Be careful what you burn says EPA

As the weather cools and conditions for burn offs in regional areas improve, EPA Victoria is alerting the agricultural sector in particular, not to mix their prunings and felled timber with other...

Cigarettes more expensive if you toss them out of the car

A Caroline Springs woman who tossed a burning cigarette from a Toyota on Taylors Rd, Delahey, will pay $3,669 after taking her littering fine to court.   EPA Victoria issued the woman with a...

Nearly $2,000 to dump a load of rubbish

A Driffield man will pay the price for illegal dumping after EPA Victoria fined him $1,976.   The investigation began when the operator of a nearby pine plantation found the abandoned waste at...

EPA sniffs out Deer Park odour problem

A team from EPA Victoria has undertaken a compliance audit on a Deer Park chemical manufacturer and investigated breaches of its licence following a report of a strong odour from its Ballarat Rd plant...

Oh what an odour, Veolia fined over smelly dairy waste

A smelly mess that attracted a swarm of insects to a factory at Dandenong South, also attracted complaints from the public and fines from EPA Victoria costing nearly $20,000.   EPA officers have...

Only eight dairy farms pass the EPA test

EPA Victoria’s inspections of 43 dairy farms across three eastern Gippsland municipalities have found just eight of them passed the test for appropriate management of dairy effluent.   EPA...

EPA Victoria CEO Lee Miezis takes up a new role

EPA Victoria congratulates out-going CEO Lee Miezis on his appointment as Parks Victoria CEO. Mr Miezis started as CEO in May 2021 after serving three months as the interim CEO after impressing the...

Manhari fined

EPA Victoria has fined Manhari Recycling after it allowed smoke to be discharged from its Somerville Rd, Tottenham operation. EPA officers investigated and found that the smoke emission that occurred...

Buninyong fire attracts an EPA fine

A stockpile of burning waste, including waste tyres, at Buninyong has attracted CFA firefighters who stopped the fire, and then EPA Victoria who issued a $9,880 fine.   EPA officers responded to...

Company and Director fined $1.28m for 2017 Coolaroo fire

A company and its sole Director have been convicted and fined a combined $1.28 million over a 2017 fire that destroyed a Coolaroo recycling plant, burned for over a week and triggered the evacuation...