1270: Assessment of the potential for methane gas movement from Victorian landfills

The Environment Protection Authority (EPA Victoria) has completed an assessment of methane gas at Victorian landfills in response to the issues identified at the former Stevenson’s Road (Cranbourne...

1238: EPA discussion paper: The future of hazardous waste management in Victoria

Hazardous wastes, which are called ‘prescribed wastes’ in Victoria’s environment protection laws, can be by-products from producing everyday goods and services, like the manufacture of motor vehicles...

1235: Residents' noise stories

Noise from neighbours is a widespread and important issue. Residential noise significantly annoys around 770,000 Victorians each year.A story-gathering process was used to gather information about the...

1231: Air monitoring report 2007 – Compliance with the National Environment Protection (Ambient Air Quality) Measure

This report presents the results of air quality monitoring in Victoria and assesses them against the requirements of the Ambient Air Quality National Environment Protection Measure (AAQ NEPM). EPA...

1208: Best practice guidelines for landfills receiving Category C prescribed industrial waste

The Industrial Waste Management Policy (Prescribed Industrial Waste) provides a framework for classifying prescribed industrial wastes based on their hazard characteristic. The policy allows for the...

1226: Maintaining water sensitive urban design elements

One of the barriers to greater adoption of water sensitive urban design (WSUD) for stormwater treatment is uncertainty about the maintenance that will be needed after construction. This manual is...

1216: Ecological Footprint calculator schools checklist

The Schools Ecological Footprint Calculator measures resource consumption and converts this to the amount of land needed to supply the resources and assimilate the waste generated. It may helpyou...

1219: Ecological Footprint tips - Food

One of four sheets of tips to support the new Ecological Footprint personal calculator - tips to achieve Footprint savings in consumption areas of food, travel, home and stuff. The target audience is...

1221: Ecological Footprint tips - Stuff

One of four sheets of tips to support the new Ecological Footprint personal calculator - tips to achieve Footprint savings in consumption areas of food, travel, home and stuff. The target audience is...

1206: EPA biosecurity procedure for livestock and poultry farms

EPA officers have a role to ensure that we do not become a vector of disease when visiting farms. Officers should not only take precautions against the spread of diseases, but they should be seen to...