The director of a company facing multiple waste charges has failed to convince a court that evidence extracted by the EPA from his password-protected mobile phone was inadmissible.
After a falling-out between two businesses that transported NSW waste to Queensland for levy-free landfill disposal, a court has awarded one of them $611,734 in damages.
A tribunal has ordered waste company Bingo to pay a council's costs in a dispute over a planning permit, saying its conduct supports the making of a costs order.
In a move that underlines the risks for landlords in leasing property to poor-performing waste companies, the NSW EPA has ordered a landowner to clean up hundreds of tonnes of abandoned e-waste.
The NSW EPA has slightly eased its proposed controls on ammonia emissions from waste to energy facilities, but has reserved the right to impose tougher limits where appropriate.