

Eagle Point spill costs water corporation nearly $10,000

EPA Victoria has fined East Gippsland Water $9,880 over a leak of more than three megalitres of treated wastewater at Eagle Point.   The water was Class B wastewater from a sewage treatment plant...

Beach Report's best bay beaches of summer

Summer may be over, but autumn still hasn't got the memo. As we go into the long weekend with weather forecasts predicting continued warm temperatures, Melbournians will be heading to our bay beaches...

Failure to track waste leads to a fine

EPA Victoria is continuing its fight against the improper or lack of trackingof reportable priority waste (RPW) materials including construction and demolition waste. In the latest action, an...

Tyre recycler cops another EPA fine

EPA Victoria has booked a Melbourne tyre recycler for the second time in a few weeks, fining it another $9,880 for inadequate records of its stockpiles of waste tyres and shredded material.   EPA...

You were warned says EPA with a $5,900 fine

A Templestowe land developer has been slapped with a $5,928 fine from EPA Victoria, after failing to respond to an official warning over a contaminated former industrial site at Preston.   EPA...

Takeaway oil and money down the drain

A routine inspection by officers from EPA Victoria has cost the operator of a takeaway food van a $790 fine for depositing dangerous litter.   The officers were on a regular visit to a tyre...

Fine for tyre recycler

Waste tyre recycler ELT Recycling Australia Pty Ltd has paid nearly $2,000 in fines after it failed to properly manage waste metals created in the tyre shredding process. During recycling, waste...