EPA calls for community voices on $1 million restorative project

EPA Victoria wants the community’s ideas on how to spend the $1 million that Veolia Recycling & Recovery Pty Ltd was ordered to pay over odour issues at its Hallam Road landfill.

The Supreme Court of Victoria ordered Veolia to make the payment into the Restorative Project Account administered by EPA Victoria in November 2025, after the company admitted breaching its licence conditions and contravention of the General Environmental Duty.

The funds are administered by EPA and must be used for one or more projects that benefit the environment and community in the area around the landfill at 274-310 Hallam Road, Hampton Park. EPA Victoria will ultimately select the successful projects.

A conference to hear community views will be held on 9 May. After that, organisations eligible to deliver the projects can submit expressions of interest.

EPA is urging those organisations to attend the conference to hear directly from community members. There will also be information about the criteria for project submissions and examples of successful projects.

In January this year the City of Casey received $200,000 for a revegetation scheme to provide habitat for the endangered southern brown bandicoot, funded by restorative project order from SBI Landfill Pty Ltd.

More information about the conference and the application process is available at the EPA’s Hallam Road restorative project web page(opens in a new window).

Tickets for the community conference will be available at Humanitix.