A Victorian tribunal has cleared the way for the state's first waste gasification plant to be built, after ordering that the original EPA works approval be amended.
Victoria last year used almost $200 million of landfill levy revenue to help finance a wide range of renewable energy, climate change, waste and biodiversity activities, according to a new government report.
Victoria's Auditor-General today delivered a scathing assessment of the state government's administration of arrangements that exempt housing estate developers from the EPBC Act.
In a decision with crucial ramifications for Melbourne's capacity to dispose of waste, Victoria's Supreme Court today rejected an appeal by developers against the expansion of Cleanaway's Ravenhall landfill.
A new EPA Victoria regulatory strategy warns businesses that the agency now has new surveillance powers, and says companies face much higher penalties for offences including unlawful waste disposal.
A Victorian tribunal has granted the state government's Metropolitan Waste Resource Recovery Group full status as a party to a dispute between an environmental organisation and a company proposing a waste gasification plant.
A utility is seeking EPA approval to install water recycling technology never before used in Australia in a housing estate that will consume 70% less potable water than a typical development and use half the energy.