EPA Victoria's advice for businesses closing for Christmas

Businesses and construction sites closing for the Christmas holiday period should make sure they have properly secured their sites, facilities and equipment, says EPA Victoria. Factories, warehouses...

Fire in machine causes fine in court

A major fire in a machine processing medical waste at Dandenong South has cost the company running it nearly $55,000 for breaching a licence condition from EPA Victoria.   EPA charged Cleanaway...

Birdscarers must be appropriately used

EPA Victoria North East Region is visiting local farmers and orchardists to remind them about the regulations for the use of birdscarer guns. Misusing scare guns to frighten birds away from their...

EPA orders Brooklyn clean up after shutting down recycler

EPA Victoria has ordered industrial recycler Limbourne Group, trading as Apex Waste Control, to remove large stockpiles of industrial waste from its Bunting Rd, Brooklyn, premises.   The order...

Black Friday and Cyber Monday winner? Don't forget to dispose of old e-waste appropriately

Your Fridays may be black and your Monday’s under a cybersales attack, but if you’ve gone purchase crazy and taken advantage of cheap prices on replacement electronic devices, it’s...

Company and Director guilty for 2017 Coolaroo fire

A company and its sole Director face possible fines in excess of $1.5 million over a 2017 fire that burned for more than a week, forced the evacuation of homes and destroyed a recycling plant in...

Mixed bag for summer swimmers as EPA launches Beach Report 2024

It’s hard to believe with this weekend’s wet weather, that on the first official day of summer (Sunday 1 Dec) Melbourne has already had five 30-plus degree days in November...

OneSteel ordered to fund community restorative project

A Laverton North scrap metal recycling company will contribute $35,000 towards a Wyndham City Council restorative justice project following court action bought by EPA Victoria.  ...

Level crossing contractor fined over muddy tracks

EPA Victoria has fined a level crossing removal contractor $1,923 for letting its trucks leave muddy tracks on Railway Ave and Patterson St, Ringwood East.   Laing O'Rourke Australia Construction...

Company dumps $40,000 with its industrial waste

A Dandenong South company’s decision to dump industrial waste at a disused quarry in Gippsland has cost it $40,000, an expensive clean-up and some bad...