Tag: EPA
SKM fined $16,000 by EPA
SKM Recycling has been fined more than $16,000 for stockpiling waste at its Coolaroo and Laverton North sites.
The fine – which was issued by...
Coolaroo glass recycling company ordered to stop accepting waste
A Coolaroo glass recycling company that was the site of two fires in the past three week has been ordered to stop accepting waste.
Glass...
Hume council calls for crackdown on illegal stockpiles
Hume councillors are calling on the state government to make it a criminal offence to illegally stockpile chemicals, saying they are "sick” of fires...
Campbellfield fire hazard was known before massive blaze
The company at the centre of a massive chemical fire in Campbellfield last Friday had its licence suspended by the Environment Protection Authority 15...
Fire at Campbellfield waste storage factory
Firefighters have managed to control a massive chemical blaze at Campbellfield which is spreading thick black smoke across Melbourne.
The MFB announced the fire was...
SKM charged over July 2017 Coolaroo fire
Charges have been laid over an 11-day blaze at SKM Recycling’s Coolaroo plant.
The Environment Protection Authority last week charged SKM and its director over the July 2017...
Hume council slams recycler SKM
Hume council has criticised SKM Services for failing to properly manage its recycling plants.
Hume is one of 20 Victorian councils that has been forced...
Whittlesea residents encouraged to hold recycling for two weeks
Whittlesea residents are being encouraged to hold on to their recycling for two weeks to avoid it being sent to landfill.
The council is one...
Chemical stockpiles being removed at Epping and Campbellfield sites
Illegally stockpiled containers of chemicals are slowly being removed from eight sites in Epping and Campbellfield.
A WorkSafe-led taskforce began removing the chemicals on Wednesday,...
Campbellfield factory fire fuels resident fears
Broadmeadows residents want tougher regulations for recyclers following a fire at a Campbellfield factory.
The Colbert Road factory caught fire about 8pm on January 18...
Bulla tip out of action
The troubled Bulla tip has stopped accepting waste after its licence was suspended by the Environment Protection Authority.
The EPA suspended the licence of tip...
EPA drone spots Wollert tip breach
A drone has helped the Environment Protection Authority catch a Wollert landfill operator breaching the conditions of its licence.
EPA investigators recently used a drone...
Coolaroo fire prompts new EPA powers
A state government taskforce has been set up to audit recycling sites in the wake of a fire at a Coolaroo plant which forced...
Campbellfield rubbish removal business fined
A rubbish removal business has been fined $15,000 for illegally accepting industrial waste at its Campbellfield site.
Speedie Waste pleaded guilty at the Broadmeadows Magistrates...
Bulla waste outfit cops fine for fire
A Bulla waste facility has been fined more than $7000 after stockpiles of waste caught fire earlier this year.
The March 16 fire at Veolia...
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