EPA fines Suez Recycling

Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has fined one of Victoria’s largest waste companies more than $8,000, for failing to comply with its EPA licence following a fire in a stockpile...

Wellington Shire Council fined over Gormandale dump

EPA has fined Wellington Shire Council $8,261 over truckloads of waste found dumped on a property at Gormandale. EPA Regional Manager Jessica Bandiera says the investigation started with a call from a...

MRI: EPA's role

EPA has been investigating and monitoring the site since 2019.  EPA's regulatory role We suspended MRI's licence On 17 November 2020, EPA suspended MRI's licence to operate an e-waste and battery...

Media release: EPA fines Recycal

A Ringwood metal recycler has received two fines from EPA for offences under the Environment Protection Act 1970. Recycal Pty Ltd of Heatherdale Rd, Ringwood failed to properly store and manage...

Victorian regulators emphasise compliance across the building sector

Four Victorian regulators will join forces next week to ensure construction and demolition operators across the state meet safety, environmental, building and plumbing compliance obligations. The...

Mildura/Bright trial adds to EPA AirWatch network

The Mildura and Bright communities now have local air quality conditions available online 24 hours a day thanks to a collaboration between VICSES and EPA.  Under the agreement, VICSES volunteer...

Mornington Peninsula beaches least hit by La Nina

Melbourne’s La Nina summer has not had quite the effect on recreational water users that was expected, at least, so far this summer.  Rainfall in December was below average at the...

Trouble brewing for popular coffee maker

Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has issued a new remedial notice to UCC Coffee Australia (trading as Mocopan) over offensive odour and smoke from the Preston coffee roasting facility...

Coliban Water Kyneton application on hold

Coliban Water’s bid to amend its licence for the Kyneton Water Reclamation Plant is temporarily on hold, after Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) called for more information...

EPA fines Lovely Banks company over not-so-lovely mess

Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has fined a local skip bin business more than $5,000 for stockpiling industrial waste at Lovely Banks, on the outskirts of Geelong. The company had...