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The business of cleaning up

Three EPA staff filling plastic bags with rubbish

EPA staff helping to Clean Up Australia

EPA Senior Engagement Officer James Day shares asbestos and lead safety information with visitors at the Sydney Home Show

Poster showing young indigenous person collecting plastic bottles. Text is a grant to help your mob clean up Country

Indigenous communities are encouraged to apply now for community clean-up grants

Aerial photo of doorknock area.

The EPA participated in the Clean Up Australia, Business Clean Up Day, with 30 staff collecting 10 bags of waste from parks and public areas in Armidale, Parramatta and Sydney CBD

EPA tips on environmental safety on show

EPA staff were on hand at the Sydney Home Show earlier this month to share safety tips on managing lead and asbestos during home renovations. Over 900 visitors attended the Home Show stand and 320 lead testing kits were handed out. The EPA also attended Camden Show to field questions from locals and visitors about gas operations at the Rosalind Park gas plant, EPA licensed facilities and other environmental issues in the Macarthur area.

EPA offers online training across Australasia

Did you know the NSW EPA offers training for regulators across Australasia?

Environmental regulation is a complex field of work so keeping up-to-date is essential.

Accredited qualifications and non-accredited courses focus on investigative skills, legal aspects and scientific-technical skills.

Popular courses include

Surveillance Devices
the Protection of the Environment Operations Act (POEO Act)
Environmental Noise
Asbestos Education
Litter Enforcement
Giving Evidence in Court
Certificate IV in Government Investigations
Sampling

Courses can be delivered in-house and through formats such as webinars, workshops and e-learning. Training is available for all levels of government including local, state and territory, and federal.

Apply for a clean-up grant

Applications are now open for grants under the Aboriginal Land Clean Up and Prevention Program.

Outreach to Broadmeadow Newcastle residents through doorknock

The EPA and Newcastle business Swanson Industries visited 70 homes in Broadmeadow, Newcastle last month to find out if and how residents were accessing groundwater or borewater.

In one of the largest doorknocks undertaken by the EPA, staff called in to personally remind residents not to access bore water for drinking and cooking in the area, in which groundwater could be affected by per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Coming up

14-16 May - Coffs Harbour Waste Management Converence
28-29 May - Litter Congress 2019
5 June 2019 - World Environment Day– theme: Fight air pollution