Get in on the act with EPA

Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) is actively collaborating with industry organisations in a special program to ensure the state’s small and medium businesses can gain a better...

Dandenong waste to energy community conference

EPA received a works approval application from Great Southern Waste Technologies Pty Ltd. The application proposes development of a waste-to-energy facility in Dandenong.  The proposed...

EPA lays charges for illegal waste storage, operating without a licence, and notice contraventions

Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has laid 14 charges against an individual under the Environment Protection Act 1970 following a comprehensive investigation into the storage of...

EPA fines power company over tighter rules

Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has fined Hazelwood Power Partners for failing to meet tightened environmental regulations. EPA Regional Manager Jessica Bandiera says that while there...

Your business might need an EPA licence or permit soon

Some waste handling and disposal businesses will need a licence, a permit or a registration for the first time, when the new Environment Protection Act starts on 1 July. Environment Protection...

Geelong court upholds EPA litter fine

A Hopetoun Park man has taken an EPA litter fine to court, only to wind up paying the fine and more than twice as much in legal costs. EPA fined the registered owner of a vehicle after a member of the...

Pollution results published by EPA

With more people working from home there was an increase in the number of pollution reports to EPA about environmental incidents particularly noise, dust and smoke issues in 2020-2021, according to...

Minamata Convention on Mercury

The Minamata Convention on Mercury took effect in Australia on 7 March 2022.   This Convention is an international treaty that seeks to protect human health and the environment from...

Victoria leads the way in improving ambient air quality

Victoria has just adopted the nation’s toughest standards on ambient air quality for ozone and sulfur dioxide.  The state’s new Environment Reference Standard (ERS) for three typical...

EPA lays charges over building site asbestos at Altona North

Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has charged a company and its three directors under the Environment Protection Act 1970 following a comprehensive investigation into the dumping of...