Fines for Cleanaway

EPA Victoria has issued three fines to Cleanaway Pty Ltd  totalling nearly $30,000 for transporting waste hand sanitizer without properly logging its movement. A further $9,246 fine was issued to...

Burning waste ends with a $5,000 court case

A Mickleham man has been fined $5,000 after pleading guilty to storing industrial waste and permitting it to be burnt on a residential property close to a new housing estate.   EPA Victoria told...

Gippsland dairy farms not managing effluent

EPA Victoria inspections of Gippsland dairy farms has found high levels of non-compliance in howthey manage dairy effluent.   EPA officers visited 19 farms in the Poowong North, Hallora, Nyora...

SBI fined over latest odour incident

SBI Landfill Pty Ltd has been hit with $9,246 fine after the company failed to immediately notify EPA Victoria of equipment failure at its Cranbourne site in July.   When a temporary seal on a...

Macedon Ranges businesses face EPA snap inspections

Businesses in the Macedon Ranges area including Woodend, Kyneton and Gisborne need to better understand their responsibilities to the environment, says EPA Victoria. EPA snap inspections of 34...

Green Civil faces fine

Green Civil Constructions Pty Ltd , a Mt Waverly construction company, has been fined $5,769 by EPA Victoria for allowing sediment and sediment contaminated water to enter into stormwater drains which...

Money follows an oily mess down the drain

A motor wrecker at Hoppers Crossing faces a fine of more than $5,500 from EPA Victoria. EPA officers found leaking oil, clogged stormwater pits and the smell of petrol at the Forsyth Rd business. &...

Illegal burnoffs cause concern in north west Victoria

EPA Victoria is concerned about the larger than usual number of illegal burn offs in the Mildura and Swan Hill area.   The situation has been so bad at times that in some areas, there are...

Fine for warehouse waste dumper

A Clayton businessman who illegally dumped an estimated 20,000 tonnes of industrial waste in a Braeside warehouse has been fined $35,000 in the Dandenong Magistrates’ Court. Alfroz Ali ran a...

Modern tech protects local wetlands

EPA Victoria is sending robot cameras into drains and drones into the sky to protect the Karaaf Wetlands at North Torquay. The new technology backs up a program of proactive inspections of home...