Veolia will pay $590,000 and has agreed to permanently close its Horsley Park waste management facility, after NSW EPA officers found fragments of asbestos at the site.
In a move with major ramifications for bagasse packaging, the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation has released a plan to remove PFAS from food-contact fibre packaging by the end of next year.
Western Australia's EPA has revealed that Chevron Gorgon's sequestration performance has slumped, and has recommended stronger carbon conditions on the LNG project.
In a move likely to result in large volumes of Melbourne's residual waste being sent for energy recovery, the ACCC has approved 16 councils to jointly procure processing services.
NSW should make it possible for materials to be declassified as wastes, and should re-examine its current asbestos rules, an independent review has recommended.
ARENA has invited applications from companies, utilities, and industrial precincts for a share in grants totalling $43 million to fund "transformational" projects.
A company, its director, and manager have been fined a total of $511,000 and ordered to pay South Australia's EPA $680,000 for operating two unlicensed waste facilities.