The Department of Defence has issued a detailed new 500-page pollution prevention and management manual to its personnel and contractors, covering key concerns including PFAS, acid sulfate soils and heavy metals.
Western Australia's environment department has signalled regulatory changes to ensure a Supreme Court ruling over the payment of waste levies doesn't have unintended consequences.
A meeting of heads of EPAs has endorsed a revised national management plan for PFAS chemicals and has discussed ways to prevent waste being transported across state boundaries.
EPA Victoria has recommended a management hierarchy for PFAS-contaminated materials and revealed high-level results of its PFAS testing of soils and water.
A meeting of environment ministers today reviewed a draft PFAS national management plan, endorsed a tyres strategy, and gave industry until mid-2018 to complete a microbeads phase-out.